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Notes from a talk

A name has to be given to you.

We’ve never been queer. We’ve been marked and defined by the norm. Maybe we don’t have bodies yet. We still have to fight to become what we have not been. Beyond queer, trans, the identities that we know. The struggle is to move outside “the human. “Humanity” as the only species that has rights is the cause of our current crisis. We need a new taxonomy, new ways of living and actual bodies. Our bodies are constantly challenging the fallacy of identity because identity is constantly changing.

I’m more interested in practices than concepts. The practice is crossing. The crossing will impact your identity, the practices of resistance and transition.

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Narrating People’s Lives: In the Forest! by Thomas Sanders

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Thomas: It’s been years… but the quest to spot the booty [Ponytail snorts] has remained fruitless. Binoculars: Found it. [Thomas laughs]

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London house extension by Bureau de Change Architects features dark blue kitchen and bright white lounge ›

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Design is not just what it looks like and feels like. Design is how it works.

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“Quand sera brisé l’infini servage de la femme, quand elle vivra pour elle et par elle, l’homme, jusqu’ici abominable, — lui ayant donné son renvoi, elle sera poète, elle aussi ! La femme trouvera de l’inconnu ! Ses mondes d’idées différeront-ils des nôtres ? — Elle trouvera des choses étranges, insondables, repoussantes, délicieuses ; nous les prendrons, nous les comprendrons (je souligne).”

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Arthur R., Lettre à Paul Demeny, 15 mai 1871 (extrait).

C'est loin d'être gagné !

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Soko and Rami Malek at the Dior Party

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Little girls start believing gender stereotypes by age 6. A 2017 study found that the stereotype of brilliance being more associated with men influences children as young as 6, an age where girls begin to ignore activities that are said to be for smart people. At age 5, the kids in the study saw both genders as equals, but by age 6, the girls thought of the boys as more intelligent and avoided playing games intended for ‘really, really smart’ kids. Source Source 2

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Washing the Hair, Ito Shinsui, 1952

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North Carolina teacher has personalized handshakes with each of his students. “It was just one or two students and then it became contagious. I saw how much it meant to them.” http://abcn.ws/2jxFDgt

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Le secret de Rodin, Philippe Sollers, La Guerre du Goût

REDOUTER DES VÉRITÉS PHILOSOPHIQUES TROP RUDES… — Maître, dis-je à mon hôte, nul n’admire plus que moi cette étonnante figure (La Vieille Heaulmière) ; mais j’espère que vous ne m’en voudrez pas de vous faire connaître l’effet qu'elle produit au Musée du Luxembourg sur beaucoup de visiteurs et surtout de visiteuses… — Vous m’obligerez de me l’apprendre. — Eh bien ! en général le public se détourne en s’écriant : Fi ! que c’est laid. Et j’ai souvent remarqué des femmes qui se couvraient les yeux de leurs mains pour se soustraire à cette vision. Rodin se mit à rire de bon cœur. — Il faut croire, dit-il, que mon œuvre est éloquente pour provoquer des impressions si vives ; et sans doute ces personnes redoutent les vérités philosophiques trop rudes. Auguste Rodin et Paul Gsell

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Illustration “Vertumne et Pomone” by Camille Claudel, curieusement