Kate Morgan
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But one question.
I know I just wrote a novella of a comment. It will someday be a larger essay, and if it needs to a book chapter. But I guess my question here is: What do you think that the alternate form of power that is the marriage of the "occult" (that whic ... -
Fascinating.
Thanks for the clarification. I might need to go scout your chapter. ... -
Interesting Thoughts
I like your analysis. It seems like occult imagery in music has never really left popular culture since the life and times of the Beatles, Page and Plant--and the ilk though it was often more subtly presented then. Do you think there is still a connection ... -
Dismantling/Reifying-- GOOD QUESTION!
That's a phenomenally good question. I'm not sure I can say. In my Barthian "dead author" shoes, I want to say it's reifying the divide while dismantling the idea of disempowerment. But it's also drawing specific attention to ... -
Nice!
Astute comments as always Heather! Thanks. ... -
In Following Your Analysis
I like the way you're breaking down punctum and studium here--but I feel a little unclear as to your "perpetual haunting." Is it the dsyphoria a person who is queered or trans in gender identity feels? Is it an echo of the social elements y ... -
Wow.
I'm not overly familiar with Fever Ray, but I love the detailing of occult history going on here. I love the way the DeBordian spectacle is leveraged for performance. I think that might be most of Rock as genre--at least from the glam days forward th ... -
Nice Conclusions.
I love your conclusion that knowledge does not equate to power here--and that the occult works as a popular knowledge and memory. In my understanding, the occult has served as a category through which indigenous "counterculture" survived through ... -
I daresay you’ve managed to
I daresay you've managed to take platforms of feminism and argue your way into a formidable transhumanism. I'm intrigued. ... -
I like your take on Brave,
I like your take on Brave, but I still had two problems with the movie as a whole: 1.) The question presented is still about marriage, as opposed to a woman just doing something awesome and being an awesome woman, and makinh choices about her love life if ...