RE: feminism

Apologies to Robert if he feels that I have tacked him onto a 
platform he'd rather not be part of. I won't excuse myself, but would 
simply like to say that if I have misread you, I'm sorry. 

I do still find it odd that you say this about Solanis:

> But still, Solanis doesn't make me laugh, and I'd rather be an feverish 
> outsider, but everyone to their own really!
> 
yet will accord Kathy Acker and Patti Smith status. What really got 
me was the chain which ran MacKinnon-Dworkin-Solanis. Solanis is on a 
completely different line to these two. If you want to see a 
latter-day Solanis, check out Diane DiMassa's _HotHead Paisan_ comix 
and see if you don't laugh. 

> The song "French Tickler" on the new Sonic Youth CD, "A Thousand Leaves" is, 
> according to the band, inspired by Gilles Deleuze, but then again, you might 
> hear it and sigh a "huh?"
> 
No, not at all. The whole CD is suffused with these little Deleuze 
references. First off, it's called _A Thousand Leaves_. Track 3, 
_Female Mechanic Now On Duty_, includes the line "my desiring 
machine". Track 6, the above-mentioned _French Tickler_, is full of 
little spikes in DeleuzoGuattarian mode. The funny thing is this CD 
is also self-consciously pro-feminist. Track 1, _Contre le Sexisme_, 
_Female Mechanic_, Track 9 _The Ineffable Me_ ("Hey translator, you 
can't catch me"). Now given the thread, it's a weird coincidence that 
all of Kim Gordon's tracks have the Deleuze references. I'd  argue SY 
have always had a d&g quality about them; it's just that now the tags 
are there. And no, I'm not claiming Kim for the sisterhood (not that 
I can), it's just there's something really beautifully fragmented 
about her far-from-simple feminism.

gilligan.

"She talks to the spirits..."