Ear To The Eel

beetleinabox:

A reading of Frank O’Hara’s “My Heart.”

Giles Deleuze writes:

The repetition of a work of art is like a singularity without concept, and it is not by chance that a poem must be learned by heart. The head is the organ of exchange, but the heart is the amorous organ of repetition. (It is true that repetition also concerns the head, but precisely because it is terror or paradox.) Pius Servien rightly distinguished two languages: the language of science, dominated by the symbol of equality, in which in which each term may be replaced by others; and lyrical language, in which every term is irreplaceable and can only be repeated (Giles Deleuze, Difference and Repetition, trans. Paul Patton (London: Continuum, 2004), p 2).

 Excellent piece. Must read more O’Hara. Tips on other poems?

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When the topic of misogyny comes up, and men change the subject, it trivializes misogyny.

When the topic of misogyny comes up, and men change the subject, it conveys the message that whatever men want to talk about is more important than misogyny.

When the topic of misogyny comes up, and men change the subject to something that’s about them, it conveys the message that men are the ones who really matter, and that any harm done to men is always more important than misogyny.

And when the topic of misogyny comes up, and men change the subject, it comes across as excusing misogyny. It doesn’t matter how many times you say, “Yes, of course, misogyny is terrible.” When you follow that with a “Yes, but…”, it comes across as an excuse. In many cases, it is an excuse. And it contributes to a culture that makes excuses for misogyny.

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- Greta Christina at freethoughtblogs on excusing misogyny and derailing (via she-hulk-smash)

Yes. Power to women. We live in this world too.

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