Margaret Oliphant, in her novel Miss Marjoribanks, uses the seasons and external spaces to indicate the status of Lucilla Marjoribanks’ social influence. At the age of nineteen, Lucilla enters Carlingford and crafts it into the social sphere of her desire. Her own thriving garden, in what appears to be summer by its established lawn and [...]
CONJUNCTION JUNCTION: WHAT’S YOUR FUNCTION?
A Modern Day Rubinesque Example:
Kim Gritzke AND Tim Clune Get Married
Yes, the historical derivation of gender exists. We all have been molded to live it. Then you get married and things become more surreal than you ever expect.
Gayle Rubin’s The Traffic in Women: Notes on the ‘Political Economy’ of Sex made me [...]
WHY DO PEOPLE KEEP SHITTY JOBS?
Louis Althusser has the situation pegged. The (repressive) State Apparatus keeps things status quo because they can beat you into submission with their repression ‘machine.’ Ideological forces lead us to believe we have a choice even though they dictate the social norm. All this exists in an effort to ensure [...]
Questions up for debate:
1.) Which candidate do you (not the people of Carlingford) think is better for Parliament, Mr. Ashburton or Mr. Cavendish? Why?
- Dr. Marjoribanks wrestles with his opinion (353 bottom)
- Colonel Chiley’s opinion (364 middle)
- Lucilla’s opinion of Mr. A in social circles (365 middle)
- Summary of both candidates (371 all)
- Mr. Centrum’s [...]
I won’t be submitting this as the “best blog post ever.” I’m on hyper drive… must sleep.
Book X, 8-9: Ozy, Nite Owl and Rorschach are all watching the world, trying to find “patterns,” order and structure. Ozy does it to turn a profit but he’s supposed to the be the smartest. I guess it makes you wonder [...]
WATCHMENESQUE INTRO:
The English department is trying to break me and they’re about to succeed. I’m really goddamn tired… tired of the high-gloss, quick-pick course designs where nothing is allowed to penetrate in depth before we’re jerked off down some new path. The tub is taking on water and it’s all just spilling over the side today. [...]
This assignment is interesting. I am not, nor have I ever been, a fan of comics, but I’m having fun seeing echoes of Jameson all over the place. I can even see a bit of Saussure and the French duo, Deleuze and Guatarri.
Like the reflective walls of LA’s Bonaventure Hotel, Watchmen reflects the genre in which it situates [...]
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HARK:
Postmodernism = Modernism flipped ass over tea cup. That which was of dominant importance in the 40’s and 50’s is now secondary, giving all those original underdog qualities renewed appreciation upfront and center.
I like the way Jameson refers to Gerty’s-got-her-groove-on Stein. In her manifesto, Composition Explained, she’s all about,
“The only thing that is different from one time to another is what is [...]
In my Saussure post, I unfairly present my cat, Kringle, as a flesh eating monster. I now offer you his softer side, “Derrida Style.” Decentralizing that singular murderous aspect, allowing for supplemental information, you can now arrive at a more accurate truth. Kringle actually has many sides. I can assure you that “centered” he is not. Enjoy!
This video has been monitored for Kitty Porn.
Jacques “Derrida” says in his very wordy “Structure, Sign and Play in the Discourse of the Human Sciences:”
“… pardon me for being so elliptical in order to bring me more quickly to my principle theme” (“Derrida” 916).
Apology not accepted, “Derrida.”
I flip you the bird.
THAT SAID, I bagged the handout and went for the cheap score. Chapter 3 of Barry’s [...]
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