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Getting to Nome You

The physical appearance of the Nome King was something that came up recently in an online chat, and we have a pretty good description when he first appears in Ozma of Oz: “This important monarch of the Underground World was … Continue reading →

Posted in Art, Characters, Gender, Jack Snow, John R. Neill, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Magic Items, Music, Names, Oz, Oz Authors, Plays, Ruth Plumly Thompson | Tagged angelica shirley carpenter, dorothy gale, eggs, imps, kabumpo in oz, kaliko, little wizard stories of oz, lucky bucky in oz, magic belt, mardi gras, mary lenard, matriarchy, nome king, nome kingdom, nomes, ozma, ozma of oz, ozma sorceresses and suffrage, patriarchy, pirates in oz, polychrome, rinkitink in oz, santa claus, sexism, sherwood smith, the baum bugle, the characters of oz, the gnome king of oz, the hungry tiger of oz, the life and adventures of santa claus, the magic of oz, the nome king, the tik-tok man of oz, the wishing horse of oz, tik-tok and the nome king, tik-tok of oz |

Mystery, Mars, Matriarchy, and Magpies

The Kingdom of Why, by Stuart Basham Stone – I learned about this book from Anil Tambwekar’s blog about books inspired by Oz. This one, published in 1913, uses the same basic structure of The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, but … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Chinese, Christianity, Families, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Mythology, Nursery Rhymes, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Rick Riordan | Tagged anil tambwekar, autism, birds, goats, jesus, magpies, mars, martian time-slip, matlida joslyn gage, matriarchy, mental health, mental illness, merlin, patriarchy, philip k. dick, rick riordan presents, schizophrenia, st. paul, stacey lee, stuart basham stone, t.h. white, the kingdom of why, the once and future king, the wonderful wizard of oz, time travel, winston chu, winston chu vs. the whimsies, witches, wizard of oz, woman church and state |

My God Can Beat Up Your God

I can’t remember how I was originally signed up for Quora, but I do find it interesting to read some of the answers, especially about mythology. Like much of the Internet, answers are from both experts and people who are just … Continue reading →

Posted in African, Babylonian, Celtic, Characters, Christianity, Conspiracy Theories, Egyptian, Etymology, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Poetry, Politics, Prejudice, Relationships, Religion, Roman, Wicca | Tagged cybele, dionysus, glinda, kronos, laura riding, loki, matilda joslyn gage, matriarchy, ozma, ozma fail, patriarchy, poseidon, prometheus, rhea, robert graves, saturn, set, the greek myths, the white goddess, tiamat, titans, tuatha de danann, zeus |

The Ascent of Men

The Greek Myths, by Robert Graves – The library system only had one copy of this, so it took me a few checkouts to finish it, but I finally did. It’s an interesting and pretty thorough retelling of Greek mythology, … Continue reading →

Posted in Authors, Book Reviews, Characters, Comics, Dragon Quest, Feminism, Gender, Greek Mythology, History, Hugh Pendexter, Humor, Jared Davis, L. Frank Baum, Magic, Monsters, Mythology, Oz, Oz Authors, Rick Riordan, Video Games | Tagged a difficulty with dwarves, alefgard, brownies, christopher stasheff, cowardly lion, craig shaw gardner, david hulan, demons, donald abbott, dragon quest monsters, dragonlord, dragons, dwarves, ebenezum, emerald city, glinda, how the wizard came to oz, kalidahs, manga, matriarchy, mine yoshizaki, mortamor, oz and the three witches, patriarchy, quelala, robert graves, ross macdonald, slimes, terry, the ballad of wuntvor, the gauds of oz, the greek myths, the way of a lion, the wonderful wizard of oz, wicked witch of the east, wicked witch of the west, witches, wizard of oz, wizards |

Matriarchy on My Mind

It seems to me like, ever since Men’s Rights Activists were revealed to be an actual thing, I’ve seen frequent accusations of people being MRAs. The way I see it, you can be misogynistic without being an MRA. That particular … Continue reading →

Posted in Comics, Conspiracy Theories, Current Events, Feminism, Gender, L. Frank Baum, Oz, Oz Authors, Politics | Tagged frogman, glinda, hillary clinton, matriarchy, men's rights movement, misogyny, ozma, patriarchy, president barack obama, the lost princess of oz, william moulton marston, wonder woman |