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I have been on a Sollers kick the last few months. His novels are varied, difficult, and a riot. But best of all is the book he and his wife Julia Kristeva co-wrote: Marriage as a Fine Art. On the one hand, itâs one huge flex on all other theory couples, just a relatively incoherent rambling braggartâs song about how great they are. Kristeva outright deems Sarte and Beauvoir âliberarian terrorists.â âTo carry out their work of liberatarian terrorism, they turned themselves into a shock commando unit. . . [reliant] on their shared history as two wounded people.â But it is also very sweet. You can find them going around and around on such topics as the nature of passion (PS: âAs if passion necessarily [has] to be punished, as if love could only end in disaster. I object to that notion, quite violently. Thatâs not my idea of love.â JK: âPassion is enthusiasm and the proximity of death. It is joy and it is death. It is annihilation and jubilation.â) As a Sollers fan and a Kristeva agnostic, it has evened out my opinion of the pair. Somehow, the book, dense as it is, tickles the same part of my brain that is satisfied by a 2000s romcom.
May 17, 2022
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If you hate overly contextualised author-focused analysis, and analysis focused on âdeepâ readings, Deleuzeâs readings of literature such as the work of Sacher-Masoch, Proust and Kafka will be a breath of fresh air. His essay on Sacher-Masoch âMasochism: Coldness and Crueltyâ changed everything for me, and I really enjoy his book âEssays: critical and clinicalâ as well. Sometimes the person who best knows how to read a book is a philosopher lol.
Sep 23, 2024
I love surrealism, and Iâve been heavily into surrealist art and writing lately (see leonara carrington). finding the source and roots of surrealism and being able to do a deep-dive into its history and all the little parts that made it what it is has been really cool. the surrealist revolution is a publication by andrĂ© breton ft other surrealist artists (like chirico and man ray) at the time. It is an exploration of surrealism. there are writings about politics, the psyche, death, art, surrealism as a movement.
Jun 7, 2024
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Started this research project after reading about Georgina Weldon. Sheâs notorious for having a litigation addiction but Iâm obsessed with the time Gounod asked for his sheet music back after their divorce and she sent it with her name written across every page. When he attempted to have her committed, she escaped and tried to press charges against him, even though married women couldn't initiate civil suits. When that failed, she shared her story with the papers to get him to sue her for libel. After the Married Woman's Property Act passed, she was simultaneously involved in seventeen legal cases. Highly recommend researching Kiki De Montparnasse, Dora Maar, Jeanne Duval, Camille Claudel, Aicha Goblet and Lizzie Siddal.
Jul 9, 2024
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Not supposed to blow this one up but idk - since college my friends have been on the camel crush wave; in a way, the surf n turf of cigarettes. No one is asking you to crush it but I dare you not to. Just the end though. RIP thanks to the FDA.
May 17, 2022
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as a music focused tween I thought british accents were hot. I am in London right now. They arenât. Also people give you too much information about stuff. I get it. that said, itâs warmer here than nyc right now.
Feb 4, 2024
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I know some really lovely English people.
Feb 4, 2024