#Jean Beauvior

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Poiser

And the 80's movies week enters its third round.

Today with the Dudes of Wrath. For those Kiss fans still unfamiliar with the Dudes of Wrath, let me tell you that they were an all-star band, or rather a buddy project between Paul Stanley, Desmond Child and Jean Beauvoir, who were joined by a few other not unillustrious names within the hard rock scene to record the theme song for the latest, lively Wes Craven horror film at the time (1).

Which unfortunately flopped, and therefore did not quite live up to expectations as the successor to Freddy Krueger and the A Nightmare on Elm Street series associated with it. And somehow this also applies to its title track, despite hit guarantor Desmond Child. And despite Shocker's undeniable proximity to Alice Cooper's Poison from the latter's mega-seller Trash, on which Desmond famously had nine of his ten fingers in the pie.

Just compare the verses and choruses of both songs without obligation and in a relaxed manner. And perhaps it wouldn't be a bad idea to also listen to Alice's Spark in the Dark afterwards.

Side Note:

(1) Who would have wanted to miss such an opportunity? Even Vinnie Vincent was once on board one year earlier for The Dream Master soundtrack in '88.

Shocker (1989)

Poison (1989)

Spark in the Dark (1989)

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names, mostly surnames (1)

let me apologise for this partial list of names in the library,  titles available on request...

