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the brian jonestown massacre
I am deeply apologetic to everyone who couldn't make it to see the Brian Jonestown Massacre show at the Commodore Ballroom on September 8th. Even if you aren't a fan, or have ever heard of their music, that night will forever go down in history as possibly the last...
bard on the beach 2007
the taming of the shrew: elizabethan, western 21st century interpretations I'm about as confused on this one as ever. Bard on the Beach presents Taming of the Shrew, but in a mish-mash of genres that don't seem to fit very well together. Flamboyant suede chaps,...
freud’s mystification
In the selection “Medusa’s Head,” psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud fleshes out his interpretation of the mythological image as a deep-seated sexual issue, stemming from the human fear of their mother’s genitals devouring their own. In his analysis of the metaphorical...
capitalism and christianity
Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of cultural theory which is both evident and underlying in its nature is the investment which people create in their social spaces. According to both Foucault and Bhabha in their critical essays, human beings are made...
capitalism and christianity
Perhaps one of the most interesting aspects of cultural theory which is both evident and underlying in its nature is the investment which people create in their social spaces. According to both Foucault and Bhabha in their critical essays, human beings are made...
existentialism face off: fight club vs waking life
By watching the young, confused, and tired character from Richard Linklater’s Waking Life, I realized how fortunate I was to be able to rouse myself from my dreams. Perhaps too fortunate? I’m not sure. It would be rather intriguing to be able to exercise the concept...
the impetus for queer theory
I just finished reading a very interesting essay called "Is There a Queer Pedagogy? Or, Stop Reading Straight" by Deborah P. Britzman. Modern Critical Theory has never been so good... The concept of disavowing is traditionally viewed as an internalized, yet conscious...
Death, Violence, and Melancholy: A Klenian Analysis of Loss in Kafka’s The Metamorphosis and Proust’s “The Intermittencies of the Heart”
In many human relationships, the emotional and psychological consequences of loss are extremely poignant. Much like psychoanalytic texts attempt to define the parameters of human emotion in the realm of loss, literature often portrays the subtle analysis of this...