CoffeeCrazed

Ugh... am sick of everything becoming a "brand," not least Oscar Wilde... but the article is an interesting read, nevertheless, on the reasons behind Wilde's enduring popularity.

Love her or hate her, reading Germaine Greer is always a good jolt to the brain.

From the page: "Most migrant women, including those in the sex industry, have made a clear decision, says a new study, to leave home and take their chances abroad. They are not "passive victims" in need of "saving" or sending back by western campaigners."
I'm still not sure where I stand on this issue; a thought-provoking read.

From the page: "Stonehenge is a British wonder of the ancient world - it's also as familiar a part of our landscape as the White Cliffs of Dover.

It's such an iconic sight, we tend to forget that two fundamental questions remain - when was it built and what was it for?"

From the page: "You can accuse the disgraced ex-governor Eliot Spitzer of many things in his decision to flout the law by soliciting the services of a pricey prostitute: hypocrisy, egomania, sophomoric impulsiveness and self-indulgence, delusional ineptitude and boneheadedness. But one trait decidedly not on display in Mr. Spitzer's splashy act of whole-life catabolism was originality."

A classic essay, reprinted on the PEN America Website.