Patriarchy | What is it?

Basic Definitions When I ask people what Patriarchy means, some basic definitions come up. Here are just a few of them:  Sexism towards women (Misogyny) Wage gaps Rape Culture Expropriation of womens’ labor by men in the household Segregation of the work force Man of the house Denial of right to own property for women […]

Marina Abramovic

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marina_Abramovi%C4%87?wprov=sfsi1 She is perhaps one of the most contraversial performance artists of our time. She is perhaps the best example of what Kristeva means in regards to Abjection and what Derrida would see as a ‘monstrous arrivant’. She brings up many questions from art that infect philosophical questions of an ethical nature – action without […]

Rights

What are your views on rights? Are they innate, or are they constructed? Do you think rights are a good thing to have in society, or do you believe they cuase problems?

J.L. Austin | Words Do Things

Before I read any Derrida, I stumbled upon this thinker. John L. Austin was a British Analytic Philosopher of Language. Along with Wittgenstein, he proported Ordinary Language Philosophy – Ordinary language philosophy is a philosophical methodology that sees traditional philosophical problems as rooted in misunderstandings philosophers develop by distorting or forgetting what words actually mean […]

Portrayal of Christ on the Cross

Around the Medieval Period, the depiction of Christ on the cross would show him with a titled head, usually down towards the right side. It is interesting because it is conveying the very moment of death. Sometimes the tilt is subtle with a gaping mouth, which gives the impression that he taking a final breath. […]

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