, Adorno, horkheimer, anderson, aristotle, greta adorno, marcuse, agamben, acampora and acampora, althussar, lajac kovacic, eric alliez, marc auge,  attali, francis bacon (16th c), aries, aries and bejin, alain badiou, beckett, hallward, barnes, bachelard, bahktin, volshinov, baudrillard, barthes, john beattie, medvedev, henri bergson, Jacques Bidet, berkman, zybmunt bauman, burgin, baugh, sam  butler, ulrich beck, andrew benjamin and peter osbourne, walter benjamin, ernest bloch, blanchot,  bruzins,  bonnet,  karin bojs,  bourdieu,  j.d. bernal, goldsmith,  benveniste, braidotti,  brecht,  burch, victor serge, andre breton, judith butler, malcolm bull, stanley cohen, john berger, etienne balibar, david bohm, gans blumenberg, martin buber, christopher caudwell, micel callon, albert camus, agnes callard,  castoridis, claudio celis bueno, carchedi and roberts, Marisol de la cadena,  mario blaser, nancy cartwright, manual castells, mark  currie, collingwood, canguilhem, mario corti, stuart hall, andrew lowe, paul willis, coyne, stefan collini, varbara cassin, helene cixous, coward and ellis, clastres, carr, cioren,  irving copi, cassirer, carter and willians, margeret cohen,  Francoise dastur, guy debord, agnes martin,  michele bernstein, alice, lorraine dastun, debaise, Gilles Deleuze, deleuze and gattari, guattari, parnet, iain mackenzie, bignall, stivale, holland, smith, james williams, zourabichvili, paul patton, kerslake,  schuster, bogue, bryant,  anne sauvagnargues, hanjo berresen, frida beckman, johnson, gulliarme and hughes, valentine moulard-leonard, desai,  dosse, duttman, d’amico,  benoit peters, derrida, hinca zarifopol-johnston, sean gaston,  discourse, mark poster, foucault,  steve fuller, markus gabrial, rosenbergm  milchamn, colin jones,  van fraasen,  fekete,  vilem flusser, flahault, heri focillon, rudi visker, ernst fischer,  fink, faye, fuller, fiho, marco bollo, hans magnus enxensberger, leen de bolle, canetti, ilya enrenberg,  thuan, sebastion peake, mervyn peake, robert henderson, reimann, roth,  bae suah,  yabouza, marco bellatin, cartarescu, nick harkaway, chris norris, deLanda, regis debray, pattern and doniger,  soame jynens, bernard williams, descartes, anne dufourmanteille, michelle le doeuff, de certaeu , deligny, Georges Dumezil, dumenil and levy,  bernard edelman, victorverlich, berio, arendt, amy allen, de beauvior,hiroka azumi,  bedau and humphreys,  beuad,  georges bataille, caspar  henderson,  chris innes,  yevgeny zamyatin,  louis aragon, italo calvino, pierre guirard,  trustan garcia, rene girard, paul gilroy, michal gardner,  andre gorz, jurgan gabermas, martin gagglund, beatrice hannssen, jean hyppolyte, axel honneth, zizek and crickett, stephen heath,  calentin groebner, j.b.s. haldane,  ian hacking,  david hakken,  hallward and oekken,  haug, harman, latour, arnold hauser, hegel, pippin, pinksrd, michel henry, louis hjelmslev,  gilbert hardin, alice jardine, karl jaspers, suzzane kirkbright, david hume,  thomas hobbes, barry hindus, paul hirst, hindess and hirst, wrrner hamacher,  bertrand gille,  julien huxley, halavais, irigaray, ted honderich, julia kristeva, leibnitz, d lecourt,  lazzaroto, kluge and negt, alexander kluge, sarah kofman, alexandre kojeve,  kolozoya, keynes,  richard kangston, ben lehman, kant,  francous jullien, fred hameson, sntonio rabucchi, jaeggi, steve lanierjones, tim jackson,  jakobson,   joeseph needham, arne de boever,  marx and engels, karl marx, frederick engels, heinrich,  McLellen , maturana and varuna,  lem, lordon, jean jacques-lecercle,  malabou,  marazzi,  heiner muller,  mary midgley, armand matterlart, ariel dorfman, matakovsky, nacneice, lucid,  victor margolis, narco lippi,  glen mazis, nair,  william morris,  nabis,  jean luc nancy,  geoffrey nash,  antonio negri,  negri and hardt, hardt, keith ansell pearson, pettman, william ruddiman, rheinberger, andre orlean, v.i. vernadsky,  rodchenko,  john willet, tarkovsky, william empson,  michel serres,  virillio, semiotexte, helmut heiseenbuttel,  plessner, pechaux, raunig, retort,  saito,  serres, dolphin, maria assad, spinoza,  bernard sharratt, isabelle stengers,  viktor shklovsky,  t. todorov,  enzo traverso, mario tronti,  todes, ivan pavlov,  whitehead, frank trentmann, trubetzkoy, rodowink, widderman, karl wittfogel, peter handke, olivier rolin, pavese,  robert walser, petr kral, von arnim,  sir john mennis,  ladies cabinet,  samuel johnson, edmund spenser,  efy poppy, yoko ogawa, machado,  kaurence durrell,  brigid brophy,  a. betram chandler, maria gabriella llansol, fowler,  ransmayr,  novick, llewellyn,  brennan, sean carroll,  julien rios, pintor, wraxall,  jaccottet, tabucchi,  iain banks, glasstone,  clarice lispector,  murakami, ludmilla petrushevskaya,  motoya, bachmann, lindqvist,  uwe johnson, einear macbride,  szentkuthy,  vladislavic, nanguel,  mathias enard,  chris tomas, jonathan meades,  armo schmidt, charles yu, micheal sorkin, vilas- matas, varesi, peter weiss,  stephenson, paul legrande,  virginie despentes, pessoa,  brin,  furst, gunter trass, umberto eco, reid, paul,klee, mario levero, hearn, judith schalansky, moorhead,  margert walters, rodchenko and popova, david king, alisdair gray, burroughs, ben fine, paul hirst, hindess,  kapuscinski, tchaikovsky,  brooke-rose, david hoon kim, helms,  mahfouz, ardret,  felipe fernandez-armesto,  young and tagomon,  aronson,  bonneuil and  fressoz, h.s. bennett, amy allen, bruckner brown, honegger, bernhard,  warren miller, albert thelen,  margoy bennett, rose macauley,  nenjamin peret, sax rohmer, angeliki, bostrom, phillip ball, the invisible commitee, bataille and leiris,  gregory bateson, michelle barrett and mary mcintosh, bardini, bugin, mcdonald, kaplan, buck-moores,  chesterman and lipman,  berman,  cicero, chanan,  chatelet,  helene cixous, iain cha,bers,  smirgel, norman clark, caird, camus,  clayre, chomsky, critchley,  curry,  swingewood,  luigi luca cavelli-sforza,  clark, esposito, doerner,  de duve, alexander dovzhenko, donzelot,  dennet, doyle, burkheim, de camp,  darwin,  dawkins,  didi-huberman, dundar, george dyson, berard deleuze, evo, barbara ehrenrich,  edwards,  e isenstein, ebeking, economy and society, esposito,  