December 2010
15 posts
Words are never ‘only words’; they matter because they define the...
– Slavoj Zizek, First as Tragedy, Then as Farce
Wanted: Correspondents
Please write me - I promise I’ll write back. Something about typing and email and the internet lends it a sterility that the written word just doesn’t have. Perhaps that’s a bit trite. But for much of my generation, writing longhand for more than a few moments feels downright anachronistic. And everyone likes receiving letters.
Kindly direct all correspondence to:
Colin M....
Now what sort of man or woman or monster would stroke a centipede I have ever...
– William S Burroughs
With the introduction of sexual reproduction, death becomes a structural...
– Irene Matthis (Dialogues on Sexuality, Gender, and Psychoanalysis)
Privilege means you can walk away from the conversation whenever you like...
– Garland Grey. (via sexismandthecity)
Specialization is for insects.
– Robert Heinlein