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Donna Haraway: The Cyborg, Writing
Who is Donna Haraway and what is a cyborg? Donna Haraway (b. 1944) teaches feminist and science studies in the History of Consciousness program at the University of California at Santa Cruz. In addition to taking a degree in English, … Continue reading
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The View from Adam’s Window
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“The Devil Is in The Details”: A Poem by Santi Tafarella
The Lord God: when we are awake and unhurried we understand that whether a snake or a river slithers past both are an instant The Serpent: whether a snake is winding to the … Continue reading
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The Office as a Burial Ground: Undated Image of a Writer
In an oral culture you are with others in groups, and you hear living voices, and you are frequently out of doors and engaged with the world. In a literate culture you value withdrawal from groups and withdrawal from voices, and are indoors a … Continue reading
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Gay Children’s Gender Confusion Book Proposal: Eve has Two Mommies—Or Are Those Daddies?
This is a curious late-Medieval image. Gender seems oddly reversed—God the Father appears rounded, as if pregnant, and Eve comes out of Adam’s body, rather than the other way around. Perhaps Eve’s first words out of the womb were the same as Miranda’s in Shakepeare’s the Tempest: … Continue reading
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Image for the day
Detail from a garden scene, on an ancient interior wall, near Rome, circa 100 CE:
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