frederick gross,  david edgeerton,  douglas,  paul,feyerband,  jerry fodor,  gorrdiener,  tom forester, korsgaard,  fink,  floridi, elizabeth groscz, pierre francastel,  jane jacobs,  francois laplantinee,  gould,  galloway, goux,  godel, grouys, genette,  gil, kahloo, giddens,  martin gardner,  gilbert and dubar, hobbes,  herve, golinski, grotowski, glieck,  hayles, heidegger, huxley, eric hobsbawn, jean-louis hippolyte,  phillip hoare, tim jordan,  david harvey, hawking, hoggart,  rosemary jackson,  myerson,  mary jacobus, fox keller, illich,  sarah fofman, sylvia harvey, john holloway, han,  jaspers, yuk hui,  pierre hadot, carl gardner,  william james, bell hooks,  edmond jabes,  kierkegaard, alexander keen, kropotkin, tracy kidder,  mithen, kothari and mehta, lind,  c. joad,  bart kosko, kathy myers,  kaplan,  luce irigaraay, patrick ke iller, kittler,  catherine belsey,  kmar,  klossowski, holmes, kant, stanton,  ernesto laclau, jenkins, la mouffe,  walter john williams, adam greenfield, susan greenfield, paul auster, viet nguyen, jeremy nicholson,  andy weir, fred jameson,  lacoue-labarthe,  bede,  jane gallop, lacan,  wilden,  willy ley,  henri lefebvre, rob sheilds,  sandra laugier, micheal lowy, barry levinson, sylvain lazurus, lousardo, leopardo, jean-francois lyotard, jones,  lewontin,  steve levy,  alice in genderland,  laing, lanier, lakatos, laurelle, luxemburg,  lukacs, jarsh,  james lovelock, ideologu and consciousness, economy and society, screen, deleuze studies, deleuze and guattari studies,  bruno latour, david lapoujade,  stephen law, primo levi,  levi-strauss,  emmanuel levinas,  viktor schonberger, pierre levy, gustav landaur,  robin le poidevin,  les levidow, lautman, david cooper,  serge leclaire, catherine malabou, karl kautsky, alice meynall,  j.s. mill, montainge,  elaine miller, rosa levine-meyer, jean luc marion, henri lefebrve,  lipovetsky, terry lovell,  niklas luhmann,  richard may, machiavelli, richard mabey, john mullzrkey,  meyerhold, edward braun,  magri,  murray, nathanial lichfield, noelle mcafee,  hans meyer,  ouspensky, lucretius, asa briggs, william morris, christian metz, laura mulvey, len masterman,  karl mannheim, louis marin, alaister reynolds,  antonio  munoz molina,  FRAZER,  arno schmidt,  dinae waldman,  mark rothko, cornwall, micheal snow, sophie henaff, scarlett thomas,  matuszewski, lillya brik,  rosamond lehman , morris and o’conner,  nina bawden, cora sandel, delafield, storm jameson,  lovi , rachel ferguson,  stevie smith, pat barker, miles franklin, fay weldon,  crista wolff, grace paley, v. woolf, naomi mitchinson, sheila rowbotham,  e, somerville and v ross, sander marai,  jose  saramago,  strugatsky, jean echenoz, mark robso,  vladimir Vernadsky,  chris marker, Kim Stanley Robinson,  mario leverdo,  r.a. lafferty, martin bax, mcaulay, tatyana tolstaya,  colinn kapp,  jonathan meades,  franco fortini,  sam delany, philip e high, h.g. adler, feng menglong,  adam thorpe,  peeter nadas,  sam butler, narnold silver,  deren,  joanna moorhead, leonara carrington,  de waal,  hartt, botticelli,  charbonneau, casco pratolini,  murakami, aldiss,  guidomorselli, ludmilla petrushevskaya, ,schulz,  de andrade, yasushi. inoue, renoir,  amelie  nothomb,  ken liu,  prynne,  ANTIONE VOLODINE, luc brasso,  angela greene,  dorothea tanning,  eric chevillard,  margot bennett w.e. johns, conan doyle,  samuel johnson,  herge,  coutine-denamy, sterling, roubaud,  sloan, meiville,  delarivier manley, andre norton, perec, edward upward, tom mcCarthy,  magrinya,  stross,  eco, godden,  malcolm lowry,  derekmiller,  ismail kadare,  scott lynch, chris fowler, perter newman,  suzzana clarke,  paretky, juliscz balicki,  stanislaw maykowski, rajaniemi, william morris, c.k. crow,  ueys,  oldenburg,  mssrc chwmot,  will pryce,  munroe,  brnabas and kindersley, tromans,   lem, zelazny,  mitchinson, harry Harrison,  konstantin tsiolkovsky,  flammerion,  harrison, arthur c clarke, carpenter, john brunner,  anhony powell,  ted white, sheckley,  kristof, kempowski, shingo,  angelica groodischer,  rolin,  galeanom  dobin,  richard holloway,  pohl and kornbulth,  e.r. eddison,  ken macleodm  aldiss,  dave hutchinson,  alfred bester, budrys,  pynchon,  kurkov,  wisniewski_snerg, , kenji miyazawa,  dante,  laidlaw,  paek nam_nyong, maspero, colohouquon, hernandez,      christina hesselholdt, claude simon, bulgaakov,  simak,  verissimo,  sorokin,  sarraute,  prevert,  celan, bachmann,  mervin peake,  olaf stapledon,  sa rohmer,  robert musil,  le clezio,  jeremy cooper,  zambra,  giorgio de chirico,  mjax frisch,  gawron,  daumal,  tomzza,  canetti,  framcois maspero,  de quincy, defoe, green,, greene, marani,  bellatin,  khury, tapinar,, richmal crompton,  durrenmat,  fritz,  quintane,  volponi,  nanni balestrini,  herrera,  robert walser,  duras,  peter stamm,  m foster,  lan wright,  their theotokism  agustn de rojas, paul eluard,  sturgeon,  hiromi kawakomi,  sayaka murata,  wolfgang hilbig,  hmilton,  z  zivkovic,  gersson,  mallo,  bird,  chaudrey, Toussaint, Can Xue, Lewis Mumford, neitzsche, popper, zizek, scott westerfield, rousseau, lewis munford, tod may,  penelope maddy, elaine marks,  isabelle courtivron, leroi, massumi,  david sterritt, godard, millican and clark, macabe, negri,  mauss, maiimon, patrica maccormack, moretti, courtney humphries,  monad, moyn, malina, picasso, goldman, dambisa moyo,  merleau-ponty, Nicholson, knobe and nichols, poinciore, morris, ovid, ming, nail, thomas more, richard mabey,  macfarlane,  piscator,  louis-stempal,  negrastini, moore,  jacquline rose,  rose and rose, ryle, roszick, rosenburg, ravisson, paul ricoer,  rossler,  chantl mouffe,  david reiff, plato, slater, rowlands, rosa, john roberts,  rhan, dubios and rousseau, ronell,  jacques ranciere, mallarme,  quinodoz, peterpelbert, mary poovey, mackenzie, andrew price, opopper,  roger penrose, lu cino parisi,  gavin rae, parker and pollack,  mirowoski, perniola, postman, panofsky, propp, paschke and rodel, andre pickering, massabuau, lars svenddsen,  rosenberg and whyte, t.l.s. sprigger,  nancy armstrong,  sallis,  dale spender,  stanislavski,  vanessa schwartz,  shapin and shaeffer, sally sedgewick,  signs,  