thread for random crit theory bloggers discussing pop music

I nonetheless wanted to explore the similarities between modernism and Odd Future.

*barf*

i dunno, i had this whole long thing i was working on ages ago about adorno and left 4 dead, i used to think k-punk was occasionally readable, i don't think the crossover of Theory and pop is necessarily unfertile ground?

no but odd future certainly is

stfu, blogger

i did see someone's doctoral thesis on radiohead in waterstone's the other day tho, and mentally went COME ON

(xp)

kinda disappointed w/ the odd future theory glosses hence that rather endearing lil apologia excerpted above

twitter/tumblr & other cultural outpourings = pharmakon
'yes but see their music is engineered by a lesbian' = objet petit-a

*doffs cap*

Bikes-R-Better 2 points 1 month ago

I will attempt to convey what I think feminism might look like. French feminist Luce Irigaray suggests that we live in a world constructed by phallocentric discourse. Miley Cyrus is a clear example of a construction of the phallic mechanisms. She is a commodity to be traded for propagation of relationships between men. Think about those that own the record companies. Irigaray suggests that anything created within the phallocentric discourse that we are all, at this point, living within is in itself phallocentric. In order to transcend this discourse we must attempt to return to a pre-verbal state in order to find what is essentially feminine. To try to represent that which is inherently feminine with a system of language which is inherently phallocentric will only convey an idea of the feminine as it relates to the masculine, and not as it is in and of itself. As someone who identifies as a heterosexual white male, I approach these ideas with humility and an open mind. If my views seem in anyway myopic, obtuse or misinformed, please help me to clarify.

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