Need a break from oil spill sadness? Check out the excellent blog Vulgar Army. Written by Michelle Farran, its purpose is to “criticise themes in the use of the octopus as a metaphor in propaganda and political cartoons, as well as identify its relation to popular culture.” My current favorite is Of Maps and Octopus – poor octopodes, always so evil.
Thanks, M-C!
I love VA! We need more devoted activists exposing cephalopod political demonization. Also, don’t miss Michelle Farran’s lovely tentacular, zoologic artwork at http://michellefarran.com
That’s fantastic! I had no ideas octopi used to plague Europe like that.
O joy! What a needed blog! I have been grinding my teeth over the Goldman-Sachs vampire squid analogy for over a year now.