[lbo-talk] Is this the new left?

B. docile_body at yahoo.com
Fri Jul 21 16:25:28 PDT 2006


Kelley and others,

Well, hell. I'm not an expert in PoMo, though as I've said often here and elsewhere, I have a weird weakspot for Foucault. That guy is too cool for words, to me.

I dunno what's going on in feminist bloglandia right now, unfortunately. Maybe I should know! But I don't. A lot of my precious time is actually just spent listening to music, honestly. Did you hear there's a new Music Machine 2xCD, "ultimate collection" set coming out! I'm excited! [http://syndicalist.livejournal.com/445169.html]

I really wish I could keep on top of a lot of the PoMo-wars stuff, but I just can't. I guess I could be wrong. I'm just saying what I've read of PoMo stuff seems depressingly in favor of "noise" on the infaous signal-to-noise ratio. "Blowing a lot of hot air" is the phrase that comes to mind when I read 65% of PoMo stuff. I've read selectively of Barthes, Derrida, Delueze & Guattari, a LOT of Foucault (who's my fave), some of Derrida, some of Zizek. Beyond that -- it's the jungles of Vietnam, for me.

I'm sorry!! =/

-B.

info at pulpculture.org wrote:

"Really? Because i don't think you can understand a thing about the sex wars in feminist bloglandia right now if you haven't read butler. every single thing that butler discusses is illuminated by what's going on right now. (And please, don't give me the crap about how someone else said it first: not an argument.) "



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