Katherine’s Blog

For you, there’ll be no more crying For you, the sun will be shining  And I feel that when I’m with you It’s alright, I know it’s right To you, I’ll give the world To you, I’ll never be cold  ‘Cause I feel that when I’m with you It’s alright, I know it’s right And the songbirds are singing,  Like they know the score And I love you, I love you, I love you  Like never before               -Christine McVie, “Songbird” Today I found out that Christine McVie, a member of the band Fleetwood Mac, has died. I feel shocked by it. From what I can gather, this was unexpected and sudden. It is very weird for me because I love the band so much. I was lucky enough to see them live a few years ago, but now I can’t ever again, at least not in the same way.  Like what happens a lot when famous musicians die, I feel like I need to listen to all their music, especially the songs Christine McVie wrote. I already have, and I keep thinking abou...

Sometimes, its important to get angry about things. Learning your uncle married your mother months after your father’s death? Yeah. Finding out said uncle actually murdered your father, the king? Sure. Taking five whole acts to work up to the courage to take revenge against your uncle? Yep.  But you know what you should really feel angry about? This quote from critic Lee Dewards about Ophelia in Shakespeare’s Hamlet : “We can imagine Hamlet’s story without Ophelia, but Ophelia literally has no story without Hamlet.” If you don’t get it, I’ll tell you why you should feel angry. It is true—so incredibly true. This is not just true for Ophelia but so many other female characters in literature. Now, I don’t know enough about Shakespeare to know how consciously he created Ophelia’s character, or if he knew just how much feminist critique would apply to her. My guess, probably not too much. Can I entirely blame the man, given the time he was alive in? Yes I guess probably not. But, no m...