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Fetish

By alex | Published: 4/21/2004
One of the things we sometimes talk about in my theory courses is the idea of the fetish. We compare Freud’s description of the origin of the fetish with that of Durkheim and of Marx–different fetishes, similar mechanisms. But the approach to fetishes for the Cyberporn class will need to be somewhat different. The focus […]
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Of Erdosing

By alex | Published: 4/20/2004
Given that I am now the #1 hit for “self-googling” it makes sense that I would also want to acquire a lower Erdos number. My current number is infinity. Luckily, 5 is for sale on ebay. I’m less interested in the Erdos number than I am in the idea of selling collaboration. So, of course […]
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Pillow Blog

By alex | Published: 4/17/2004
Dude. What if Sei Shonagon were alive tody. I bet she’d blog! Or maybe not. Despite being vain at times, she at least had the modesty to write only for herself. OK, I’m going to go practice my penmanship, now.
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Remaindered Links

By alex | Published: 4/8/2004
* Eyeball Jewellery – “Without doing any harm to the eye we can implant a jewel in the conjunctiva,” Melles said. “So far we have not seen any side effects or complications and we don’t expect any in the future.” * Subservient Chicken – First Quiznos had roadkill (er, sponge monkeys) singing their jingles, and […]
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