On The Power of Desire

Will be edited, pulled from the end of my last (too long) post. Mostly just in love with these Rilke poems.   Another intriguing example I came across was Rilke’s “Die Liebende”, which goes like this [my translation]: Ja ich sehne mich nach dir. Ich gleite mich verlierend selbst mir aus der Hand, ohne Hoffnung, [...]

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Setting the Record straight, pt. 2

The second half of this, which ends with me elaborating the various reasons for why discourses on seduction are passed down to us in an already gendered way. Then, however, I realized in a sort of dialectical twist the real brilliance of Y.’s insight: I thought about (perhaps thought about again, because I enjoy thinking [...]

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Setting the Record Straight, pt. 1

Another reader feedback session. Yvette writes (names obviously changed, much as I wish I knew someone named Yvette) in response to the most recent posts: oh but the other thing i wanted to tell you is that i read your blog, as you know and the queerfeminist in me had to cringe a lot even [...]

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