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    Stuart Dren reacted to Rigor Mortis's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    At last, a book list that is composed of things I've actually read, bar The Handmaid's Tale (which I have on the shelf but some of you...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Naomasa298's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    There is an interpretation of The Wizard of Oz that says it is an allegory for the American socio-economic system. The Yellow Brick...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Homer Potvin's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    Fight Club... maybe? It's a bit on the nose with a gang of ruffians directly attacking the system. It doesn't have as much of "sub"...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Louanne Learning's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    I think this fits more into the "speculative fiction" genre - which is how Atwood referred to. Maybe a cautionary tale? But it being on...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Louanne Learning's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    Well, no, we were specifically talking about the writings of Dickens Here's what George Orwell wrote about Dickens in a 1939 essay -...
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    Stuart Dren replied to the thread Subversion in Writing.
    Okay, and I'm posing this question not only to you, but to anyone. I've been Googling around, and found some stories whose titles seem...
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    Stuart Dren replied to the thread Day 273: Social Media.
    The antiquated format of an online message board could very well be a strong attractor as opposed to a Reddit or, celestials forbid, a...
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    Stuart Dren replied to the thread Subversion in Writing.
    I'm getting lost, not about subversion, but subversive literature. Am I wrong to just consider it meaning literature from a...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Trish's post in the thread Day 273: Social Media with Like Like.
    Exactly. Then look up writing forum and select groups - way more followers (and activity). Honestly, if I wanted to drive people here...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Homer Potvin's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    Like Nao said, there's the subversions of tropes, which is modern, and regular subversion, which is older than dirt. They're two...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to JLT's post in the thread Today I learned... with Beer Beer.
    As a septuagenarian, I can attest that I took one course in my senior hear in high school (1965-1966). It was called "sociology" but was...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Trish's post in the thread Today I learned... with Like Like.
    It was for me, and I've still got a few years before I hit 50. Maybe I was just lucky, but when I pointed out the inconsistencies or...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to JLT's post in the thread Today I learned... with Like Like.
    And, particularly, education in civics, where we used to learn how laws were made and governments were constructed, and how important...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Homer Potvin's post in the thread The tomboy trope with Like Like.
    I think that one's dead, Jim. Gender fluidity has probably obviated the effect. Girls wanting to do boy stuff or affect a look that...
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    Stuart Dren reacted to Pyroglyphian's post in the thread Subversion in Writing with Like Like.
    As Naomasa pointed out, it depends on what kind of subversion we’re talking about. I like seeing subversion within the writing craft...
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