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Jon Taylor
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The Renegade: Woman as outsider - alone, surrounded by bizarre cruelty and the only one to see it. Even the dog is part of the brutality she doesn’t understand. First, I thought the dog was the titular renegade. Then I thought it was the woman…
— Dec 17, 2025 03:14PM
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Rachel Carter
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“Like Mother Used to Make” ⭐️ ⭐️ ⭐️
Literally please get out of my house. A socially awkward person’s worst nightmare.
— Dec 16, 2025 06:33PM
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Literally please get out of my house. A socially awkward person’s worst nightmare.
Jon Taylor
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The Witch: Shit! That gave me some cause for alarm… I think the old man was the witch - and I think he was telling the truth… interesting, toying with gender there. Nicely creepy.
— Dec 16, 2025 02:00PM
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Jon Taylor
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My Life at RH Macy’s: wasn’t sure what to make of this one at first. But it seems to be about fighting conformity (got that from a study analysis online - but I agree with it…). Felt alienating and cold at first but then the humour came through. Very 1950s in its I’m an individual fighting against the machine tropes - I sometimes think things started to go wrong when we got that idea in our heads…
— Dec 16, 2025 01:51PM
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Jon Taylor
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The Villager: these really do accumulate. That is, they have a cumulative effect with similar themes. This one: pretence, adoption of identity, or shifting identity. Maybe adapting to fit into environments. Control over what others know. Control. Yes, I think that’s it - this is about control…
— Dec 15, 2025 02:28PM
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