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Leda and the Swan by W. B. Yeats (1924)
A sudden blow: the great wings beating still
Above the staggering girl, her thighs caressed
By the dark webs, her nape caught in his bill,
He holds her helpless breast upon his breast.
How can those terrified vague fingers push
The feathered glory from her loosening thighs?
And how can body, laid in that white rush,
But feel the strange heart beating where it...
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November 2011
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Miranda: Did Demarchelier confirm?
Andy: ...
Emily: I have Patrick!
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“(Is the function of the masochistic practice of bondage not [also] to supplement...”
– Slavoj Žižek, Living in the End Times (2011)
I had my book signed by the man himself when I saw him speak at Cadogen Hall, just off Sloane Square. The fact this quote is in parentheses, written as an aside, captures his hilarious style and propositions with serious consequences. I can understand...
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“The shadow and the mirror image are the obvious analogs of the body, its...”
– Mladen Dolar, ‘At First Sight’ in Gaze and Voice as Love Objects by Renata Salecl and Slavoj Žižek (1996).
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