I had planned on seeing a movie this afternoon which I had been looking forward to for weeks, but then I slept almost not at all last night and it is not going to happen. I had nightmares when I did sleep, of being assaulted by a man who laughed at me when I fought him. Can't imagine where in the zeitgeist that one came from. I'd had a nice afternoon and evening with ![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png)
rushthatspeaks; I was shown the latest Steven Universe (2013–) and rewatched National Velvet (1944) when I got home. I have still not figured out what to do with myself in these phases other than work and feel miserable. Everything—a movie, a book, a walk in summer sun—feels like wasted time.
1. I like this poem, especially the last verse: Matthew Francis, "Typewriter."
2. I enjoyed this article on Precisionism: Allison Meier, "The American Art Style That Idolized the Machine." Since it opens with a painting by Charles Sheeler, I just wish it mentioned Manhatta (1921).
3. Max Fuchs died. So did Claude Lanzmann. So did Steve Ditko, but he doesn't feel like the same wave of loss of historical memory, which in any case has been taking a shellacking these last couple of years.
4. This article kept being relevant to conversations on Facebook, as well as conversations elsewhere: Hannah Giorgis, "Terry Crews and the Discomfort of Masculine Anxiety." Especially this portion:
There is a seductive allure to Jackson's logic, the idea that only "weak" men "allow" themselves to be victimized. It is the same logic that animates victim-blaming rhetoric most often directed at women, but with an added valence of patriarchal posturing. When Jackson (or any other man) suggests that Crews only froze in fear when targeted by a predator because Crews is uniquely weak-willed, the detractor is insisting on his own imperviousness to harm. Because he is a man, he is strong. Because he is strong, he cannot be overpowered. But victimhood is not just the domain of the weak. Sexual violence does not select against "strong" people . . . The logic of male imperviousness also serves to distance Strong Men(™) from the "weaker" sex. If strength is a hallmark of masculinity, then Jackson's insistence on his own immunity to harm is also a feverish attempt at denouncing femininity. It is common, when naming sexual assault as an issue that disproportionately affects women, to be met with a barrage of trolls lambasting female advocates for supposedly overlooking male survivors. And so often, the men who decry female advocates' efforts do not support male survivors when the time comes to do so. The invocation of the male survivor is more often rooted in disdain for women's organizing than it is in any real concern for the livelihood of the boys and men who must contend with the effects of sexual violence on their lives.
5. I had no idea there were Mycenaean perfumes at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. I wonder if BPAL can get on that.
Last night I was so tired that I read "UPS Surepost" as "USA Shitpost" and I thought, yes, that describes the news these days.
rushthatspeaks; I was shown the latest Steven Universe (2013–) and rewatched National Velvet (1944) when I got home. I have still not figured out what to do with myself in these phases other than work and feel miserable. Everything—a movie, a book, a walk in summer sun—feels like wasted time.1. I like this poem, especially the last verse: Matthew Francis, "Typewriter."
2. I enjoyed this article on Precisionism: Allison Meier, "The American Art Style That Idolized the Machine." Since it opens with a painting by Charles Sheeler, I just wish it mentioned Manhatta (1921).
3. Max Fuchs died. So did Claude Lanzmann. So did Steve Ditko, but he doesn't feel like the same wave of loss of historical memory, which in any case has been taking a shellacking these last couple of years.
4. This article kept being relevant to conversations on Facebook, as well as conversations elsewhere: Hannah Giorgis, "Terry Crews and the Discomfort of Masculine Anxiety." Especially this portion:
There is a seductive allure to Jackson's logic, the idea that only "weak" men "allow" themselves to be victimized. It is the same logic that animates victim-blaming rhetoric most often directed at women, but with an added valence of patriarchal posturing. When Jackson (or any other man) suggests that Crews only froze in fear when targeted by a predator because Crews is uniquely weak-willed, the detractor is insisting on his own imperviousness to harm. Because he is a man, he is strong. Because he is strong, he cannot be overpowered. But victimhood is not just the domain of the weak. Sexual violence does not select against "strong" people . . . The logic of male imperviousness also serves to distance Strong Men(™) from the "weaker" sex. If strength is a hallmark of masculinity, then Jackson's insistence on his own immunity to harm is also a feverish attempt at denouncing femininity. It is common, when naming sexual assault as an issue that disproportionately affects women, to be met with a barrage of trolls lambasting female advocates for supposedly overlooking male survivors. And so often, the men who decry female advocates' efforts do not support male survivors when the time comes to do so. The invocation of the male survivor is more often rooted in disdain for women's organizing than it is in any real concern for the livelihood of the boys and men who must contend with the effects of sexual violence on their lives.
5. I had no idea there were Mycenaean perfumes at the National Archaeological Museum of Athens. I wonder if BPAL can get on that.
Last night I was so tired that I read "UPS Surepost" as "USA Shitpost" and I thought, yes, that describes the news these days.
