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on April 27, 2011

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The Queer Feminist Mermaid Running for US Senate in Maine Embodies an American Ideal

Democratic US Senate Candidate Bre Kidman and the Ideals of "the Blessings of Liberty"
The Lewiston Sun-Journal published a feature on Bre Kidman, a Maine lawyer who seeks to get their name on the ticket for the 2020 US Senate race as the Democratic opponent to Senator Susan "Aunt Lydia" Collins.

The feature is here: https://www.sunjournal.com/2019/05/03/queer-feminist-mermaid-hopes-to-unseat-susan-collins/

Kidman, who prefers they/them pronouns, is both an attorney and an artist. They "aim to be become 'the first openly nonbinary/queer senator,' and maybe bring a little glitter to the U.S. Capitol," according to the Sun-Journal feature.

The comments on Facebook were, as one might imagine, often disappointingly closed-minded and critical.

As I said in reply to a comment thread there, it seems the same people who complain that "all these politicians are the same" are also the ones to complain when someone who is avowedly quite different…

Pertinent Question: Is Grimace Black? - A Contemplation Prompted by the TV Show Pysch

The Quirky Conversations of Psych: Is McDonald's Grimace Black?
I was watching Pysch on Demand tonight (whoo hoo exciting Saturday!) and Shawn and Gus were debating on the race of Grimace.

Gus insisted that Grimace was "a brother." Shawn said, "I'll give you Vin Diesel. But Grimace? No." Later in the episode, Gus declared that Grimace's name was "Grimace T. Jackson" thus proving he is black.
So fricken funny. I LOVE that show.

Research: So, What IS Grimace???
I googled "grimace is black" and got to this site, which was hilarious. Even the comments were awesome: http://www.gunaxin.com/what-is-grimace/11120

Here's a Twitter thread, the the McDonald's company even weighed in on:
https://twitter.com/torokoi/status/946179747104555013
Wikipedia entry - thorough, though not necessarily factual http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/McDonaldland

Every Young Child in the Presence of Grimace: OMFGGGG NOOOO

I believe Grimace is not of any earthly r…

What Is the Difference Between an Epithet and a Kenning?

Differentiating Between Epithets and Kennings Okay, let's try to differentiate between Epithets and Kennings. It's tough when this stuff is so similar! I'll provide the standard literary definitions of the two terms, give some common examples, discuss the nuanced differences, and then do an exercise myself!

What is an Epithet (in the literary sense)? Epithet (plural epithets) - the "literary" epithet definitions are as follows:
1. A term used to characterize a person or thing. The adjective "Terrible" in Ivan the Terrible.2. A term used as a descriptive substitute for the name or title of a person. The Young Pretender for Charles Edward Stuart.
What is a Kenning? Kenning (plural, kennings) is similar - a kenning is a kind of epithet, like a simile is a kind of metaphor; I'd say the difference is in directness.
Kenning- use of a roundabout phrase for a common thing, eg 'whale's land' for 'sea'. It was very common in Anglo-Saxon vers…

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