January 2012
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sci-fi fashion - cyborg identity
I am writing my MA dissertation right now - it’s a lot of work, so I’m always glad for distraction - and what better place than tumblr to look for that?
My thesis is concerned with the use of subversive strategies like the cyborg and the monstrous, which unsettle the dominant gender binary, in Lady Gaga’s performances. And actually, tumblr has proven to be pretty resourceful,...
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it's an aesthetic of our times
Great observation - concurs with the present “invisibility of subcultures”, which some old men ‘noticed’:
“The state of mind that accompanies this will also be recognisable. It feels lonely, but oddly peaceful; your eyes hurt and your skin feels slightly numb; every so often, fatigue makes you zone out and hallucinate (mildly, like having a spot of vertigo when...
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We recognize the Apple computer symbol, I think, as a clever
icon for the...
– Judith Halberstam (1991). “Automating Gender: Postmodern Feminism in the Age of the Intelligent Machine,” in: Feminist Studies, Vol. 17, No. 3. (Autumn, 1991), pp. 439-460. here p. 442.
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Girls just wanna...
Katy Perry - Last Friday Night (T.G.I.F…
I wish pop always felt this right.
The video clip for Katy Perry’s «Last Friday Night» is instantly gratifying - at least if you’re a twenty-something, who (not only) as a kid loved playing with her Totally Hair Barbies, funky dresses, leggings and leg warmers and neon colors and also has vivid memories of 80s - early 90s...
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