This Rage —Silvia Batisti I say not unto thee until seven times but until seventy times seven Christian Bible, Book of Matthew, XVIII, 22 This rage is not aroused by reflections or such; it would be too easy to give birth to robots under the pseudonym of men, there would be no more pregnant women, […]
(The title for this post comes from this song by Eddie Cochran, which was also covered by Blue Cheer and The Who, among others.) Seasonal Affective Disorder, aka “SAD” (it doesn’t work out so perfectly on other languages, though) is generally thought of as the blues that hit people in winter, when it’s cold and […]
Requiem for Sylvia Plath —Luciana Frezza A requiem for you each time I lean over to detach a bit of spaghetti caught on the green battlefield of the kitchen stoneware, from the bright shooting pain to a sprig of parsley. A requiem for you while I struggle against the narrowness of the enclosure of my […]
Show them this: [Image description: A white piece of fabric, embroidered with a red border. The center is stitched in black, with the words “A forgotten god cannot run my life any worse than I am currently running it myself”. A deer-like creature in black thread is to the right of the words. A […]
The 23rd International Aids (Virtual) Conference commissioned an artwork series entitled “Profiles in Resilience“, which you can see on their website. This piece in particular stood out for me, both because of the image and the quote from Erika Castellanos, Director of Programmes at Global Action for Trans Equality (GATE): “For me, resilience is not […]
