Archive for 'Foucault'
Take Some Theory and Call Me in the Morning: Obama vs. Foucault
There’s something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly captures what I think is one [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Foucault, american dream, american history, obama, power, power structure, repression, the man, theory.
Tags: american dream, barack obama, black, black people, change, civil rights movement, colombia, dnc, Foucault, history of sexuality, michel foucault, michelle obama, obama, politics, power, power structure, president of the united states, presidential election, repression, the man, the people, theory, transgression, victory
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What A Piece of Work is Man
I recently came across some discussions of gender by- wait for it, wait for it – men. Thomas Brakar and Clif of Blown Glass are in a heated (blog) discussion over their differing perceptions of the masculinity crisis. For starters, Brakar believes that there is one, while Clif thinks that “Quite simply, it’s a generational [...]
Posted: May 16th, 2007 under Columbine, Foucault, Jackson Katz, Laura Mulvey, Reversa, Self Objectification, Sex Roles, Sut Jhally, Virginia Tech, blogging, effeminate, gender, homophobia, masculinity, masculinity crisis, men, objectification, panopticon, racism, rape, school shooting, {URL}.
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