Saturday, 11 October 2014
Friday, 10 October 2014
Shadowrun
"So here's my next step: we are living in a 21st century that resembles a mutant Shadowrun—by turns a cyberpunk dystopia and a world where everyone has access to certain kinds of magic. And if you want to explore the human condition under circumstances which might plausibly come to pass, these days the human condition is constrained by technologies so predictably inaccessible that they might as well be magic. So magic makes a great metaphor for probing the human condition. We might not have starships, but there's a Palantir in every pocket (and we might not have dragons, but some of our wizards are working on it )."Charles Stross, "Not-A-Manifesto," Oct. 10th (Antipope.org)
Batsex
I haven't read the new Batgirl book. Probably won't. Scratch that: definitely won't. But I'm curious enough on account of the hype to scan reviews. This image caught my attention. It's nice to see Babs (aka Barbara Gordon, aka Batgirl, aka Not-Oracle-Anymore) presented as a sexual being. And a voracious one at that! Batman gets to be the 'hairy-chested love god' without losing his authority as a costumed vigilante. Why can't Batgirl fuck randos too?
She grabs his shirt like she wants him inside her. Its a simple way of communicating a deeper passion for life and pleasure underneath all that grim-dark bondage gear that the Bat-family tends to wear. And, really, should we be surprised that Babs likes it a little firm? Christ, Bruce Wayne probably can't even cum anymore without someone slapping him in the face repeatedly, telling him about how she wants his bat-symbol all over her. You need something a little extra extra after multiple exposures to fear toxins, poisonous plant women, and extra-terrestrial possessions.
Batgirl #35, Oct. 2014 (DC Comics)
Thursday, 9 October 2014
Agamben and The Wire
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Giorgio Agamben, "On What We Can Not Do," Nudities (Stanford, 2011)
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