gabriel tarde,  charles singer, adam smith,  simondon,  pascal chablt,  combes, jon roffee, edward said,  sen,  nik farrell fox, sartre,  fred emery,  scholes, herbert spencer, ruth saw, spinoza,  raphael sassower, henry sidgewick, peter singer,  katarznya de lazari-radek,  piaget,  podach,  van der post, on fire, one press,  melossi and  pavarini,  pearl and mackenzie,  theirry paquot, tanizaki, RHS,  stone,  richard sennett,  graham priest,  osborn and pagnell, substance, pedrag cicovacki, schilthuizen,  susan sontag, gillian rose,  nikolas rose,  g rattery taylor, rose,  rajan,  stuart sim,  max raphael,  media culture and society,  heller- roazen,  rid, root, rossi, gramsci, showstack sasson, david roden,  adrew ross, rosenvallion, pauliina remes, pkato, peter sloterdijk, tamsin shaw, george simmel, bullock and trombley, mark francis,  alain supiot, suvin, mullen and suvin, stroma,  maimonides,  van vogt,  the clouds on unknowing, enclotic, thesis 11,  spivack,  kate raworth,  h.w. richardson,  hillial schwartz, stern, rebecca solnit, rowland parker,  pickering,  lukacs,  epicriud, epicetus, lucrtious,  aurelies,  w.j.oates,  thor Hanson,  thompson, mabey,  sheldrake,  eatherley,  plato, jeffries,  dorothy richardson,  arno schmidt,   earl derr biggersm  mary borden, birrel, arno schmidt,  o.a. henty,  berhard steigler,  victor serge,  smith,  joyce salisbury, pauer-studer,  timpanaro,  s helling, schlor, norman and welchman,  searle, emanuele severarimo,  tomasello, sklar, judith singer, walmisley,  thomas malthus,  quentin meilassoux,  alberto meelucchi,  mingione, rurnbull,  said, spufford and  uglow,  zone,  j.j.c. smartt, sandel, skater, songe-moller,  strawson,  strawson, strawson, raymond tallis,  toscano,  turkle,  tiqquin, diggins,  j.s. ogilivy, w.w. hutchings,  rackgam,  deiter roth,  dowell,  red notes,  campbell and pryce,osip brik, lilya brik, mayakovsky, zone, alvin toffker, st exupery, freya stark, warson, walsh, wooley, tiles and oberdick, timofeeva, richardson, marcuse,  marder,  wright,  ushenko, tolson, albebers and moholy- nagy, alyce mahon, gablik, burnett, barry, hill, fontaine, sanuel johnson,justin, block, taylor, peter handke, jacques rivette,  william sansom, bunuel and dali, tom bullough, aldius huxley, philip robinson, spendor, tzara,  wajcman, peter wohlleben,  prigogini,  paolo virno,  jeremy tunstall, theweliet,  taussig,  tricker,  vince,  thomss, williams,  vogl, new german critique,  e.p. thompson,  jean wahl, paul virilio, lotringer, christy wampole, verhaeghe, janet wolff, anna kavan, vergara,  uexkull,  couze venn, barry smart, vico,  vatimo, vernant, raoul vaneigem,  ibn warraq, vertov,  williams,  meiksins wood, norbert weiner, peter wollen,  h.g. wells,  michelle walker, , jeanne waelit  walters,  shaw and darlen, whorf,  ward and dubois,  john wright,  weinart, wolff, willis, wark, cosima wagner, j. weeks,  judith williamson,  welzbacher, erik olin wright, wittgenstein, kenny,  zeldin, wenders,  henry miller, wenkler, arrighi,  banks, innes, ushereood, kristeva, john cage, quignard,  t.f. powys, siri hustveldt, lem,  zelazny, mitchonson,  tsilolkovsky, toussaint, heppenstall, garrigasait, de kerangal, haine fenn, jean bloch,  geoff ryman, reve, corey, asemkulov, ernaux,  gareth powell, cory,  deleuze and guattari studies, cse, allain and souvestre, apolinaire, jane austen, john arden, aitmatov,  elizabth von arnim, paul auster, abish,  ackroyd, tom gunn, lorca, akhmatov, artuad,  simon armatige, albahari, felipe alfau, audem auden and soendor, varicco, barrico, bainbridge, asturias, ronan bennett, beckett, paul bowles, jane bowles, celine, bukowski,  wu ming, blissert,  kay boyle,  andrei  bely,  hugo barnacle,  BOLL,  isak dineson, karen blikson,  brodsky,  richmel crompton,  berry, barthleme,  mary butts, leonora carrington, cage,  chevhillard,  canetti,  cendres,  butor,  cortazar, danielewski,  bertha damon,  dyer, havier cercas, micheal dibden, marguerite duras, john donne, duras, durrell,  dorrie,  Fredric durrenmatt,  heppenstahl, eco, enzensberger, evanovich, fruentes,  farrell,  alison fell,  alisdair gray,  hollinhurst,  andre gide,  jean giono, gadda, henry green,  grass,  andre gorz,  william gibson,  joyce,  gombrowitz,  alex laishley, murakami,  herve guibert,  franz kafka,  juenger, junker, kapuscinski, laurie king,  kundera,  mcewan, ken macleod,  ian macdonald,  moers,  meades,  vonda macintyre,  nalmstom, maillert,  havier marias,  jeff noon,  anaus nin,  david nobbs,  peter nadas,  nabokov,  iakley, oates,  raymond queneau,  cesare pavese, paterson, ponge,  perte, perec, chinery, ovid,  genette,  kandinsky, robert pinget, richard piwers,  rouvaud, sloan, surrralist poetry, ilya troyanov, paul,raabe,  julien rios, arne dahl, pierre sollers, rodrigruez,  chris ross, renate rasp, ruiz, rulfo, tove jannsson, cabre,  vladislavic, tokarczuk, pessoa, jane bowles, calvino, lispector, lydia davis, can xue,  sebald, peter tripp,  hertzberg,  virginia woolf,  zozola, sorrentino, higgins,  v.w. straka, cogman, freud, jung, klein, winnecot, lacan,  fordham, samuels,  jung, freud, appignesai,  bjp, pullman, magnam, sybil marshall, mccarten,  galbraith, jewell,  lehmann,  levy,  levin, jung,  spinoza,  fairburn,  jung, sandler,  lacan,  laplanche,  pontalis, can, xue,  klein, cavelli, hawkins, stevens,  hanna segal, bollas,  welldon,  williams,  sutherland, buon,  symington,  morrison,  brittain,  sidoli, sidoli,  holmes, bowlby, winnecott,   bollas,  kalschiid,  malan, patrick casement,  anna frued, wittenburg,  liz wright,  fordham, fairburn, symington, sandler,  jung, balint,  coltart,  west, steiner,  van der post,  stern,  green,  roustang,  adrew samuels,  d.l. sayers,  salom, krassner,  swain,  rame and fo,  storr,  cogman,  hessen,  penelope fitzgerald,  cummings, richard holloway,  juhea kim,  glenville, heyer, cartland,  kim, cho,  atkinson,  james,  king, audten,  hartley,  du maurier,  bronte,  thomas, plath, leon,  camillairi, kaussar, fred fargas, boyd,  sjowall and wahloo,  pheby,  morenno-garcia, perrsson,  herron, nicola barker, arronovitch,  karen lord, stephen frosh, ernest jones, flamm o’brien, shin, mishra, chin jin-young and so on to the warm horizon

