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Ugg Shearling Backpack

Hannah Arendt famously used the phrase "the banality of evil" in her description of Nazi genocide in World War Two. Most of us have come to associate this phrase with platitudes like "at least the fascists made the trains run on time." However, "banal" was not meant to position these actions as workaday.

Rather it is meant to contest the prevalent depictions of the Nazi's inexplicable atrocities as having emanated from a malevolent will to do evil, a delight in murder. As far as Arendt could discern, Eichmann came to his willing involvement with the program of genocide through a failure or absence of the faculties of sound thinking and judgment.

We feel like this distinction may be critical to understanding the sheer banality of this Ugg Shearling Backpack available at Victoria's Secret. It isn't evil or even a terrible idea. It simply came about through a lack of sound thinking. And the fact that it continues to be purchased compounds that lack of judgment.

Henry Cuir Blue Jeans Large Tote

In the epic poem The Faerie Queene we explore allegories of virtue and vice in an Arthurian landscape. The third book brings the readers to the House of Busyrane. The protongist Amoret is entreated on the three gates of the to "Be bold!" on the first gate; "Be bold, be bold, and evermore be bold," on the second gate; and "Be not too bold!" on the third gate.


We feel this is sound advice, particularly when one is dealing with the purchase of an extreme handbag. Wild colors like orange are encouraged but sometimes it is best to temper it with a little of the "be not too bold." This Henry Cuir Blue Jeans Large Tote is a perfect example. Its bright color exemplifies stylistic boldness but its simple tote form reigns it in with reason.

Hogan Brown Leather Dual Pocket Backpack

Hogan is part of Tod's conglomerate and as such is generally a good bet for well made leather goods. They are the highest expression of a “new luxury” lifestyle according to their press materials. But sometimes these lifestyle leather goods brands confuse us a little. In fact this Hogan Brown Leather Dual Pocket Backpack has us stumped.
  

A thousand dollar backpack just doesn't make a lot of sense, even in Gossip Girl land. Sure they are school girls who should nominally be carrying backpacks and might shell out for expensive leather goods but they carry Chanel to school not backpacks. We guess that is how this ended up on Bluefly.