Monthly Archives: May 2013

THE NEW CENTRAL LIBARY LIVERPOOL.IMPRESSIONS,RAMBLINGS, AND MORE LINKS/INTRA-TEXTUALITIES.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 25, 2013 by decayetude

I got there.. the half new, half-renovated Liverpool Central Libary, rescued from its desuetudinous former incarnation to some slightly uncomfortable in-between land of learning and entertainment; or NO; that is aN unnecessary and un-called for binary/dialectic. That is MY libary … Continue reading →

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EQUAL(SAME SEX) MARRIAGE; AND WHAT I THINK LEE EDELMAN IS SAYING(HITHERT0), IN “NO FUTURE:QUEER THEORY AND THE DEATH-DRIVE”(2004)

Posted on May 23, 2013 by decayetude

I thought I would try and connect this current, turbulent passage through the two houses of the Uk government of the Equal Marriage Act with the arguments Edelman is making in his book(currently near end of first chapter, “the Future is … Continue reading →

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JOUISSANCE:MY PERSONAL CONSTRUCT WITH EXAMPLES.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 22, 2013 by decayetude

Reading Edelman(“No Future: Queer Theory and the Death Drive”, 2004)is like putting together the pieces of an elusive jigsaw!My experience of working with critical theory is that a PERSONAL CONSTRUCT you build up,around a certain train of critical thinking, helps(a … Continue reading →

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OPEN LETTER TO LEE EDELMAN (CONTD):LACAN-FOR PEOPLE STRUGGLING(INCLUDING MYSELF!); AN ATTEMPT AT UNDERSTANDING, IN A SIMPLIFIED FORM. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 15, 2013 by decayetude

Lacan(1901-81), psycho-analyst-influenced by Malarme(Symbolist poet) and Surrealism…. I am VERY indebted to Appignanesi and Garratt et al, “Introducing PostModernism”(1995/1999) for the following!: Lacan said; 1.the unconscious is structured as a language. 2.the self is a fiction 3. the unconscious functions … Continue reading →

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FIRST PRINCIPLES:WHAT IS GAY; AND WHAT IS A GAY/QUEER FAMILY?. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 10, 2013 by decayetude

Gay is NOT just about an identity built solely around(same ) sex sexual activity(as early, pre-AIDS gay liberationists propounded for very understandable anti-oppressive purposes/identities; and as homophobes/heterosexists would have us believe we can be reduced to:just what we do in … Continue reading →

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AN OPEN STREAM- OF- CONSCIOUSNESS “LETTER” TO LEE EDELMAN. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 6, 2013 by decayetude

Oh my God, Lee… I am giving you a chance: its always an exciting  stimulus to read something(very!) challenging: it really DOES make you think outside the box of all kinds of normativities/common-sense values; that is in itself good, but… … Continue reading →

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USING CRITICAL THEORY TO JUMP-START YOUR OWN PERSONAL CONSTRUCTS.INCLUDING AN EXAMPLE :”QUEER” AND ALTERNATIVE NOMENCLATURES.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 5, 2013 by decayetude

I read four pages…ideas crowd into my mind..some contradictory… some tending towards an overall grasp..a synthesis…but, hell, they can live in parallel/counterpoint(lgbt/queer utopia versus a queer death drive!thats a test)…  can walk that tightrope…(sometimes) But..this sounds arrogant…I hope its not.. … Continue reading →

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NEGOTIATING SAFER SPACES; A POEM(OF SORTS!). BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 3, 2013 by decayetude

Sitting in A camp (Or is it Just kitsch?) {Going by the Decor} Cafe, In the Boho heart of Liverpool: I am Wondering How safe It is… I don’t Feel I am to be Walloped (Physically or Emotionally), But there is … Continue reading →

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