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Even within this lurks a subversiveness, since “Sinners” points to chronicles informing how we’ve arrived at this version of our present that those working to re-establish segregation want to bury or erase.
From Salon ● May 2, 2025
With great subversiveness, Portis consistently abjured America’s postwar fetishes for progress, social mobility and affluence.
From Washington Post ● Apr. 13, 2023
How do you think about boundaries of subversiveness now, and what are your thoughts on media conformism today?
From Seattle Times ● Dec. 14, 2022
So he has aimed for humor, charm and, of course, a little subversiveness.
From New York Times ● Jun. 13, 2022
It would suppress subversiveness as well as what is called bad taste.
From The Shewing-up of Blanco Posnet by Bernard Shaw
