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Flarf You, Ethnic Slurs: "Corrosive, Cute, or Cloying Awfulness."
According to Micheal Magee, “Poems are, like, total bullshit unless they are/squid or popsicles or deer piled/on elk in the trunk of David Hasselhoff’s/cutlass Sierra.” That’s pretty much the spirit of the first poetry movement of the 21st century: semi-dadist riffing with Googleian specifics. It’s an interesting metaphor for modern consciousness– globalization has brought the [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2009 under agency, art, feminist, globalization, identity, identity politics, insult, poetry, politically correct, politics, pop culture, popular culture, postmodern, repression, slur.
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Bolivia and Women as Vessels of Cultural Authenticity
Tonight, my flight leaves for Bolivia at 8:30. I´m excited for the visit because my money will go farther there, and because it will be the first country that I´ve ever been to which has a thriving indigenous culture. It´s a culture that I don´t know much about, so I´ve been trying to do some [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2007 under 18th century, Aramayá, Barbie, Bolivia, Bolivian, Female Sexuality, La Paz, Miss Bolivia, Quillacollo, Robert Albro, Western, anthropology, bourgeoisie, chola, cholita, colonialism, culture, designer jeans, dress, empire, empowerment, fashion, femininity, gender, globalization, historical actor, identity, image, indigenous culture, market seller, objectification, oppression, politics, pop culture, popular woman, resistance, root metaphor, spanish king, standard of beauty, traditional dress, viceroy toledo, woman.
Tags: Aymara
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