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29 Sept 2026

Reflections on Virginie Despentes's King Kong Theory in Relation to Valerie Solanas's SCUM Manifesto and Maggie Nelson's The Argonauts

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  Virginie Despentes:  King Kong Theory   Cover of the FSG Originals edition (2021)    I write from the realms of the ugly, for the ugly, th...
28 Sept 2026

Go Ape Crazy: On the Role of King Kong in Malcolm McLaren's Imagination

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Malcolm Mclaren and Vivienne Westwood:  'Exposé: Punk Rock Sex' T-shirt (Seditionaries 1978) Image via: metmuseum.org     King Kong,...
26 Sept 2026

On the Sexual Objectification of the Black Male Body à la McLaren and Westwood

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Malcolm McLaren and Vivienne Westwood:  'Naked Footballer' T-shirt (SEX, 1975)  Image via:  bonhams.com     By the end of the sevent...
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23 Sept 2026

On Valerie Solanas's Place in the Punk Imagination

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Valerie Solanas (1936-1988): photo by Fred W. McDarrah (1966)   'You're Gonna Wake Up ...' (Scum version)   Sleeveless shirt des...
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22 Sept 2026

I Groaned With Pain ... On Malcolm McLaren's Obsession with Alexander Trocchi's Erotic Fiction

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  Alexander Trocchi (1925-1984): Photo by Marvin Lichtner (1967)  'I Groaned with Pain' shirt design by McLaren-Westwood for SEX (19...
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19 Sept 2026

A Brief Note on Political Neutrality With Reference to the Case of Ed Sheeran

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Ed -  Kiss me under the light of a thousand stars ,  but don't force me to think out loud - Sheeran     I.    As far as I'm aware, I...
18 Sept 2026

No War. No Death. But Plenty of Politics: My Tuppence Ha'penny's Worth on the Novig Just Sports Ad Campaign (2026) Featuring Sydney Sweeney

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Sydney Sweeney showing us an alternative use for a pool  table in her Novig  Just Sports  ad campaign (2026)      I.    Even though I don...
17 Sept 2026

Reflections on Monique Wittig's Les Guérillères (1969) 3: La guerre! À quoi ça sert?

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Monique Wittig (1935-2003)  French feminist philosopher and author of  Les Guérillères (1969)     Let the sun shine / the world is ours!   ...
15 Sept 2026

Reflections on Monique Wittig's Les Guérillères (1969) 2: Fragments of Myth & Memory

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Blazing genital / the eternal circle is your symbol [a]       Opening Remarks     Having explored part one of Monique Wittig's novel Les...