Richard Seymour
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The child, the mother's symptom, and the judge
From
a certain perspective, notably that of radical feminism, all gender
socialisation is child abuse. In
a recent, controversial case brought before the
British courts, a judge took a child out of the care of its mother because it
was deemed that the child...
From
a certain perspective, notably that of radical feminism, all gender
socialisation is child abuse. In
a recent, controversial case brought before the
British courts, a judge took a child out of the care of its mother because it
was deemed that the child...
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A rapist in the Oval Office
Say what you like about the second presidential debate, it seems to have struck an extraordinarily delicate nerve with some of the hacks. I say this, reviewing the gluttonous expanse of instapunditry in respected outlets, because there is something that no ...
Say what you like about the second presidential debate, it seems to have struck an extraordinarily delicate nerve with some of the hacks. I say this, reviewing the gluttonous expanse of instapunditry in respected outlets, because there is something that no ...
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Trumped down
If we assume that the Trump tape release was orchestrated by the Clinton campaign, as seems likely, then it is the first really skilful move they have made throughout the entire campaign - and with leading Republicans backing away from him, the RNC withdraw...
If we assume that the Trump tape release was orchestrated by the Clinton campaign, as seems likely, then it is the first really skilful move they have made throughout the entire campaign - and with leading Republicans backing away from him, the RNC withdraw...
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Scripturience and speech
When I write – when I really write – I write in a dream. I was struck, recently, by the experience of writing
a number of long-form pieces of work which, for the duration of their
composition, became an obsession. It was a pleasure to work on them on long t...
When I write – when I really write – I write in a dream. I was struck, recently, by the experience of writing
a number of long-form pieces of work which, for the duration of their
composition, became an obsession. It was a pleasure to work on them on long t...
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Something I Said.
This is a cautionary tale. The poet Kenneth Koch once wrote a description of the pleasure of crushing a baby’s head. It was not that he would ever do this, but like all of us he occasionally had evil thoughts, and found a way to make this unacceptable tho...
This is a cautionary tale. The poet Kenneth Koch once wrote a description of the pleasure of crushing a baby’s head. It was not that he would ever do this, but like all of us he occasionally had evil thoughts, and found a way to make this unacceptable tho...
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Brief statement on a couple of Facebook comments
A number of journalists have been in touch about comments I was reported to have made on Facebook a long time ago. I was in the process of writing a lengthy essay about it all, because I am interested in exploring the issues involved. However, in the intere...
A number of journalists have been in touch about comments I was reported to have made on Facebook a long time ago. I was in the process of writing a lengthy essay about it all, because I am interested in exploring the issues involved. However, in the intere...
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Decline of the nuclear sovereign.
Corbyn's critics do have a point, at least. It is not in Labour's tradition, as a governing party, to oppose nuclear weapons. And until now, its governing caste could have relied upon the party membership and unions to support it in its pro-nuclear stance. ...
Corbyn's critics do have a point, at least. It is not in Labour's tradition, as a governing party, to oppose nuclear weapons. And until now, its governing caste could have relied upon the party membership and unions to support it in its pro-nuclear stance. ...
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Brexit: the Monkey's Paw edition
This is the Brexit that none of those who supported it, rallied for it, campaigned for it, voted for it, really wanted. I am not here referring to the so-called 'Bregrets' (please stop this) expressed by about 7% of those who voted to Leave . Those regrets ...
This is the Brexit that none of those who supported it, rallied for it, campaigned for it, voted for it, really wanted. I am not here referring to the so-called 'Bregrets' (please stop this) expressed by about 7% of those who voted to Leave . Those regrets ...
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This is not 1981, and an SDP Mark II will not work.
In Corbyn... I point out that the media and political classes are obsessed with the idea that Corbynism is a repetition of the 1980s, and that therefore they can reprise the tactics, repertoires of countersubversion, and ideological formations, that they de...
In Corbyn... I point out that the media and political classes are obsessed with the idea that Corbynism is a repetition of the 1980s, and that therefore they can reprise the tactics, repertoires of countersubversion, and ideological formations, that they de...
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The Resistible Rise of Nigel Farage.
"The world was almost won by such an ape! The nations put him where his kind belong. But don't rejoice too soon at your escape - The womb he crawled from is still going strong." ― Bertolt Brecht, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Nigel Farage has resigned. H...
"The world was almost won by such an ape! The nations put him where his kind belong. But don't rejoice too soon at your escape - The womb he crawled from is still going strong." ― Bertolt Brecht, The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui Nigel Farage has resigned. H...
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