lets go, freaks.

2headedsnake: Tony South ‘Legless 09’ oil on canvas

Sun, 19 May 2013 02:03:24 +1000

Tony South

‘Legless 09’

oil on canvas

"The legacy of identity politics has produced a problematic language idealism where we focus more on..."

Sun, 12 May 2013 05:41:18 +1000

“The legacy of identity politics has produced a problematic language idealism where we focus more on correct words and phrases rather than the material basis of oppression… And even in the moment where we imagine we are indeed combatting real world oppression we are, in fact, simply engaging with the level of appearance. […] This language idealism becomes nothing but a self-righteous exercise when it refuses to contemplate a praxis of mass pedagogy based on actually changing the material circumstances and instead focuses on anti-oppression training, atomized concepts of privilege, and how to speak correctly.”

- J. Moufawad-Paul (via selucha)

Finally.
(via mehreenkasana)

foucaultthehaters: Communism is not love. Communism is a 3d printer we use to smash the enemy.

Sun, 12 May 2013 05:29:46 +1000

foucaultthehaters:

Communism is not love. Communism is a 3d printer we use to smash the enemy.

jujutsu-with-zizek: “reality is for those who cannot sustain...

Sat, 04 May 2013 08:00:26 +1000

jujutsu-with-zizek:

“reality is for those who cannot sustain the dream.” - Slavoj Zizek

Sexy bastard..

The Wikipedia of bad similes

Fri, 03 May 2013 16:00:16 +1000

shitmystudentswrite:

Politics is what happens when social structures want to edit themselves, almost as if they are the Wikipedia of bad similes.

Photo

Fri, 03 May 2013 08:00:37 +1000

historical-nonfiction: Cycladic figures (like the one above)...

Thu, 02 May 2013 16:00:18 +1000

historical-nonfiction:

Cycladic figures (like the one above) range in size from a few inches to more than five feet tall, and share a number of general characteristics: usually female with small carved breasts, their necks are elongated and cylindrical, the heads are oval-shaped and tiled back, and usually only the nose is carved, their arms are most often folded and their legs are together.. Many of the figures appear to have been painted. Hundreds of cycladic figures have been found scattered across the Cyclades Islands, in the Aegean Sea off the coast of Greece.

The purpose of the figurines are not known. Some have been excavated in homes on the islands, others were clearly exported to nearby regions. Since so many were found in graves, it is speculated they had something to do with death. However, since some larger cycladic figures were broken to fit into smaller graves, they were likely made for other purposes as well, and then put into graves.

foucaultthehaters: kafka has went way down hill

Thu, 02 May 2013 08:00:29 +1000

foucaultthehaters:

kafka has went way down hill

bitchfaceart: James Tissot, Japanese Lady in the Bath.

Wed, 01 May 2013 15:11:25 +1000

bitchfaceart:

James Tissot, Japanese Lady in the Bath.

fotojournalismus: Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian...

Wed, 01 May 2013 08:00:17 +1000

fotojournalismus:

Israeli security forces arrest a Palestinian man during clashes with Jewish settlers, left background, near the Jewish settlement of Yitzhar, near Nablus on April 30, 2013.

[Credit : Nasser Ishtayeh/AP]

Shady Characters and a brief, brief history of punctuation

Wed, 01 May 2013 06:15:49 +1000

Shady Characters and a brief, brief history of punctuation

jetqlanes: Francesco Goya - The Sleep of Reason Produces...

Wed, 01 May 2013 06:12:32 +1000

jetqlanes:

Francesco Goya - The Sleep of Reason Produces Monsters

One of my favourites of Goya

Hilarious!

Sat, 27 Apr 2013 08:00:21 +1000

Hilarious!

Photo

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 16:00:20 +1000

red-lipstick: Roby Dwi Antono (Indonesia) - Muram Temaram,...

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 08:00:37 +1000

red-lipstick:

Roby Dwi Antono (Indonesia) - Muram Temaram, 2012 Drawings: Pencil on Paper

"In later years I have denied myself the very great pleasure of reading … Nietzsche, with the..."

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:30:24 +1000

“In later years I have denied myself the very great pleasure of reading … Nietzsche, with the deliberate object of not being hampered … by any sort of anticipatory ideas.”

- Freud (via jujutsu-with-zizek)

amandapalmer: charges your borges

Fri, 26 Apr 2013 03:21:06 +1000

amandapalmer:

charges your borges

"The withholding of authoritative epistemic status from the knowledge women have traditionally..."

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:43:51 +1100

“The withholding of authoritative epistemic status from the knowledge women have traditionally constructed out of their designated areas of experience affords a peculiarly salient illustration of gender politics at work. ‘Gossip’, ‘old wives’ tales’, ‘women’s lore’, ‘witchcraft’ are just some of the labels patriarchal societies attach to women’s accumulated knowledge and wisdom. Yet the knowledge in question stands up to the most stringent tests that even the objectivists require. It is testable in practice across a wide variety of circumstances. (Think, for example, of midwifery or cookery.) Its theoretical soundness is evident in its practical applications. Its objectivity is apparent from the fact that its creators and practitioners have to cope with the intractability of the people they know and the objects they know and use. Children improperly cared for will not thrive; plants will not grow in just any soil or location; water will not boil in the refrigerator. This knowledge is valid across a wide historical and geographical range when specific local variations are taken into account. I cite examples from practices commonly classified as trivial, women’s work to show that the knowledge derived even out of such denigrated practices is wholly worthy of the name. Its subjugation and trivialization can be explained only in terms of the structures of power and differential authority encoded in the purity demanded by ideal objectivity. This knowledge cannot attain that standard, the supposition is, because it grows out of experiences, out of continued contact with the particularities of material, sensory objects—and it is strongly shaped by the subjectivity of its knowers: women. Hence, for a system that enshrines male subjectivity in the name of objectivity, while suppressing the products of female subjectivity with the accusation that they lacked objectivity, knowledge of these kinds can count only as women’s lore.”

- Lorraine Code, What Can She Know? (via matryushka)

Yeh cheez.
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asymptotejournal: Recommended: Five Spice Street, by Can...

Tue, 26 Mar 2013 05:42:08 +1100

asymptotejournal:

Recommended:

Five Spice Street, by Can Xue. Translated by Karen Gernant and Chen Zeping. Cover art by Yue Minjun.

"What is your favorite word?” “And. It is so hopeful."

Wed, 20 Mar 2013 08:00:34 +1100

““What is your favorite word?”
“And. It is so hopeful.””

- Margaret Atwood