Tag Archives: Greta Garbo

running from the glare of lights

Pop culture as a religion of poses, mimicking the empty religion that has normatively been disseminated to the common denominator. The counter empty gesture harking back to the pre-religious paganism, the sense of wonder in the grove at Alba and … Continue reading

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there’s something about paradise

The double entendre of a trouble in paradise.The Lubitsch touch. The phrase used to describe the work of director Ernst Lubitsch. Reams have been written on the subject, but it remains a vague elusive concept that defies generic interpretation and … Continue reading

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skin deep

Its at the nexus, that volatile inflection point between emotion and capitalism somehow tied into the fascist aryan ideal of beauty. A world of choreography following the Leni Riefenstahl template. I faintly remember my grandmother pushing me to eat, to … Continue reading

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bizarre love triangles : black moon rising

Booted out of Paradise? Lilith as the first mistress and well-spring of promiscuity, both real and imagined? There has always been some perplexing inconsistencies in the Old Testament; a kind of lost narrative between the Greek Septuagint, the Dead Sea … Continue reading

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CELEBRITY as COMMODITY FETISH: Recycle Those Tropes and Posers

For better or worse….Celebrities are not diversions for our society anymore; they are the basis of our social and economic lives.The worship of celebrity, for many is a religion fabricated and patented piecemeal out of the hollowness of some foregone … Continue reading

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EVERYONE IS A STAR: Can I Buy or Lease Your Aura?

It may seem peculiar, annoying, disconcerting and disturbing when pop culture artifacts, including garbage and facial hair, material with no intrinsic value, sells for substantial sums of money. Why? Do they belong to the spirits that guide us through the … Continue reading

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BANNING THE CORSET: PANTALOON LIBERATION FRONT

Banning the corset and into the harem. Read my Body. “From the idea that the self is not given to us, I think that there is only practical consequence, we have to create ourselves as a work of art.” ( … Continue reading

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LETTING YOUR HAIR DOWN WITH THE “HYENA IN PETTICOATS”

Mary Wollstonecraft (1759-1797 ) was a radical in the sense that she desired to bridge the gap between mankind’s present circumstances and ultimate perfection. She was truly a child of the French Revolution and saw a new age of reason … Continue reading

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“MYTHOLOGIES”:IN THE REALM OF BLOOD & CHOCOLATE TO THE Nth DEGREE

With righteous indignation, structuralism, and something called semiotics, a multi-faceted Frenchmen named Roland Barthes captured a large audience with his social and literary criticism. Roland Barthes is a key figure in international intellectual life. He is one of the most … Continue reading

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NOBODY'S PERFECT … HEAVEN KNOWS THEY TRIED

”…Problem is, the only open slots are with Sweet Sue and Her All-Girl Society Syncopaters. As if high heels, girdles, and falsies weren’t tsouris enough, “Josephine” and “Daphne” must keep those testosterone levels down while in the sensuous proximity of … Continue reading

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