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#frankenstein

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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 29, 1797: William Godwin married Mary Wollstonecraft. Godwin was an English journalist, philosopher and novelist. And one of the first modern proponents of anarchism. His most famous books are “An Enquiry Concerning Political Justice” and “Things as They Are; or, The Adventures of Caleb Williams,” a mystery novel that attacks aristocratic privilege. Wollstonecraft was a British writer, philosopher, and advocate of women's rights, and is regarded by many as one of the founding feminist philosophers. Her most famous book was “A Vindication of the Rights of Woman” (1792). She died 11 days after giving birth to her second daughter, Mary Shelley, author of Frankenstein.

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchism #feminism #marywollstonecraft #williamgodwin #philosophy #novel #fiction #frankenstein #maryshelley #books #author #writer #journalism @bookstadon

Mary Wollstonecraft by John Opie, c. 1797. By John Opie - one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof. This may be due to recognition of the "sweat of the brow" doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions.As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement. Please see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for more information., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=970256
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

i find all of this extraordinary:

#MaryShelley created "#Frankenstein"

the seminal work (arguably the first work of #scienceFiction)-

humanity creating artificial life

in a ghost story writing contest suggested by #LordByron

the father of #AdaLovelace

who predicted #AI (the first person to seriously address the topic)-

humanity creating an artificial mind

something to think about this #womensHistoryMonth:

the artistic and technological mothers of our age

bbc.com/news/magazine-24565995

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Image of a human head with cogs
BBC NewsA Point of View: Will machines ever be able to think?The pursuit of "machine intelligence" has long interested computer scientists, but will machines ever think for themselves, ask Lisa Jardine.
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

an interesting connection:

it was #LordByron who proposed the ghost story writing contest that led to #MaryShelley writing "#Frankenstein", and he was the father of another #womensHistoryMonth notable: #AdaLovelace

her story is well known, but less well known is that she predicted #AI

she rejected it

her rejection was not without teeth, because the first non-#scienceFiction champion of AI, #AlanTuring, spent an inordinate amount of time refuting her critique

nist.gov/blogs/taking-measure/

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NIST researcher Justyna Zwolak reads a book about Ada Lovelace to her young daughter
NIST · Ada Lovelace: The World’s First Computer Programmer Who Predicted Artificial IntelligenceDuring Women’s History Month, I am remembering Ada Lovelace’s contributions and thinking about the impact she had on me as a scientist and mathematician
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Ben Royce 🇺🇦

#womensHistoryMonth

What do many consider the 1st #scienceFiction?

One of the first works of #horror (certainly #bodyHorror)?

#MaryShelley's "#Frankenstein"

Written as a *teenager*

A teenager who had recently lost a baby

I think that's key

Horror not from taking life

But creating life

She went to Switzerland with her lover Percy Shelley who was fleeing creditors in Britain

The summer was cold and rainy so #LordByron (yes him) proposed a #ghostStory #writingContest

I think she won

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May Shelley
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MikeDunnAuthor

Today in Labor History March 25, 1811: Oxford University expelled Percy Bysshe Shelley for publishing the pamphlet The Necessity of Atheism. Shelley was an English Romantic poet, radical in both his art and his politics. His poem "The Mask of Anarchy," which he wrote in 1819 after the Peterloo Massacre, is one of the first modern descriptions of nonviolent resistance. His admirers included Karl Marx, Gandhi and George Bernard Shaw. He was married to Mary Shelley, author of “Frankenstein.”

#workingclass #LaborHistory #anarchy #anarchism #atheism #marx #poetry #peterloo #massecre #PercyBisheShelley #gandhi #MaryShelley #frankenstein #writer #author #books #fiction #poet @bookstadon

Portrait of Shelley, by Alfred Clint (1829). By After Amelia Curran – one or more third parties have made copyright claims against Wikimedia Commons in relation to the work from which this is sourced or a purely mechanical reproduction thereof. This may be due to recognition of the "sweat of the brow" doctrine, allowing works to be eligible for protection through skill and labour, and not purely by originality as is the case in the United States (where this website is hosted). These claims may or may not be valid in all jurisdictions.As such, use of this image in the jurisdiction of the claimant or other countries may be regarded as copyright infringement. Please see Commons:When to use the PD-Art tag for more information., Public Domain, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=6370522
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penwing (they/them)

"I gazed upon the picture of my mother, which stood over the mantlepiece. It was a historical subject, painted at my father's desire, and represented Caroline Beaufort in an agony of despair, kneeling at the coffin of her dead father."

What the fuck is wrong with Frankenstein men?!?

#Frankenstein
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penwing (they/them)

Elizabeth is his cousin in this version... Not an orphan who would be a "pretty present for my Victor"

The cousin who's mother dies and who's father dumps her on the Franksteins (her mother is Papa Frankenstein's sister)...

But Victor is ever the utter arse "I loved to tend on her, as I should on a favourite animal"

Not sure which is better tbh...

#Frankenstein
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Cie Du Mauvais Genre

Capsule de résidence artistique dans les jardins du tiers-lieu le Bal Perdu à Prailles en #DeuxSevres pour la reprise l'été dernier de notre création ≈ [prEsque Égal À].

Texte de Jonas Hassen Khemiri sur la question de ce qui, à l'instar de #Frankenstein, est monstrueux et créé par l'homme. Khemiri y répond en créant une pièce acide et drôle sur le #Capitalisme.

indymotion.fr/w/hSx8vZCAV9aRoa

PeerTubeCapsule de Résidence ≈ [prEsque Égal À] ≈ I/VBy Compagnie Du Mauvais Genre
#Theatre#Culture#Creation
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#carryshitolympics ist auch ne Lebenseinstellung. Als eine Bekannte von mir ausgezogen ist, ueberlegte sie, was sie mit den ganzen Buechern machen soll.
Ich schlug ihr vor, die #Oxfam zu spenden. "Da kommt man aber mit dem #Auto schlecht hin."
Also bot ich an, das mit dem Fahrrad rueberzufahren.

100kg Buecher sind ne Menge, aber machbar.

[freigestellt in GIMP, Datenschutz, yaddaydadda]

Freigestelltes Frankenstein mit Anhaenger
#buecher#fahrrad#fahrradalltag
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Ana Galarraga Aiestaran

🗓️ Gaur 'Frankenstein' eta 'The Bridge or Frankenstein' saio bikoitza DIPCren eskutik, Zinema eta Zientzia zikloaren barruan. Aurretik, @javierarmentia eta biok zientziaren mugez eta munstroez hitz batzuk egingo ditugu, eta solasaldia ere izango dugu ondoren.
Gonbidatuta zaudete! dipc.ehu.eus/eu/zientzia-gizar
#Frankenstein #zinema #zientzia

Donostia International Physics CenterSaio bikoitza: Frankenstein + The bride of Frankenstein - Frankenstein + La novia de Frankenstein (James Whale, 1931 eta 1935)
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