[briefruinsbluebird]

“He was completely incapable of doing so [cooking] because he is a man.”

“But that is only the result of his masculine upbringing which kept him at one remove from various household chores.”

Simone de Beauvoir in an interview, saying how Sartre can't cook because of "masculine upbringing"

People learn electrical engineering and vascular surgery as adults but we are supposed to believe that men age out of the ability to learn to use a stove or a laundry machine.

After the Second Sex, Alice Schwarzer interview from 1973

[alexanderbarnes]

for: @joliedebeauvoir location: casa de beauvior, ventura time: friday, around 9 pm

Ethan smoothed down his unruly hair for the third time that night. He reached for his mop of brown waves before he caught himself midway and immediately brought his hand down and planted it firmly by his side. This was ridiculous. Why was he nervous? Why was he acting like a teenager on their first date? He didn’t have the answer to those questions. Ethan had been on dates before, though few and far in-between, he had been on them. Maybe he was out of practice like Jolie and his sister, Allison, had said. What a team they made, they only met virtually but quickly become inseparable in trying to get Ethan to date, ignoring all and every complaint the boy had. His sister couldn’t be here to force him, so Jolie willing took on the title of his wing woman and matchmaker extraordinaire, much to his amusement. He wasn’t expecting her to actually try though, his friends back in college had tried a similar thing, but soon gave up when people looked their way instead, but Jolie wasn’t like that. She tried and the effort itself brought a smile to Ethan’s face, and when she made it known that a date was ready, Ethan obliged as to not disappoint her. 

Friday nights were usually reserved for being holed up in his apartment while a random movie ran in the background, but here he was tonight, dressed somewhat nicely, in a nice button down and jeans that weren’t ripped - something different from his usual uniform. If only he could sit still, when nerves got the better of him Ethan fidgeted uncontrollably. A fact that was not made better by his early arrival. He didn’t mean to show up half an hour early, he was trying not to be late, but another half hour after the scheduled time, Ethan figured his date didn’t mean to show up at all. He wished he had something stronger to drink, the situation demanded it but that would take him back to square one and losing all the progress he had made over the years over one failed date was not worth it. So he stayed a few more minutes, sipping on water wondering why he stepped out of his comfort zone. A silent sigh escaped him as the fact he was stood up cemented in. The chair scarped and squeaked lightly as he pushed back, he had told the waitress to wait a little longer three times now, it wasn’t far to keep a table for two occupied for his single soul any longer. The staff must have sensed his situation, for he returned their sympathy smiles with a small apologetic one of his one. Paying for the dumplings he had gotten as an appetizer while waiting, Ethan left the establishment with a fortune cookie as a parting gift, courtesy of the waitress. 

The night wasn’t cold but he stuffed his hands into this jacket pocket and wrapped them tight around his body, but the feeling wasn’t comforting. He opted to take the cab, usually the one to walk everywhere, Ethan just wanted this night to end and for him to be away from this place as quick as possible. He paused when the driver asked for an address, thoughts flooded into his brain, thoughts he wished to escape and going back to an empty apartment, he realised in that moment, would not help him. Giving him the address of the one person who would be okay with a late night visitor, Ethan slid into the leather interior of the cab and finally cracked the cookie open. A beautiful, smart, and loving person will be coming into your life. Ethan stifled a laugh as he read the written wisdom it held. How wrong that statement was. Crumpling the piece of paper, he got out of the cab but told the driver to keep the engine running, Jolie told him he could go straight to her house after and he was going to take her up on that offer. Ethan didn’t want to be alone tonight, especially not after what transpired. He ran up the gravel path to check if she was asleep but eyes falling onto the illuminated house, Ethan exhaled in relief. Paying the driver and watching the car drive off into the star speckled horizon, Ethan slowly made his way up to her house. He knocked twice on the double doors and sent a quick text to let her know he was outside, not wanting to surprise her so late at night with his glum face. 

