Monthly Archives: April 2013

A DRAFT SAFER SPACES POLICY/GUIDELINES. OBVIOUSLY UP FOR DISCUSSION!.STEVEN BENSON

Posted on April 22, 2013 by decayetude

1.WHY is there a need for a safer spaces policy? Because we live in an unequal, normativising, sometimes prejudiced world, where , for example, women, lgbt/queer people, people from ethnic minorities(these are only examples!)sometimes experience verbal abuse/harrassment, marginalisation,fear of being … Continue reading →

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SAFER SPACES(GUIDELINES); INITIAL THOUGHTS. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on April 21, 2013 by decayetude

I stress strongly these are my initial thoughts ONLY, merely a springboard; and they will be bolstered by reference to critical/blog writing and literature later. But I wanted to sort out what I thought about the issue and (eventually) help develop a … Continue reading →

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A VIEW FROM A WINDOW.HAIKU POEM. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on April 7, 2013 by decayetude

A fallen Angel On the Moon, Eating Cabbage And a Pea, Like a King ……………………………………………………………………………………(guess where?)

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WHY CAMP IS QUEER.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on April 6, 2013 by decayetude

A. EXAMPLES OF CAMP IN HUYSMANS I am reading Huysmans’ “Against Nature”(translated Baldick,1959).I would like to tease out, via this text, the links between camp and queer(in all its senses-see these postshttps://towardsutopia.wordpress.com/2012/10/31/queerin-its-sense-of-not-solely-relating-to-sexual-orientationin-literature-a-creative-explorationclarification-of-what-it-means-to-me-by-steven-benson/ and https://towardsutopia.wordpress.com/2012/11/09/queer-part-2-queer-in-its-sexual-orientation-and-gender-senseincluding-my-personal-involvementon-a-local-levelin-the-fight-for-lgbt-equality-by-steven-benson/ ) There is obviously also a historical trajectory which … Continue reading →

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