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On the Truths and Lies of "Natural Beauty"
In the Odyssey and in the Iliad, we see Athena and Aphrodite frequently interfering in the lives of mortals to make them taller, more muscular, their…
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Megha Lillywhite
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Plato’s Republic Book II: What would you do if you could get away with it?
In which not a single train of thought was ridden to the end
Jun 13
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Megha Lillywhite
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Kiki’s Delivery Service and the Good Female Protagonist
Female-centred stories don't need to be terrible
Jun 9
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Megha Lillywhite
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Plato's Republic Book I Notes: Does Might Make Right?
Come read Plato's Republic with me!
Jun 3
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Megha Lillywhite
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May 2026
Wrath and Watercolour while the babies were asleep
Learning to draw by hand in an age of AI and iPad art
May 29
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Megha Lillywhite
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That's not what a butterfly looks like
Traditional illustrator articulating what "good illustration" really means
May 25
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Megha Lillywhite
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Joy is not an emotion; it is a way of being
A philosophical discussion about Moral Ends
May 18
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Megha Lillywhite
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How to Read the Little Mermaid with a Little Girl
What Hans Christian Andersen taught me about Love, Immortality and Being Human
May 12
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Megha Lillywhite
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How to Teach Real Art to a Child
Most people’s visual arts education often just begin and end with endless “crafts” that amount to so much garbage that parents guiltily store and then…
May 5
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Megha Lillywhite
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April 2026
How to Judge Art Objectively - Notes from John Ruskin
Sugar is Sweet; Beauty is Good
Apr 29
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Megha Lillywhite
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Do You Have Any Peers?
You Can't Fix the World On Your Own
Apr 21
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Megha Lillywhite
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Is Studio Ghibli Better than Disney?
On the Qualities that Make a Story Inherently Good for Children
Apr 15
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Megha Lillywhite
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