tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post6265711317935472468..comments2023-10-14T09:40:06.690-05:00Comments on Jean Kazez: FrankenburgersJean Kazezhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00592593002719828153noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-86035193809994003782013-08-16T21:06:13.198-05:002013-08-16T21:06:13.198-05:00It's an interesting story too about how Franke...It's an interesting story too about how Frankenstein was written, with Lord Byron and Percy Shelley involved.crystalhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05681674503952991492noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-36019609918835290932013-08-16T16:49:24.780-05:002013-08-16T16:49:24.780-05:00Perhaps the 'franken' prefix is not what&#...Perhaps the 'franken' prefix is not what's problematic so much as the word *burgers*, which implies more of an end-product.<br /><br />Some of those arguments you mention against frankenburgers apply to quite accepted ingredients for cooking, such as refined sugar. Refined sugar is typically not made at home, isn't how people have been eating for thousands of years nor how wild Martijn Faassennoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-53217833832574374712013-08-16T00:06:14.730-05:002013-08-16T00:06:14.730-05:00I love how the movie expresses this theme: The mon...I love how the movie expresses this theme: The monster <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=nur4g4r1LN4" rel="nofollow">reaches up to the light</a>, but people won't let the monster be good.Dave Rickshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03131126038425198891noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-2005192545274584182013-08-14T11:25:16.845-05:002013-08-14T11:25:16.845-05:00Whoa, I didn't know she had a whole book on Fr...Whoa, I didn't know she had a whole book on Frankenstein. I will have to check that out sometime. <br /><br />I missed that the creature was a vegetarian when I first read the book, too. And I first read it shortly after I became a vegetarian! Scuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156611887819008603noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-71201015487601312632013-08-14T10:40:25.469-05:002013-08-14T10:40:25.469-05:00What? I'll go look for that. I just read her ...What? I'll go look for that. I just read her chapter, which was interesting. I'm ashamed to say that I didn't notice the monster was a vegetarian. Indeed he is! It's part of his innocence, before he gets mad at everyone. Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-89775696497612147782013-08-14T10:21:56.411-05:002013-08-14T10:21:56.411-05:00Carol Adams has been busy. I now see that she has ...Carol Adams has been busy. I now see that she has written a whole book on Frankenstein and the monster.Aeolushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15772583359516799143noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-41904949905468587062013-08-13T14:54:33.295-05:002013-08-13T14:54:33.295-05:00Cool, I'll go look at that. She's a good ...Cool, I'll go look at that. She's a good 19th century literature person (author of a book about Jane Austen). Jean Kazezhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06297159994901018071noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8310450667755637519.post-85614027243345046502013-08-13T14:40:23.048-05:002013-08-13T14:40:23.048-05:00As a reminder, Carol Adams has a nice essay on Fra...As a reminder, Carol Adams has a nice essay on Frankenstein and vegetarianism in her The Sexual Politics of Meat. I don't have much to add here, but it might be interesting to think this alongside Frankenburgers. Scuhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17156611887819008603noreply@blogger.com