An Old Twist on a Very, Very Old Theme by Michelle

There’s been some discussion about the Channel 4 makeover programme How to Look Good Naked (HTLGN) over at the F-Word and I’m going to add some of my thoughts here.
I’ve seen the show a couple of times and that’s all I’ve needed to see to know that this is the kind of telly produced to [...]

Dear Mr Postmodernist by Michelle

Dear Mr Postmodernist,
Stop telling me the body is nothing more than a ‘text’, merely ‘discursive’, nothing concrete, but fragmented, ‘engaged in performativity’.
What is that all about?
How is that helping?
What revolutionary purpose does it serve?
These insights of yours are purported to be groundbreaking, radical, cutting edge, liberating because they break down
‘binaries’,
‘dichotomies’,
‘totalities’,
all ‘essential’ and ‘universal’ notions.
Apparently I [...]