[sapphicambitions]

Laynie Rose’s Library

At the Heart of the White Rose: The Letters and Diaries of Hans and Sophie Scholl. Edited by Inge Jens

Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone: Syltherin Edition by JKR

King Charles III by Mike Bartlett

Edge of Twilight by Paula Christian

This Side of Love by Paula Christian

Serious Money by Caryl Churchill

The Waves by Virginia Woolf

Gay Old Gals by Zsa Zsa Gershick

Men Like That: A Southern Queer History by John Howard

Carmilla by Joseph Sheridan Le Fanu

Searching for Sappho: The Lost Songs and World of The First Woman Poet by Philip Freeman

If Not, Winter: Fragments of Sappho translated by Anne Carson

Maiden, Mother, Crone: The Three Faces of the Goddess by D.J. Conway

Victorian Sappho by Yopie Prins

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen (Collectors Edition)

Romeo & Juliet by Shakespeare (Collectors Edition)

Collection of Best Loved Fairy Tales by Hans Christian Anderson

The Norton Anthology of Drama Vol.1

The Norton Anthology of Drama Vol. 2

A Noble Treason: The Story of Sophie Scholl & The White Rose Revolt Against Hitler by Richard Hanser

The Art of Dramatic Writing by Lajos Egri

Strong is the New Pretty: A Celebration of Girls Being Themselves by Kate T. Parker

A Wrinkle in Time by Madeleine L’Engle

Our Town by Thorton Wilder

A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

The Hunchback of Notre Dame by Victor Hugo

Cloud Nine by Caryl Churchill

My Own Words by Ruth Bader Ginsberg

Bad Feminist by Roxanne Gay

Cinderella Ate My Daughter: Dispatches From the Front Lines of the New Girlie-Girl Culture by Peggy Orenstein

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf by Edward Albee

The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston

How to Be A Woman by Caitlin Moran

The Elements of Style by Strunk & White

Brave New World by Aldous Huxley

The Curly Girl Handbook by Lorraine Massey

Save The Cat! The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need by Blake Synder

No Sisters by Aaron Posner

Three Sisters by Anton Chekov

Gmorning & Gnight by LMM

Carry On, Warrior by Glennon Doyle Melton

The Feminine Mystique by Betty Friedan

The Original Folk & Fairy Tales of the Brothers Grimm

The Complete Works of William Shakespeare

Yes, Please by Amy Poheler

Becoming by Michelle Obama

Eleanor Roosevelt: In her Words edited by Nancy Woloch

What I Know For Sure by Oprah Winfrey

Astrology 101 by Kathleen Sears

All the Single Ladies: Unmarried Women and the Rise of an Independent Nation by Rebecca Traister

Mrs. Dalloway by Virginia Woolf

A Midsummer Night’s Dream by Shakespeare

The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros

The Short Life of Sophie Scholl by Hermann Vinke

1984 by George Orwell

feminist theory by bell hooks

The Heart of a Woman by Maya Angelou

The House of Mirth by Edith Wharton

To the Lighthouse by Virginia Woolf

Dear John, I Love Jane: Women Write About Leaving Their Men for Women editied by Candace Walsh & Laura Andre

Anger by Thich Nhat Hanh

A Moment’s Liberty: The Shorter Diary of Virginia Woolf abridged and edited by Anne Olivier Bell

Hidden Figures by Margot Lee Shetterly

The Book of Unknown Americans by Cristina Henriquez

The 100: Day 21 by Kass Morgan

The Feminist Papers: From Adams to Beauvior: A Collection of Feminist Essays Throughout History edited by Alice S. Rossi

Appeals in Modern Rhetoric by M. Jimmie Killingsworth

Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen

A Survival Guide for Stage Managers by Mary Ellen Allison

Wonder Woman and Philosophy: The Amazonian Mystique edited by Jacob M. Held

The Awakening by Kate Chopin

The Entire Harry Potter Series by JKR

the Entire Percy Jackson/Heroes of Olympus Series 

Together We Rise: Behind the Scenes of the Women’s March by the Women’s March Organizers

The Stage Management Handbook by Daniel A. Ionazzi

Girl Talk: What Science Can Tell Us About Female Friendship by Jacqueline Mroz

Making it On Broadway by David Wienir and Jodie Langel

I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai

Patience and Sarah by Isabel Miller

Alexander Hamilton by Ron Chernow

Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut

Ceremony by Leslie Marmon Silko

Eleanor Roosevelt: Vol. 3: The War Years and After by Blanche Wiesen Cook

A New Earth: Awakening Your Life’s Purpose by Eckhart Tolle

The Subtle Art of Not Giving a Fuck by Mark Manson

Eleanor & Hick: The Love Affair that Shaped a First Lady by Susan Quinn

Adulting: How to Become A Grownup in 468 Easy(ish) Steps by Kelly Williams Brown

Seth’s Broadway Diary by Seth Rudetsky

Stage Management: The Essentials Handbook by Gail Pallin

Is It a Date or Just Coffee? The Gay Girl’s Guide to Dating, Sex, and Romance by Mo Brownsey

Rad Women Worldwide by Kate Schatz

Technical Theatre for Non-Technical People by Drew Campbell

Virginia Woolf: Life and London: A Biography of Place by Jean Moorcroft Wilson

A Collection of Robert Frost’s Poems

All Passions Spent by Vita Sackville-West

The Backstagers by Andy Mientus

Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen

Simon vs. The Homosapien Agenda by Becky Albertalli

The Handmaid’s Tale by Margaret Atwood

Guyland: The Perilous Wold Where Boys Become Men, Understanding the Critical Years between 16 and 26 by Michael Kimmel

A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf

Three Guineas by Virginia Woolf

Why I March: Images from the Women’s March Around the World

The Unofficial Harry Potter Cookbook by Dinah Bucholz

Little Women by Lousia May Alcott

What We Do Now: Standing Up For Your Values in Trump’s America: A Collection of Essasys by an assload of people

