In her article on the semiotics of guilt in Garro’s work, Ana Bundgard asserts that falling into guilt is transgression and rupture, a necessary evil for anyone who aspires to status as subject. By taking on the role of writer, Lelinca carries a burden of guilt that represents rupture from the paradise of the patriarchal … More Ana Bundgard
Cross posted at Seminario Permanente de Teoría y Crítica: In [a book] [a critic] distinguishes between silencing, a condition imposed from outside, and silence freely chosen. She further suggests that the latter can take two forms: using silence as a weapon or breaking silence with hipocrisy. The interplay between silencing and silence . . . … More Elena Garro
I Do you get a huge rush when you realize, in the text you are composing, that the next paragraph will be your last? Is this moment thrilling to you because you are now about to see the work go through its penultimate metamorphosis, break free from the stone from which it has been carved, … More Tao Te Ching
Since classes started I no longer feel pressured to enjoy myself. Oddly, this is making me more relaxed. I am spending more late afternoons at the swimming pool than I did during the summer, for instance. And I may give up on attending Rising Tide this weekend, as I cannot really afford a weekend in … More A x é
Some people abstain from alcohol or drugs because the attempt to use intoxicants in moderation has not agreed with them. The glittering substances may look beautiful, but for these people they are all destructive, all the time. As an adult I have been involved in two abusive relationships. Each coerced me to stay. Each situation … More On Quitting
To strengthen my magic charm yet further I am continuing to repeat that I cured chronic depression, first contracted long ago in Reeducation, in just a few weeks by deciding to pull Reeducation out by the roots. This is to say that I stopped trying to resign myself to depression and live with it. I … More Maguey
I My dissertation director always imagined I was lazy because I did not place a high moral value on stress, or believe that stress made one more heroic. My Reeducators, on the other hand, were concerned about what they saw as my excess of achievement and my overdeveloped ability to reason, concentrate and persevere. They … More On Concentration
I am on high ground near 1oW. E-mail profacero@gmail.com if evacuating for this or future storms. No guarantees but I might have leads on places to stay. I am rather reserved but especially if you have a blog I know, I will probably trust you. As you can see here, the storm will hit the … More Hurricane Dean
Read these stories and definitions: FREIKORPS 1 – FREIKORPS 2 – STURM ABTEILUNG – SCHUTZSTAFFEL – BLACKWATER. Draw the logical conclusion. And while we are on the general topic of terrorism, visit Elaine Vigneault for the best post on web harrassment I have seen to date. I, meanwhile, have gotten back to reading Virginia Woolf, … More Freikorps
By Carmen of All About Race. Via Tom of Automatic Preference. Recently, I’ve been asked both directly and in roundabout ways, “When do we get to press the racial reset button?” The people who’ve asked this question seem to feel tired of dealing with racial issues and in particular are frustrated by the level of … More The Racial Reset Button
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