Joe O’Connor
Bio
New Zealander living in London
Teacher of English and History, and sport-lover
Mostly short stories and poems📚
Feel free to be honest- one constructive comment beats a hundred generic ones
Currently writing James The Wonderer
Stories (46/0)
Balancing Barbie: a brutal task
Greta Gerwig is an expert tightrope-walker. Balancing a child’s entertainment with societal critique, the dangers of consumerism against the millions Mattel makes off this movie, and empowering women on the one hand versus unrealistic beauty standards on the other.
By Joe O’Connor10 months ago in Critique
Hey Avatar, someone wants her story back
So you were the highest-selling movie of all time huh? I guess space + 3D = genius. Those fancy glasses of yours made people miss the real crime. Not mining Ubh-310, but taking what isn’t yours. How appropriate that it’s called Pandora.
By Joe O’Connor10 months ago in Critique
James the Wonderer
Chapter One- A bishop and a jump “Your bishop’s in trouble boy. Aren’t you going to save it?” James March tried to brush the comment aside and concentrate on his next move, but it lodged itself neatly into his mind, settling alongside the recent revelation that was already burning any fibres of focus he had left.
By Joe O’Connor10 months ago in Chapters
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