hideousreplica's SuicideGirls Blog

Today I started writing a philosophy paper on the roles of the colonial gaze and the black body in Fanon's account of racial identity.

In relation to Fanon's understanding of the black body, I plan to bring in a discussion about the biologist Donna Haraway's cyborg theory, physicist Stephen Hawking's disability, and the comedy tactics of Ali G.

Who says philosophy can't be fun?

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runk:

I would love to have a holiday in Scotland. Pencil me in for sometime in the next 2 years!

(I'll be sure to sneak in some of the better American brews...my part of the country was largely settled by the Irish & the Germans!)

Feb 20, 2004

runk:

OK, then. Since I come from the "Land of Sky Blue Waters" ( a 1970's American beer reference that would mean absolutely nothing to you), I would be happy to bring along some mineral water from LaCroix or Klarbrunn, so you could taste the fizzy goodness that the glaciers did to this f*ed-up country 10,000 years ago.

Feb 20, 2004

Chuggers is a shortened word for 'charity muggers' - you know, these smiley-faced, clipboard-holding, bib-wearing twerps currently clogging up every high street in Britain...

In my home town, the main culprits are Greenpeace and Concern. No one from Greenpeace is ever going to stop me now, after I recently had the following conversation with one of them:

Chugger: Hi there. Can you spare a couple...
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Watched Breaking The Waves on TV last night. That really is one of the greatest films ever. Without knowing anything about it beforehand, I went to see it at the cinema (in 1998, I think). I was completely blown away! I just had to see it again and bought a ticket for the very next screening.

Lars von Trier (director of Breaking The Waves) is...
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hideousreplica:

That's cool. Since studying philosophy at univeristy, I've found that my interest lies more in the social and political works of the Frankfurt School and what might generally be termed 'critical theory'.

Feb 17, 2004

jenya:

i read your thread on "criteria for favorite SGs"
.......considering you have picked my utmost favorite.....Quinne....

i would say you are doing a good job