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against representation🔻
@thoushallkill
poet &c; work in places you can find; @ work on malfunction, machine +// for schizopoetic robotgirls; fleshed out on @groceryarc; @sabrtoothmag poetry editor
- any of gerda gottlieb’s paintings of her wife lili— must have meant a lot for a trans woman to be able to see herself through the eyes & subjective framing of someone who loved her
y’all what is a painting or other work of visual art that never fails to destroy you every time you see it because BOY I’ll start: - this weird martyrization of the living too is a form of dehumanization btw. (action towards) the liberation of the colonial subject & colonized land should not hinge upon a moral assessment of their individual subjectivity within a (colonial) framework of "civility"
As much as i adore the whole cannibalism as love thing, i think this shows how people sleep on it as a metaphor for abuse and control. The dehumanization of another to the point they are meat. Losing your body. Becoming part of someone else independently of your will. -- utena was no prince; she played the part of one— at a cost— but a major part of rgu was examining how the socially constructed & enforced gender roles presented through the lens of fairytale archetypes cannot be divorced from gender subjectification under the patriarchy
- you people can't be normal about power, you either reduce her to a 'racist stinky brat' or sexy kawaii seductive anime girl when she's neither— she takes care of herself (denji & aki taught her to), & she wears cute outfits because she loves them, Not to entice sexual attention
- . denji idealizes women (to a fault) because he longs for maternal affection & is repulsed by men as a trauma response. this ironically manifests as his embodiment of the masculine violence he's been hurt by (chainsaw man) being subject to control by his maternal figure
- one thing i'd like skip and loafer anime-only watchers to keep in mind is that the story is kind to its characters & you should be too. they're teenagers, finding friendships & healing & dealing still with their own share of problems. no one is a villain & they are not malicious
- csm 129 was so fun, i just read it & instantly felt better. there’s not much to chew on & discuss (other than the ‘save me chainsaw man’ makima/asa parallel, the third time asa has said an iconic makima line word-for-word), but it’s a transitional chapter so that’s ok (1/3)
- i like that All chainsaw man characters (including makima, even) are pathetic messes. you can't name a single character who has their shit unrealistically together & i love the series for it (also makes sense for that to be the case in a society literally plagued by fears)
- with the movie announced, i'm bringing up one of my favorite things about look back again: its title, a reference to oasis' don't look back in anger. a very apt song encapsulating the relationship between & tragedy of fujino & kyomoto. they loved each other.
- every project ikuhara was involved in
tonight's question: what's the gayest work of art created by a verifiably straight person?
![false revelation
ah yes the sunlight the drive thru the usamerican mall
we hate them strong my friends & i (∵) we r anti-sunlight
/ can’t drive/ can’t shop [@ (usamerican) malls] etc etc
can shop @ wet markets but ∃ wetness ¬∈ our bodies i.
e. the only meaninged 1s ∴ nothing then 4 us 2 real-ize
or re-flect (/ bend + again) (in)to meaning ⟿ no lyric
⟿ no poems ⟿ no reading ⟿ no beautiful bodies
ug/lily chasing some()thing [even no()thing ⇔ thing
¬∈ noness]](https://pbs.twimg.com/media/G3tPgIhXwAAkaLr.png)
