BIENVENUE SUR LE MOODBOARD :)

Notes from the podcast 'Queer as Fact' debunking the myth of the blonde Achilles, a favorite of white supremacists.

Venus Xtravaganza, me too girl, but why do we feel this way? -> essay on the aesthetics of class within the queer community.

'Togethering' text reminded me of Celine Sciamma (dir. Portrait of a Lady on Fire) quoting Monique Wittig : Lesbians are not totally women because they are escaping part of the patriarchy at least domestically or romantically.

Reading and discussing about matriarchies reminded me of 'The Patriarchal Alchemy' as mentioned by Arturo Escobar (illustrated) in Designs for the Pluriverse : The patriarchy goes beyond the exploitation of women and other marginalized genders but also the systematic destruction of nature for material gain. (the patriarchal priority)

Why do Elizabethan collars make us feel rich and classy why does emulating white aesthetics make us feel rich and classy is it emulating or reappropriating? Reclaiming?

{ Voice of reason : I am no less Indonesian in western jewels, jewels whose stones were harvested (plundered?) from indigenous lands in the first place. }