My phone has been broke and I thought that we spoke
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.
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#1. If you like the sound of typewriters but don’t have a Smith Corona around (I do), there is always the Hanx writer app: http://hanxwriter.com/
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That's a neat thing to see.
I'd heard of him by story, not by name. I was glad to know more about him as a person.
#1. If you like the sound of typewriters but don’t have a Smith Corona around (I do), there is always the Hanx writer app
Thank you. I wasn't especially missing the sound, but it's nice to know where to find it if I do.
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http://www.antiquetypewriters.com/
The Blickensderfers always remind me of the spinner trilobites.
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You have not! How lovely. I see why you think of trilobites.
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I liked "Typewriter" as well. When I finished reading it, I kept saying the word "platen" out loud with satisfaction.
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I saw the published script for Shoah in Raven Used Books a couple of weeks ago and thought I should buy it and didn't have money and now I am sure it will be gone. I know books are not people. Still.
I liked "Typewriter" as well. When I finished reading it, I kept saying the word "platen" out loud with satisfaction.
Now you have earwormed me with Sutzkever's blayene platn fun Roms Drukeray.
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I'm so glad you got to see it! I am also glad to hear that.
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I like that typewriter poem. (I happen to have an antique Smith-Corona! Probably considerably older than the one he's writing about, although I don't know its exact age. It's a small portable one that belonged to my Grandad. It has no ribbon, but otherwise works.)
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That's really cool. I grew up with a manual typewriter in the house, but I have no idea what it was. The typewriter I spent most of my time with was my grandparents' Selectric.
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*solidarity* from one nightmare-haver to another.
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Thank you, and likewise.
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YOU SHOULD POST THE THING IF YOU'RE NOT GOING TO SEND IT DIRECT TO PENGUIN WITH A STICKY NOTE SAYING HIRE YOU TO RE-DO YIDDISH VERSE. THIS IS MY CONSIDERED PROFESSIONAL OPINION.
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I WAS STILL WORKING ON THE THING TO SEE IF I COULD GET IT TO SOUND MORE LIKE POETRY WITHOUT TRIGGERING TINY WITTGENSTEIN. YOUR OPINION HAS NONETHELESS BEEN NOTED.