I was trawling the internet today and came across the following article:
AN OPEN LETTER: TO THE PARENTS OF THE VICTIMS MURDERED BY ELLIOT RODGER
on 27 May, 2014 at 06:05
By Joe “The Plumber” Wurzelbacher
I love a good pair of kicks. I love a shopping trip.
Forgive my fashionable wiles, dear readers, for this will not be a deeply political post, but it will be an interesting one [!]
I was walking out of an Op-Shop a couple of weeks ago, with a pair of shoes, a necklace and two copies of their In-House publication [a ‘pricey’ 70 cents each] and I thought to myself:
Are op-shops making people more socially conscious?
Are people actually connected with their purchases — their materialism is supporting those less fortunate, but is this making people more socially conscious?
In my own mind, initially, I begged to differ. I disagreed with my own thought[!]
I’m an avid op-shopper, but I viewed my purchases as ‘shopping’, not so much in the sense of a ‘charity donation’.
Some peruse pages of books, websites, some peruse coffee shops and bars. I peruse coat hangers, I rummage, I try, I buy — as my form of relaxation. Among my friends, I have a solid reputation as a glamorous bargain hunter.
I watch Game of Thrones.
I’ve re-watched it a few times, and I’ve developed a couple of different understandings of it — through Public Relations and International Relations perspectives; cultural phenomena such as popular TV shows can do more than just depict theoretical scenarios, they are highly complex and can be understood, or ‘read’ in many ways.
Here is my understanding of Game of Thrones, Seasons 1-4, from a Public Relations perspective.
*******PROBABLY CONTAINS SOME KIND OF SPOILERS*******
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