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MIRRORS:(IN/SEMI-)VISIBILITY, as a gay man/gayman:A psycho-socio-cultural framework to my experience of memory and (in/semi-)visibility

Posted on February 27, 2024 by decayetude

BY STEVEN BENSON. I am (mainly visible), in that I “out” myself in situations where other gay men think it “not relevant”{unpick THAT complexity…..that is another post, if I can be bothered…}. This can cause divisions between gay men: partners, … Continue reading →

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PANDEMONIUM, APOCALYPSE, ARMAGEDDON.YET ANOTHER LOCKDOWN;YET ANOTHER STREAM-OF-CONSCIOUSNESS, WITH SOME SURVIVAL TIPS:) BY STEVEN BENSON.

Posted on January 8, 2021 by decayetude

PANIC CALM(ish) There is a “SANCTUARY {sic} MAINTENANCE” van outside my new home. (the ABOVE-in pic- garden is outside my 80s home) AFFRONT LITIGATIOUS CRUEL BASTARDS;glad to be out of their property. [CALM] probably just a cleaner; or she works … Continue reading →

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FREEDOM: WRITTEN ON FORMING AN LGBTQ CREATIVE WRITING GROUP.A (SORT OF) POEM. BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on May 27, 2015 by decayetude

I was blocked, I was locked; I wrote re Decay. I sub Limated. I discoursed on Queer Theory and Gay Studies. —————————————————————– But I wrote little About ME, Directly. I obfuscated. All this was/is Good; all Creative; I am not … 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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CAMP IS POLITICAL AND SUBVERSIVE.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on March 26, 2013 by decayetude

I state my argument against Susan Sontag(“Notes on Camp”, 1964, collected in “Against Interpretation”), who says:”camp sensibility is disengaged, depoliticised-or at least apolitical”[which I take to mean politically neutral] We must , of course, take account of the fact that she was … Continue reading →

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LIFE MIRRORS ART; TIME SLIPPAGES AND GESTALT READING.BY STEVEN BENSON

Posted on November 23, 2012 by decayetude

Talking recently to a friend, whom I had not last seen for over twenty years,and with whom I was at a school, in the 1970s,  a school which was decidably UN gay-friendly, reminiscencing about whom we knew/thought was or was not gay:it … Continue reading →

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