animal farm | The Smart Set https://www.thesmartset.com A magazine of arts & culture from Drexel University Tue, 09 Jul 2024 20:48:01 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.7.2 1984 in 2024 https://www.thesmartset.com/1984-in-2024/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=1984-in-2024 https://www.thesmartset.com/1984-in-2024/#respond Thu, 11 Jul 2024 11:30:00 +0000 https://www.thesmartset.com/?p=64768 Like existentialism, surreal, and (sorry, Alanis Morisette) ironic, the term “Orwellian” is ubiquitous and often misused. It’s typically applied to government surveillance or totalitarianism in general. This is understandable, given that British author Eric Arthur Blair, better known by his pen name, George Orwell, is likely best known for his novel 1984, which generations of […]

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