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20 Aug 2021

Reincarnation is Making a Comeback: Notes on Chapter 3 of Metamorphoses by Emanuele Coccia

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Cover of the German edition of  Emanuele Coccia's Métamorphoses (2020)      I.    One of the things I like about Coccia's book is ...
18 Aug 2021

Cocoon Above! Cocoon Below! Notes on Chapter 2 of Metamorphoses by Emanuele Coccia

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Emanuele Coccia: Associate Professor at the   École des hautes études en sciences sociales     What kind of man likes the idea of shutting ...
17 Aug 2021

Kill Me Now: Notes on the Introduction and First Chapter of Metamorphoses by Emanuele Coccia

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(Polity 2021)     I.    Emanuele Coccia has called his new book Metamorphoses . But he may as well have called it Pantheism , because what t...
14 Aug 2021

Semen Terrorism

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Jiří Petrbok: Semen Masks (1999)     Following a number of cases involving men secretly ejaculating on to women's belongings, politicia...
13 Aug 2021

In Memory of Una Stubbs

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 Una Stubbs (1937-2021) Dancer, actress, TV personality, and real cool cat     I didn't know Una Stubbs personally.    And, to be hones...
12 Aug 2021

Watching the World Turn Day-Glo: Welcome to the Plastisphere

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Kristen Regan : Aurelia eviana   Print on aluminium (20" x 20") From the series Plastisphere     I.    I've previously written...
11 Aug 2021

Notes on The Life of Plants by Emanuele Coccia

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(Polity, 2018)   I.    As torpedohiles will be aware, I'm a big fan of plants and trees. And interested also in the latest philosophical...
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8 Aug 2021

On Marriage, Adultery and Slut Shaming (With Reference to the Case of Lady Chatterley)

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Illustration by Flavia Felipe for an article on  slut shaming in Teen Vogue (3 June 2016)     I.    Slut shaming is the practice of denigr...