Tag: power
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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Why Obama, Volume One: 10,000-year war "fine" by McCain
I think that Americans are best represented by Obama for several reasons: 1. He does not support a continuation of the foreign policy that created the War Against Afghanistan or the War Against Iraq. 2. He does not, as McCain does, state that the military should be making foreign policy decisions and suggest that it [...]
Posted: June 29th, 2008 under 100 years, Civil Rights, Iraq War, afghanistan, election, iraq, mccain, obama, presidency, president, presidential candidate, war.
Tags: 100 years, 100%, 1000, 10000, afghanistan, candidate, Civil Rights, domestic policy, economics, economy, election, foreign policy, iraq, mccain, middle east, obama, politics, power, president, presidential, republican, republicans, right to bear arms, Supreme Court, the wire, Vietnam, war, WMD, years
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That's What My Daddy's Made Me: Simian Mobile Disco's "Hustler" Videos
I’ve been listening to the London-based Simian Mobile Disco, a music production team who call themselves “Electro/ Psychadelic/ Alternative” on their Myspace page. They are composed of two guys named James (foreground, left) and claim to sound like “good, old-fashioned, analogue party music” (as their wacky Brit-ball spelling has it). Specifically, I’ve been listening to [...]
Posted: June 19th, 2008 under Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Pornography, Sex Roles, agency, child molestation, female empowerment, feminism, feminist, feminist academics, feminist theory, gender, gender dynamics, gender power, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, male gaze, male sexuality, materialism, music, music video, objectification, objectification of women, objectify, patriarchy, politics, porn, power, power structure, prostitute, racism, sex, sex work, sex worker, sexism, shoplifting, subjectivity, subversion, theory.
Tags: abject, alternative, appetite, attack decay sustain release, child molestation, electro, electronica, feminist, girl on girl, honey hooker, hustler, kristeva, larry flynt, lust, male gaze, marx, Misogyny, mulvey, music, music video, myspace, objectify, party music, patriarchy, pink, politics, porn, Pornography, power, prositute, psychadelic, racism, sexism, sexuality, shoplifting, simian mobile disco, subjectivity, theory, video, women
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Equality: Not Satanism, Last I Checked
Recently I stumbled upon this website run by that beacon of truth and goodness, the Christian Right. In fine form, they announced at the beginning of the page, “FEMINISM IS EVIL! Beware of the feminists, many are LESBIANS!” Ah, yes, such tolerance and open mindedness is exactly what we have been taught to expect from [...]
Posted: May 15th, 2008 under Christianity, God, Satanic, Sex Roles, christian, female empowerment, female leader, female misogyny, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist academics, feminist theory, feminists, gender, gender bias, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender socialization, gender theory, religion, religious, religious extremists, science and gender, sex, unempowered.
Tags: american empire, authority, battering, bible, chauvinism, chauvinist, chimpanzee, christian right, Christianity, church, conservatism, corporate, corporations, divorce, DNA, equality, evil, female, feminazi, feminism, feminist, feminist agenda, foreign policy, gender, God, god's gender, god's word, hen-pecked, human rights, language, leadership, lesbian, lucifer, lunch., male, marriage, nazi, old testament, power, rebellion, ronald reagan, rush limbaugh, satan, sissies, truth, widow
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