Monthly Archives: April 2010
Ideology is in the Bench
Ideology…is not just a matter of what I think about a situation; it is somehow inscribed in that situation itself. It is no good my reminding myself that I am opposed to racism as I sit down on a park
Ideology is in the Bench
Ideology…is not just a matter of what I think about a situation; it is somehow inscribed in that situation itself. It is no good my reminding myself that I am opposed to racism as I sit down on a park
Left!? What Left!?
“No, what gets me is that later they claim they’re on the left, that they’re anarchists. Anarchists my ass, they’re a bunch of Stirnerian faggots. Runts who walk around reading Nietzsche at age forty. Disillusioned my ass. What the hell
Left!? What Left!?
“No, what gets me is that later they claim they’re on the left, that they’re anarchists. Anarchists my ass, they’re a bunch of Stirnerian faggots. Runts who walk around reading Nietzsche at age forty. Disillusioned my ass. What the hell
A Very Brief and Vulgar Reaction to Orwell’s Animal Farm
Rereading George Orwell’s Animal Farm last month made me realize how effective the text works as an attack of the Stalinist regime of the former Soviet Union. In the standard reading of the novel, it is construed not only as
A Very Brief and Vulgar Reaction to Orwell’s Animal Farm
Rereading George Orwell’s Animal Farm last month made me realize how effective the text works as an attack of the Stalinist regime of the former Soviet Union. In the standard reading of the novel, it is construed not only as
Memory as Mysterious Lady
Memory is a mysterious lady. We do not choose our memories. They live their own life. They come and go. Sometimes they disappear for good. Other memories stick to us like lichen to a stone. They’re bits of life that
Memory as Mysterious Lady
Memory is a mysterious lady. We do not choose our memories. They live their own life. They come and go. Sometimes they disappear for good. Other memories stick to us like lichen to a stone. They’re bits of life that
Blindness and Seeing
What if everybody goes blind all of a sudden? What would happen? Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago follows the repercussions of such a speculative scenario in his 1995 novel, Blindness. The novel starts with a government in panic rounding
Blindness and Seeing
What if everybody goes blind all of a sudden? What would happen? Portuguese Nobel Prize-winning writer Jose Saramago follows the repercussions of such a speculative scenario in his 1995 novel, Blindness. The novel starts with a government in panic rounding
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