Hacking x Mysticism x History of Science
Sorry for the late post, still working on my essay rewrite, which has proved to be more challenging than I originally thought it would be. Nice to see how certain techniques and stylistic features of the non-fiction works we’ve been … Continue reading → Continue reading →
some ideas on ‘multiples’
The first few times Hacking used the term ‘multiples’, I legitimately thought he was referring to twins/triplets. Hopefully that’s an indication of my brain state this weekend. I will fully admit that I haven’t finished this book (I’m on page 112!) for a few reasons. I’ve been fighting off a nasty cold, and to be […] Continue reading →
Glitter
I’m beginning to believe the hardest part of any book is the last ten pages. One of the most important issues that the book raised (for me), was the question – if you’re treating somebody with multiple personality disorder, who exactly are you treating? Who/which personalities are called alters? Which, now that I’ve typed it […] Continue reading →
define me
Apologies for the lateness! Sexuality is a fickle thing. Honestly, I’ve got a blog on tumblr and I see daily posts speaking of sexuality, cisgendered and transgendered people, rights and needs for proper health care and the end of discrimination – the list goes on and it never goes away. Society has changed so much […] Continue reading →
I’m confused
As with most weeks, I read Charlotte’s blog post before I wrote mine and I agree with everything she said. Big surprise. I also saw a lot of things that echoed Trouillot and Freud (the latter more obviously, as his name is mentioned in the text), which was interesting. I also liked Trouillot, and yet […] Continue reading →
Foucault x Relations x Lists
Going to skip pleasantries and preambles this time around, hope no one takes offence. Perhaps not the most central to the text, I’d like to suggest that Foucault’s History of Sexality vol. 1 aims to cast power as essentially a matter of … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Gathered up
I put off this post because I haven’t found anything to say about the book. Well, I guess I can start with Freud. “Examine diligently, therefore, all the faculties of your soul: memory, understanding, and will. Examine with precision all your senses as well. . . . Examine, moreover, all your thoughts, every word you […] Continue reading →
Black Skin, White Masks, Brown Corduroy Pants
I knew there was something I was meant to do Sunday. I’ll get the hang of this “blog post every week” business eventually! I swear! I loved this book, inasmuch as I’ve read (at like page 150, almost there). It’s funny, because I find equal amounts of validity and plain crap in both Freud and […] Continue reading →
Black Skin, White Masks
Psychology, history, and dehumanization are the main keywords that are expressed in Black Skin, White Masks. As a non-caucasian and as a Korean, this book is very interesting and easily understandable in some parts. Many topics such as post colonialism, … Continue reading → Continue reading →
Dobby has no master, Dobby is a free elf!
So it’s late (or early?) and I should really be studying for a french midterm but I thought I’d get this out of the way. What I liked: the style that Fanon uses, with his integration of quotes from other texts and poems the language is actually understandable, unlike all the medical terms that Freud […] Continue reading →