quick links
Hey all. short on time, but long on reading. Here are a few links i’ve received lately that i thought i should pass on.
- first, a short article about torture and prostitution
- next, a rather long (but very interesting) article from Harpers called The Ecstacy of Influence, which basically explores the idea of plagiarism and how it has occurred widely in all forms of art. One of the messages i got from it so far is how the concept of “plagiarism” really ties in with liberalism’s focus on individualism…the mark of the true liberal is to never acknowledge receipt of anything from society; everything you do must be totally accomplished on your own, or at least you have to believe that.
- the last is a very short description of a novel way of fighting heteronormative conceptions of marriage through the court system. i thought it was hilarious ;)
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February 12th, 2007 at 04:34 am
[...] A mind-blowing post on torture, pornography and prostitution at Traffick Jamming: Critics decry the existence of state-sponsored torture, yet those same analysts ignore the identical treatment of women in prostitution. Many view torture by the United States of prisoners at Abu Ghraib with shock and horror, yet at the same time consider the identical acts perpetrated (and photographed) against prostituted women to be sexual entertainment. Condemning the Bush administration’s tolerance for torture in the war on terror, one journalist noted the “gleeful sadism” of guards at Abu Ghraib. Yet political pundits maintain silence regarding the same gleeful sadism of men toward women and gay men like that seen at kink.com. Why? That obviously merits an analysis. [Via Anarchocyclist] [...]