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World War Z (a film about a zombie apocalypse)

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    I was asked by Iggy to prepare a Sociological reply to the following questions regarding the film World War Z. First I would like to say that I did not enjoy this film. I was bored. This is a personal option, yet, if you want to see a good zombie movie I would recommend the following (in no particular order):   Night of the living dead 28 days later Warm bodies Zombieland   The questions I was asked to consider were, if a zombie outbreak occurred: *What is the most realistic human reaction to the crisis? *In what order would society break down? *Would humanity come together or would it be a case of every man for himself?   Question one: What is the most realistic human reaction to the crisis? Firstly, it is unlikely that social structures would break down (sorry to disappoint). Obviously such themes thrive on dooms day scenarios. But it isn’t real. Investigating the World Health Organisations previous respo...

Tanith Lee

Thanks to Tanith Lee I’ve planned a live lounge for Iggy members to discuss Wolfland . Wolfland is one of my absolute fav ourite reworkings of Little Red Riding Hood so I would recommend this one. Tanith Lee is a British fantasy author. She is the author of more than 70 novels and almost 300 short stories. The story is one in a collection of reworked fairy tales ‘Red as Blood’ edited by Ellen Datlow and Terry Windling and it might remind you of a very familiar fairy tale you know! Special permission has also been granted by Tanith Lee herself to distribute the story to Iggy members who want to take part in the live lounge. We’ll be looking at the story critically and discussing writing style and fairy tale motifs along with as well as reflecting on images in the writing, and what the story tells us about femininity and gender. Such as what the author captures about men and women’s perceived roles in society. It’s going to be a lot of fun.