Lesen ist langsam. Lesen braucht Zeit. Lesen verwandelt.
Genau deshalb ist es heute radikaler als Schreiben.
Essay über queeres Lesen und Le Guins „Sie entnamt sie": https://www.tor-online.de/magazin/science-fiction/ich-gehe-jetzt-lesen-als-queere-praxis-warum-lesen-heute-radikaler-ist-als
I am looking for the original Italian text of Italo Calvino’s Cibernetica e fantasmi. Appunti sulla narrativa come processo combinatorio. So far, I only managed to find its English translation, “Cybernetics and Ghosts”.
Can someone help me find it?
#help #literature #archive #Calvino #library #essay #lecture #research
I can't tell you how much I loved this 6 hour video essay on GamerGate from a leftist POV. My only gripe is her constant joking that Millennials are old now so we are out of touch, blah blah blah. God I fucking hate ageism, but check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlltwOURUCE #YouTube #Video #VideoEssay #Essay
Lesen ist langsam. Lesen braucht Zeit. Lesen verwandelt.
Genau deshalb ist es heute radikaler als Schreiben.
Essay über queeres Lesen und Le Guins „Sie entnamt sie": https://www.tor-online.de/magazin/science-fiction/ich-gehe-jetzt-lesen-als-queere-praxis-warum-lesen-heute-radikaler-ist-als
Zohran Mamdani majored in Africana Studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, at the time Peter Coviello taught the subject there, though he can't remember if New York City's Mayor-elect was his student or not. For LitHub, he explains how he was approached by a New York Times reporter to speak about Mamdani but didn't, because the writer missed the appointment, and what he thinks of the eventual piece, "a wreck, but of a form so pure, so purely Timesian, you almost have to admire it."
#ZoranMamdani #Essay #Writing #NewYorkTimes #AfricanaStudies
Zohran Mamdani majored in Africana Studies at Bowdoin College in Maine, at the time Peter Coviello taught the subject there, though he can't remember if New York City's Mayor-elect was his student or not. For LitHub, he explains how he was approached by a New York Times reporter to speak about Mamdani but didn't, because the writer missed the appointment, and what he thinks of the eventual piece, "a wreck, but of a form so pure, so purely Timesian, you almost have to admire it."
#ZoranMamdani #Essay #Writing #NewYorkTimes #AfricanaStudies
I can't tell you how much I loved this 6 hour video essay on GamerGate from a leftist POV. My only gripe is her constant joking that Millennials are old now so we are out of touch, blah blah blah. God I fucking hate ageism, but check out https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XlltwOURUCE #YouTube #Video #VideoEssay #Essay
"In this, I share tech journalist and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick’s informed belief that global centralized moderation is a dead end. And if centralized moderation isn’t a plausible way forward, then experimentation toward genuinely community-led governance of decentralized networks is necessary."
by @kissane
"In this, I share tech journalist and Bluesky board member Mike Masnick’s informed belief that global centralized moderation is a dead end. And if centralized moderation isn’t a plausible way forward, then experimentation toward genuinely community-led governance of decentralized networks is necessary."
by @kissane
Am I Writing a Bigoted Story? – The importance of checking ourselves
Figure it's worth sharing this again:
https://jessmahler.com/am-i-writing-a-bigoted-story/
Am I Writing a Bigoted Story? – The importance of checking ourselves
Figure it's worth sharing this again:
https://jessmahler.com/am-i-writing-a-bigoted-story/
Pushing Back on Chrononormativity — personal reflections
My first conscious run-in with chronormativity was when I embraced polyamory. We called it 'the relationship escalator'. The idea that relationships are expected to follow a specific pattern -- a specific chronology....
https://jessmahler.com/pushing-back-on-chrononormativity-personal-reflections/
bell hooks and Being a Respectful Eavesdropper
My biggest personal takeaway from bell hooks’ Outlaw Culture (and I emphasize /personal/ takeaway — I’ve got a LOT of political takeaways I’m still processing) is the idea of being an invited ‘eavesdropper’...
https://jessmahler.com/bell-hooks-and-being-a-respectful-eavesdropper/
Pushing Back on Chrononormativity — personal reflections
...I'd never heard the word chrononormativity before, but I instantly understood it. I've been fighting against it for most of my life...
https://jessmahler.com/pushing-back-on-chrononormativity-personal-reflections/
Pushing Back on Chrononormativity — personal reflections
...I'd never heard the word chrononormativity before, but I instantly understood it. I've been fighting against it for most of my life...
https://jessmahler.com/pushing-back-on-chrononormativity-personal-reflections/
The ‘Good King’ Makes a Good Fantasy
The idea is endemic to Western civilization. From the Christ-myth to King Arthur and King Richard to Aragorn the Fair… it repeats. In our myths, our fiction, our movies.....
The ‘Good King’ Makes a Good Fantasy
The idea is endemic to Western civilization. From the Christ-myth to King Arthur and King Richard to Aragorn the Fair… it repeats. In our myths, our fiction, our movies.....
I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:
https://www.solarshades.club/p/the-political-dimensions-of-solarpunk10
The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.
People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.
#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics
I missed last month's #solarpunk essay from @AndrewDanaHudson , but I think the 10-year-check-in is a worthy read:
https://www.solarshades.club/p/the-political-dimensions-of-solarpunk10
The world has changed. Solarpunk influenced it, even without a single Masterpiece. We are continuing to build from multiple sides.
People are doing a lot on the ground - whether in the North or the South - and we're finally getting a language which can share their stories.
#writing #essay #manifesto #climate #climateChange #politics