This Week's Writing 3/8/24

Manet's Olympia, the Oscars, Super Tuesday, and more.

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If you read one thing by me this week, read:

Manet’s Olympia, Ghost (1990), and how aesthetics and gender are constructed through the exclusion of Black women. (EIH)

Politics

Super Tuesday’s biggest winner wasn’t even on the ballot. (Public Notice)

Want to punch fascists? Fucking fund Ukraine. (EIH)

Cultural Criticism

The Oscars need to do much better in honoring women directors. (CNN.com)

“Oppenheimer” conscripts Jewish identity as a justification for American power and violence. (Revealer)

“Maestro” is boring hagiography. (EIH)

The doc “A Revolution on Canvas” examines the art of Nicky Nadjoumi and the hope and limitations of revolution. (Chicago Reader)

Poetry

One short poem. (Five Fleas)

I thought I was broken

like a pot with no handles.

I thought I was broken

like the sky spitting out birds.

I thought I was broken like

thoughts cracking open.

And in each shell a mandible.

And in each mandible a shard.

Two short poems. (Five Fleas)

Dog Park Theology

The gate is open.

You can go in

if you are good.

To Do List

Write a poem