not sure what's going on. I'm currently living a student house in the rough end of town, that usually has little to offer other than banality - however, awoke this morning to a beautiful sunrise. For the first time in 30 weeks I dared open the curtains, and instead of the usual slate-grey rooftops and magpies, there was sunshine, and blue skies...and even the sound of small children laughing. Amyway, flug the windows open, stuck some Kelly Joe on the CD player and spent the whole morning feeling good about myself.
...been thinking about how much I want to live by the sea. Days like this would be so wonberful on the English coast...fish and chips on the harbor wall, penny arcades and the deep smell of the ocean.
...might treat myself to chips tonight...
Friday, March 18, 2005
Wednesday, March 16, 2005
Right, well, it's been a couple of weeks since my last confession...
Been reading Judith Butler..something about the performative nature of gender, since I'm supposed to writing an essay about gender roles and female body-building. Apparently, according to Butler, gender identity is a kind of cultural 'discourse' qualified by hsitory. In other words, gender is an 'idea' that became popular and consequently invested the 'idea' with authority, since more and more people adopted the now stereotypical traits that we all think are innate. All a bit confusing really. She writes about Drag Queens, and how they 'perform' feminity, using it as an example of gender in performance. The ideas of gender are so well ingrained that it seems natural and biological, but she argues that before the popularity of biological sciences, (pre-19th century) people just saw the body as a lump of flesh riddled with the marks of original sin etc. So, it turns out I'm not actually a 'man', I'm a collection of stereotypical traits invested with historical authority...I'm sure my ex-girlfriend would agree, but the trick is to relate all this to female body-builders.
Been reading Judith Butler..something about the performative nature of gender, since I'm supposed to writing an essay about gender roles and female body-building. Apparently, according to Butler, gender identity is a kind of cultural 'discourse' qualified by hsitory. In other words, gender is an 'idea' that became popular and consequently invested the 'idea' with authority, since more and more people adopted the now stereotypical traits that we all think are innate. All a bit confusing really. She writes about Drag Queens, and how they 'perform' feminity, using it as an example of gender in performance. The ideas of gender are so well ingrained that it seems natural and biological, but she argues that before the popularity of biological sciences, (pre-19th century) people just saw the body as a lump of flesh riddled with the marks of original sin etc. So, it turns out I'm not actually a 'man', I'm a collection of stereotypical traits invested with historical authority...I'm sure my ex-girlfriend would agree, but the trick is to relate all this to female body-builders.
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