Bisexuality and Postmodernism
December 8th 2009 16:15
:
Category: No Category
I just read an exciting review of Marjorie Garber's Vice Versa by Kelly Cresap, which I think you'll find very interesting if you see potential in bisexuality to call into question absolutism, binary oppositions and essentialism - just for starters. Read the text here.
On a quasi-related note, I'm going to start telling people that I don't date people who don't identify as being sexually attracted to both men and women. I don't feel as afraid of being judged as discriminatory for my love of people who are comfortable enough with themselves to admit to the fluidity of their desires, to the exclusion of all others in my romantic life, as I used to.
Last week, I began my Open Universities Australia studies, a voluntary exile from my much-loved position as an intellectual who works outside traditional tertiary institutions. I am studying Cultural Studies and Sociology with Macquarie University. Perhaps this is the least offensive fit for me, as MqU's size (it's smaller than UNSW or USyd) probably means it can pursue niche subjects with a little more fervour. Undoubtedly the courses available to me at a first year level are much more enticing than most of what was on offer at the aforementioned 'big two' institutions.
In Sociology we are going to study metrosexual males, the McDonaldisation of society and many other fresh, contemporary topics. Cultural Studies is, however, my favourite: instead of saving postmodernism for last, it is the second topic of the second week! While I have much affinity with many a sociologist's gaze, and always strive to heighten my sociological imagination, we are, unfortunately, being immersed in the concept of personal objectivity, a notion I find most repugnant but will be butting heads with again and again if I pursue further study in future semesters. The youth and exuberance of Cultural Studies, however, means that I feel a lot less accosted by neurotic tics written into the syllabus - it questions humanism quite readily and delves into subject matter which is up my alley - gender, embodiment, race, sexuality, and much more.
On a quasi-related note, I'm going to start telling people that I don't date people who don't identify as being sexually attracted to both men and women. I don't feel as afraid of being judged as discriminatory for my love of people who are comfortable enough with themselves to admit to the fluidity of their desires, to the exclusion of all others in my romantic life, as I used to.
Last week, I began my Open Universities Australia studies, a voluntary exile from my much-loved position as an intellectual who works outside traditional tertiary institutions. I am studying Cultural Studies and Sociology with Macquarie University. Perhaps this is the least offensive fit for me, as MqU's size (it's smaller than UNSW or USyd) probably means it can pursue niche subjects with a little more fervour. Undoubtedly the courses available to me at a first year level are much more enticing than most of what was on offer at the aforementioned 'big two' institutions.
In Sociology we are going to study metrosexual males, the McDonaldisation of society and many other fresh, contemporary topics. Cultural Studies is, however, my favourite: instead of saving postmodernism for last, it is the second topic of the second week! While I have much affinity with many a sociologist's gaze, and always strive to heighten my sociological imagination, we are, unfortunately, being immersed in the concept of personal objectivity, a notion I find most repugnant but will be butting heads with again and again if I pursue further study in future semesters. The youth and exuberance of Cultural Studies, however, means that I feel a lot less accosted by neurotic tics written into the syllabus - it questions humanism quite readily and delves into subject matter which is up my alley - gender, embodiment, race, sexuality, and much more.
Sometimes the right choice of artwork can completely transform the room, like in this Zappos work space
This is appropriate because my head is about 15 cms from the keyboard and decreasing as the time for me to go to bed slowly creeps in 
| 44 |
| Vote |
subscribe to this blog