Girls do run the world, but patriarchy keeps that fact quietly bracketed: Listening to Beyonce’s “Run the World (Girls)”
Feminist bloggers all over the political and aesthetic spectrum have been criticizing Beyonce’s “Run The World (Girls)” for proffering post-feminist falsehoods, for objectifying/sexualizing women in the video, and for limiting women’s “accomplishments” to traditional roles (like behind every “great man”)….
Introducing Stardotblog, my new collaboration
I thought readers of this blog might be interested in my work over on Stardotblog, the studio blog of new media artist christian.ryan. You can see on that blog that I’ll be collaborating with christian on writing about and theorizing…
What is “negative” about political negativity?: On Halberstam, Joy Division, and Grace Jones (London’s Burning #3)
This post follows up on the previous one, which discussed Halberstam’s concept of political negativity. This bluring—or “ambiguity,” if you will—of subject/object position is even more evident in Grace Jone’s cover of “She’s Lost Control.” In my view, it is…
What is “negative” about political negativity?: On Halberstam, Joy Division, and Grace Jones (London’s Burning #3)
So, I’m working on several projects related to the use of music in contemporary queer theory. You all know I’ve been thinking about the role of punk in the futurity/relationality debates, and I’ve written before on the Halberstam/Edelman exhange on…
Follow me on Twitter
I’ve had a twitter account for ages, but I’ve finally decided to actually use it. I’m limiting my feed to blog-related topics: it’s more or less the aphorism division of its-her-factory. There’s a link on the left hand side of…
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