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Showing posts with label barthes. Show all posts
23 Feb 2026

Retromania: Reviewed and Reassessed - Part 5: Tomorrow (Chapters 11 and 12)

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Simon Reynolds: Retromania Cover of the German edition (Ventil Verlag, 2012) I. In chapter 11, Reynolds - a former sci-fi fanatic - indulg...
28 Nov 2025

On Kissing the Gunner's Daughter (Another Post in Response to Simon Solomon)

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Image: Marian S. Carson Collection  at the Library of Congress     I.  A common form of corporal punishment for boys and junior officers in ...
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21 Nov 2025

Haddaway, Man! An Open Letter to Peter Wolfendale

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Hi, my name is Pete,  and I’m a systematic philosopher [1]         I.    Hello Pete, my name is Stephen Alexander, and I mistrust all system...
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24 Apr 2025

Egon Schiele's Portraits on Paper: Poignant, Provocative, or Pornographic?

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Egon Schiele: Moa (1911) [1] Gouache, watercolour and pencil on paper  (48 x 31 cm) omertiroche.com   'I do not deny that I have made d...
18 Apr 2025

Notes on Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts (Part 2: pp. 75-180)

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Photo of Maggie Nelson by Jarrett Eakins (2013)  alongside the cover of her book The Argonauts    (Graywolf Press, 2015)     Note: this post...
1 Mar 2025

An Open Letter to Simon Solomon from Stephen Alexander

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  Stephen Alexander / Simon Solomon Dear Simon, Thank you for your remarks on a recent post entitled ' Yabba Dabba Doo! ' (28 Feb 20...
26 Nov 2024

Becoming-Robot With Nam June Paik

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Nam June Paik: Robot (1990)  Mixed metal with lightbulb  55 x 12 cm   shaperomodern.com     I.    Last week, as mentioned in a recent post ...