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“The name does not cease to be a revealer of the essence of things because it resembles them.” Julia KRISTEVA, El lenguaje, ese desconocido, 1969
“I can’t turn around It’s too late You can call my name” Jimmy SOMMERVILLE, It’s Still Hurts, 2004
How can we know when names have lost their power? The voice, which can also become a tool of domination and violence, does not need a solid space in which to leave its mark, it can subjugate something more flexible, it can even be inscribed on a body, configure an identity.
Many stories begin like this, with the exercise of naming, something simple that reveals a strategy of submission and belonging. We are possessed by the one who has named us, we must pay attention to our names, those that throughout our life have been assigned to us, discovering parts of us that we may not even know.
“I’ve been sick and I’m perverse Oh, I’m hideous If I’ve had you at your worst, it was easy in...More
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“The name does not cease to be a revealer of the essence of things because it resembles them.” Julia KRISTEVA, El lenguaje, ese desconocido, 1969
“I can’t turn around It’s too late You can call my name” Jimmy SOMMERVILLE, It’s Still Hurts, 2004
How can we know when names have lost their power? The voice, which can also become a tool of domination and violence, does not need a solid space in which to leave its mark, it can subjugate something more flexible, it can even be inscribed on a body, configure an identity.
Many stories begin like this, with the exercise of naming, something simple that reveals a strategy of submission and belonging. We are possessed by the one who has named us, we must pay attention to our names, those that throughout our life have been assigned to us, discovering parts of us that we may not even know.
“I’ve been sick and I’m perverse Oh, I’m hideous If I’ve had you at your worst, it was easy in...More
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