tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post8127275938005157091..comments2024-02-23T03:28:33.435-05:00Comments on Culture Industry: x-roadsMark Scrogginshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-18655219921628618002009-06-24T10:26:02.871-04:002009-06-24T10:26:02.871-04:00"All would have agreed Mr. Ruskin was capable..."All would have agreed Mr. Ruskin was capable of writing poetry, if he had not written it." -- Anon., <i>The Academy</i>, 14 Jan. 1899 (via <i>Writers, Readers, and Reputations</i> by Philip Waller)Ray Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15998321016748928251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-40609868151005289142009-06-12T20:20:33.827-04:002009-06-12T20:20:33.827-04:00I want to hear about your book on biography, too.I want to hear about your book on biography, too.undinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05589384016564587214noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-23846812068790928112009-05-29T15:26:32.536-04:002009-05-29T15:26:32.536-04:00One of these days I'll take up reading poetry agai...<I>One of these days I'll take up reading poetry again.</I>Than which no more final judgment of Ruskin's verse can be imagined.<br /><br />Don't feel obliged to blog him in any particular order for our sakes!Vance Maverickhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07477306994564623348noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-52570297137944100602009-05-29T10:30:43.537-04:002009-05-29T10:30:43.537-04:00To be honest, I'm guessing that we called our bath...To be honest, I'm guessing that we called our bathrooms "unisex" because that's what they called the shared bathroom on <I>Ally McBeal</I>, if I recall. But your reasoning is much better. In our defense, we were watching too much crap TV and were wicked high.Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066512307378025972noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-48873954413063668762009-05-29T09:04:12.898-04:002009-05-29T09:04:12.898-04:00"it's hard to objectify the women who shi..."it's hard to objectify the women who shit (and, on some nights, vomit) in the stalls beside you" -- yes, & that's the point, innit? & conversely, the "thrill" I project back on my 19-yr-old self is largely a <I>product</I> of the interdiction.<br /><br />(Note by the way I didn't say "unisex," which would be imposing a single identity on what is in reality a diversity, but "All-Gender": the doors were coded with round symbols that incorporated the arrow from the "male" thing, the cross from the "female" thing, & an Artist-formerly-known-as-Prince in-between thingy.)Mark Scrogginshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01431113440875342809noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-11295909.post-63444590236568653802009-05-29T08:25:54.868-04:002009-05-29T08:25:54.868-04:00The dorm was equipped with "All-Gender" ...<I>The dorm was equipped with "All-Gender" bathrooms; this wasn't especially a problem (tho it didn't create the kind of thrill I probably would have felt back in my own undergraduate days, when VA Tech dorms were still strictly single-sex & overnight stays were officially verboten)...</I>You'd be surprised-- I was just telling Emily the other night that I think the fact that my dorm freshman year had unisex bathrooms actually discouraged me from objectifying women. There was always the chance that you might get to see something "thrilling," but if you tried to look for it, you knew you'd get a reputation for... well, hanging around the bathroom looking for something thrilling. And let's face it-- it's hard to objectify the women who shit (and, on some nights, vomit) in the stalls beside you...<br /><br />I don't regret the shared bathrooms at my dear alma mater, but it wasn't quite the erotic experience people often imagine it was.Bradleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18066512307378025972noreply@blogger.com