Vulgar Army : The Federal Octopus, 1933 Update: no one is to...

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Octopus as Metaphor

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Vulgar Army is on hiatus, and is likely to remain so indefinitely.

The intent behind VA is to identify and criticise themes in the use of the octopus as a metaphor in propaganda and political cartoons, as well as identify its relation to popular culture.

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Some of these cartoons, articles etc. express ideas I personally find abhorrent. Their appearance here is NOT an endorsement. Just thought I should make that clear.

1930s Government octopus octoprop
Aug 26th 2010
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The Federal Octopus, 1933

Update: no one is to tell Mr. Rabbit - the mad monk - about the federal octopus of waste.

Vulgar Army by Michelle Farran is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-Noncommercial-Share Alike 2.5 Australia License.