01-04-2017, 12:37 AM
Cliff Varnell Wrote:Lauren Johnson Wrote:I look at events through the lens of the spectacle. Debord says we are the society of the spectacle. There is an article online called the Spectacle of the False Flag. They are worth reading.
The Resistance is nothing if not spectacular at times, though not in the way Debord defined "spectacle."
The Women's Marches in major cities on Jan 21 '17 were truly spectacular non-violent public demonstrations.
The town hall meetings filled with raucous voters are mini-spectacles of public anger.
It's not France May '68 by a long shot but potent nonetheless.
I think you and Tracy would look great in a knitted pussy power hat, though not, I dare say, in the alternatives proposed by Holly Derr (a knitted imitation vagina, as far as I can make out) or Andi Zeisler, the co-founder of Bitch Media and author of We Were Feminists Once, who appears to have argued for witch hats ("We need to go full witch. We need to really scare some folks")*.
I wonder if the precise fashion choice shouldn't be entrusted to a panel comprising George Soros, some psycho from the CIA, and Rachel Maddow?
*http://www.elle.com/culture/career-polit...t-protest/
"There are three sorts of conspiracy: by the people who complain, by the people who write, by the people who take action. There is nothing to fear from the first group, the two others are more dangerous; but the police have to be part of all three,"
Joseph Fouche
Joseph Fouche