The Lady’s Guide to Petticoats and Piracy by Mackenzi Lee

The Resolutions by Mia Garcia

Next to Normal by Tom Kitt & Brian Yorkley

Wanted: The Book I Wrote in Middle School

The Scottish Play (I WONT WRITE IT) by Shakespeare

Riotous Flesh: Women, Physiology and The Solidarity Vice in 19th Century America by April R. Haynes

Black Feminist Thought by Patricia Hill Collins

Dear Ijeawele, or a Feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

Savage Beauty: The Life of Edna St. Vincent Millay by Nancy Milford

Orlando by Virginia Woolf

Alias Grace by Margaret Atwood

The Voyage Out by Virginia Woolf

Night and Day by Virginia Woolf

Dykescapes: Short Fiction by Lesbians editied by Tina Portillo

The Myth of The Goddess: Evolution of an Image by Anne Barrin and Jules Cashford

On Our Own Ground: The Complete Writings ofWilliam Apess, a Peaquot

We Should All be Feminists by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie

The Letters of Vita Sackville-West to Virginia Woolf edited by Louise DeSalve and Mitchell A. Leaska

At This Theater by Playbill

[kaanozer]

Sartre, Beauvoir'ı burada öptü. Ayrıntılar, yarın gazeteniz Vatan'da.

(Robert Doisneau - Le Cafe de Flore, 1940)

[aguasverdes]

Francesc Soler

Xico, Méx.

4 de agosto de 2020

La onda

Y el por qué estaría bien voltear al pasado de vez en cuando

En 1972 un veracruzano revestido de chilango y con una influencia norteamericana en su arte; que era el de escribir, publicó el que quizás, fue el texto más honesto, valiente y cercano para describir a una generación de jóvenes (aquella época) que tocaba a las puertas del progresismo, la rebeldía social y el desmadre sin madre. Es su magnífico texto que lleva por nombre “En la ruta de la onda” (1972) Parménides García Saldaña (1944-1982) elabora la radiografía cultural , musical y por lo tanto social más precisa , divertida y por momentos depresiva , de lo que fueron las décadas de la “Onda”, su explosión como pastilla de menta en coca cola y posterior llegada e influencia en el mundo occidental.

La universidad, las escuelas de arte, las de música y por supuesto, el barrio, comenzaban a parir esas escuinclas de minifalda , bota y libro bajo el brazo al compás de “ Those boots are made for Walking” de la hermosa Nancy Sinatra; también, como si de un efecto cascada se tratara, comienzan a abrir sus ojos al mundo de la “onda” esa banda norteña de Tijuana , Ciudad Juárez y demás ciudades fronterizas que influenciados por los ritmos chingones como el rock, el soul, rhythm and blues que sonaban con más fuerza en espacios comunales donde la banda pacheca le gritaba al mundo que ya habían llegado, que pensaban, fumaban y luego existían.

Jean Paul Sartre , Simone de Beauvior, Cortázar y los cabrones rusos postmodernos se apropiaban de la escena literaria de aquellos humanos que empezaban a imaginar un mundo diferente, un mundo donde las mujeres decidieran sobre su cuerpo, donde la universidad hiciera valer su autonomía y donde los militares no decidieran la hora de irse a dormir.

El verbo compartir empezaba a tomar una magnitud real ( tarea pendiente del humano desde el neolítico) y no solo era la hierba, las risas y el mucho amor y paz lo que empezaba a traspasar las cada vez más ínfimas fronteras del mundo. El Mayo francés llega a México y Octavio Paz empieza a ser cuestionado por su Laberinto de la Soledad y su regreso de la India en protesta por la matanza de Tlatelolco lo reivindica en el selecto club de intelectuales mexicanos que a su vez, trataban de cambiar la dinámica de una sociedad cada vez más crítica y desenfadada, pero también viciada por la sombra y la añoranza de un pasado revolucionario que apelaba al orden y al progreso.

En un espiral de apropiación del tiempo y del espacio, pero también, con la firme convicción de ser dueños de su presente, de sus ovarios y de sus huevos, los jóvenes empiezan a decirle ¡No! al autoritarismo, a las desapariciones, al garrote del granadero gandalla y a un pasado con el que cada vez se identificaban menos; lo anterior se entiende mejor en un contexto implacable y sombrío de dictaduras y chingadazos al por mayor, pero también de nuevas expresiones, nuevas sensaciones, nuevos horizontes; es innegable el hecho de que muchas de las libertades de las cuales gozamos al día de hoy ( exceptuando por supuesto la Declaración Universal de los Derechos Humanos que en su mayoría sirvieron para maldita cosa en Brasil, Cuba, Argentina , Perú...) existen gracias a lo arrebatado en las calles , en las plazas, en los barrios y gracias a ello ( tal vez no) hay infinidad de influencers hablando al aire infinidad de sin sentidos sin el temor de ser desaparecidos por algún militar castrado o por la “policía secreta” de algún país latinoamericano.

La onda quedará como legado histórico a través de la música, la pintura , la danza y la mota, se ajustará como botón de condecoración en los sacos de pana de muchos viejos atrapados en este maldito tren descarrilado llamado siglo XXI , en estos años en los que la protesta se volvió funcional en la medida de likes que recibe en Facebook, estos años en las que seguimos viendo el mundo en blanco y negro , moreno o panista , fifis o chairos ( Eugenio Derbéz sigue siendo el mismo pendejo que era el siglo pasado ) y un planeta que se debate entre subsistir en medio de los virus o caer víctima de su huésped más nocivo.

No es que el pasado haya sido mejor, ni que los jóvenes del pasado hayan sido más valientes, el pasado podría ser un buen pretexto para recordar que esto no siempre ha estado jodido, y que siempre hay posibilidad de cambiar para bien .

