Monthly Archives: October 2009
For the Love of Žižek: a Fan’s Confession
We believe that feelings are immutable, but every sentiment, particularly the noblest and most disinterested, has a history. Michel Foucault, ‘Nietzsche, Genealogy, History’ I was not always a keen reader of theory, that anamorphic genre that blends literary, sociological, philosophical,
For the Love of Žižek: a Fan’s Confession
We believe that feelings are immutable, but every sentiment, particularly the noblest and most disinterested, has a history. Michel Foucault, ‘Nietzsche, Genealogy, History’ I was not always a keen reader of theory, that anamorphic genre that blends literary, sociological, philosophical,
To Whom It May Concern
Hello. Bad habits die hard. I’ve been trying to stop myself from writing you. But then, it seems even in the middle of performing what I’m supposed to be “officially” doing, I’m still trying to write you! I guess there’s
To Whom It May Concern
Hello. Bad habits die hard. I’ve been trying to stop myself from writing you. But then, it seems even in the middle of performing what I’m supposed to be “officially” doing, I’m still trying to write you! I guess there’s
An Instrument of War
“What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he’s a painter, or ears if he’s a musician, or a lyre at every level of his art if he’s a poet, or even, if
An Instrument of War
“What do you think an artist is? An imbecile who has only his eyes if he’s a painter, or ears if he’s a musician, or a lyre at every level of his art if he’s a poet, or even, if
Babae / Woman
I remember the second time I visited SM City Iloilo this year quite vividly for the simple reason that I heard a familiar tune playing over the mall’s intercom. I was with my two titas and their baby boy when
Babae / Woman
I remember the second time I visited SM City Iloilo this year quite vividly for the simple reason that I heard a familiar tune playing over the mall’s intercom. I was with my two titas and their baby boy when
On This Reproductive System Where I’m Blissfully Stuck Now
Not only do we find in the uneasy transitions of organisms engaged in reproduction the same basic violence which in physical eroticism leaves us gasping, but we also catch the inner meaning of that violence. Georges Bataille, Death and Sensuality
On This Reproductive System Where I’m Blissfully Stuck Now
Not only do we find in the uneasy transitions of organisms engaged in reproduction the same basic violence which in physical eroticism leaves us gasping, but we also catch the inner meaning of that violence. Georges Bataille, Death and Sensuality
The Real Catastrophe behind Ondoy
The administration presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro has been airing costly TV infomercials bragging about the Arroyo regime’s disaster preparations. The typhoon Ondoy proved his claims to be a big farce. The scale of human suffering that enveloped Metro Manila and
The Real Catastrophe behind Ondoy
The administration presidential candidate Gilbert Teodoro has been airing costly TV infomercials bragging about the Arroyo regime’s disaster preparations. The typhoon Ondoy proved his claims to be a big farce. The scale of human suffering that enveloped Metro Manila and
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