“Algún día lo lograré, Siempre vendrán , tiempos mejores...”

[helenpetersonphilosophy]

Another key idea existentialists discuss is the idea of authenticity. The common existential definition of authenticity is honesty. Being honest with yourself, about the kind of being that you are, and then actually living like that kind of being. The other hand, being inauthentic is the source of despair. Despair is not the same as depression. Despair is, according to existential ideas, sickness of the spirit and self. Simone de Beauvior and Jean-Paul Sartre use the phrase “Bad Faith” as a synonym for inauthenticity.

[5eokjin]

i'm happy to hear that you've been doing good as well!! yes, i hope these feelings stick around for a long time. i quite enjoy feeling good again! and as for the books i've been reading, i've been reading a lot about philosophy! primarily existentialist works/authors like simone de beauvior, jean-paul satre, and albert camus 🌺🌺

!!!!!!!! i’ve started reading about philosophy recently as well and it’s been very comforting (??not really the right word) seeing the world through someone else’s lens! so far i don’t really think there’s an author whose views i wish to align myself with but it feels very human? very intimate to read about the workings of others! 💙 but who knows maybe i’ll stumble upon something life-changing soon enough? wbu! have you read anything that really moved or resonated with you recently?

[briefruinsbluebird]

1972 interview with simone de beauvoir:

Of course, it is too abstract to say, as I did for a time, that one must only fight the system. Of course one must fight men as well. After all, one is an accomplice, one still profits from the system, even if one hasn't created it oneself. The man of today didn't set up this patriarchal society but he profits from it, even if he is one of those who are critical of it. And he has made it very much a part of his own unconscious thinking.

One must fight the system, but at the same time one must approach men, if not with hostility exactly, then at least with suspicion, and with caution, and not let them trespass on our activities, our own potentialities. Women must attack both the system and men.

1973 interview with beauvior and sartre:

beauvoir: ...For example, Alice was saying recently that she cannot go out for a walk on the streets of Rome without feeling harassed all the time — that is simply not within your experience as a man. And when I told you about it, you said, 'What you say doesn't affect me particularly because I have never behaved in an aggressive way towards women.'

schwarzer (interviewer): That is more a reactionary response really. Would you also say, 'The fact that classes exist is not a bad thing because I, Sartre, have never done a worker any harm?' You would never dare!

sartre: But that isn't the same thing at all.

interviews from the book After The Second Sex, Alice Schwarzer

[musicdish]

"Feel The Heat"

After departing the Plasmatics, Jean Beauvoir shot to multiplatinum recording status as a solo artist when Sylvester Stallone walked by a Hollywood studio one day and happened to see and hear his "Feel The Heat" video being edited by famed director Mary Lambert. It led to the single "Feel the Heat" from Beauvoir's debut solo album "Drums Along the Mohawk" being personally selected by Stallone as the lead song for his film Cobra. Stallone's decision for personally selecting music for the film was instrumental, eventually proving choosing the right music matters and fans agreed supporting both the film and Stallone's choice of music. The initial response for Cobra was harsh by critics enticing the public to believe the film a failure. Fans responded slaying critics when Cobra debuted Memorial Day weekend #1 at the box office taking in over $15.6-million, more than double it's contender Top Gun and broke the previous years record held by Rambo Pt 2. "Feel the Heat" entered Billboard's Hot 100 in the US, hit the "Top 10" charts across Europe and Australia and was featured in heavy rotation on MTV and VH1 for months upon release. Cobra went on to become a huge financial success taking in over $160-million, over six times its original $25-million budget. The movie and soundtrack are still selling today with both receiving high reviews through Amazon and other outlets. Since Cobra, music by Jean Beauvoir has been in other successful films including Pet Sematary (Stephen King) School of Rock (Jack Black) Christmas with The Kranks (Tim Allen & Jamie Curtis) and Rock 'n Roll High School Forever to name a few. Originally with the Plasmatics, the most outrageous, controversial and successful Punk Rock | Metal band ever who influenced generations of up and coming artist's and fashion icons; whose influences are still being seen and talked about today by such diverse artist's ranging from Mikey Cyrus to CeeLo Green, Jean Beauvoir continues writing and producing hit music for himself as well as other artist's. His iconic look with the Blonde Mohawk has been featured in various outlets including cartoons and his trademark look is still growing in new, up and coming artist's. Even NFL Superstar Odell Beckham Jr. Is sporting a trademark Blonde Mohawk. Beauvoir talks about his career, Stallone selecting his music for his film Cobra, his thoughts on the recent rumors Stallone is considering bringing Cobra back, The Plasmatics, and his future endeavors with Debbie Mazella, Program Director for Magic 98.3. Jean Beauvoir | Feel The Heat | COBRA (Official Music Video) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=imc3wr_vMM8 Website: http://www.allindianz.com/jeanbeauvoir Music: http://magic983.com/2017/05/15/debbies-verge-jean-beauvior/

[anamclamas]

Simone de Beauvior (1908 – 1986)

Simone de Beauvior with her life-long partner, philosopher Jean Paul-Sartre

Simone de Beauvior was a French writer, philosopher, and political activist. Her book Le Deuxième Sexe (The Second Sex) was a ground-breaking analysis on the oppression of women and has become a foundational treatise for contemporary Feminism. Her theories also explored the relationship between Existentialism and Feminism – anchoring on arguments that challenged the purpose and being of a woman. Perceived as quite scandalous during her time, de Beauvior continued on with her work without succumbing to misogynist critique, she truly serves as an inspiration for courage.