[Smashpatriarchy] aylon's in town all the way from Oxford

[Peter Gill]

Aylon,

Great to hear from you and thanks for your fantastic idea.  I'm totally
into it and look forward to discussing your reading.

Peter


On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 6:34 PM, Aylon C <aylon.c at gmail.com> wrote:

> Hey all,
>
> Looking forward to meeting up with all of you this sunday. I actually
> wanted to propose something else in addition to, in conjunction with, or
> perhaps as a substitution to the general readings. I wanted to chat about
> homosociality and friendship. Take this by way of preface to my
> proposition. As we know, forms of oppression manifest not just in society
> 'out there' but also in the way we think. So, we often need to get rid of
> the fascist in our heads, as some would say it. While this is important,
> oppression is not just internalized intellectually - in our thought
> processes - but also physically, in the way we talk, move, gesticulate,
> etc. As such, it's important that we learn how power lives on and through
> our bodies. In particular, I want to examine homophobia and the way it can
> live on our bodies. The readings I've attached deal with friendships
> between men in a time when there wasn't the same kinds of anxiety
> surrounding male-male friendships. I want to explore these themes found in
> the readings all the while not displacing the body to an unexplored domain,
> leaving it physically unexamined and materially untouched.
>
> Therefore, my proposition is as following: depending on where we meet, I
> would like the members of SAP who are present to pair off and go for a walk
> around the block of the busiest street nearby while *holding hands*.
> While walking, take notice of how you are holding hands, how you are
> walking, your feelings, your self-awareness, how partner's movements and
> how those affect yours. After walking around for a block, we will meet up
> and talk about the readings and situate them alongside our personal and
> embodied experience of holding hands with our SAP friends.
>
> I hope everyone is into that idea.
> Aylon
>
> The first reading is short blog post about history of male-male
> friendships:
> http://www.artofmanliness.com/2008/08/24/the-history-and-nature-of-man-friendships/
> The second (attached) reading is an excerpt from some of my academic work
> that goes a bit more into the history of male-male friendships and talks
> about race and desire.
>
>  Excerpt from A History of Homosocial Desire.pdf<https://docs.google.com/file/d/0B4xwvzgZadIwbnhRTFpOQ1pHRTg/edit?usp=drive_web>
>
>
>
> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:17 AM, Peter Gill <petergill85 at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hey folks,
>>
>> Aylon one of the members who helped instigate the creation of Solidarity
>> Against Patriarchy is in town this week and will be able to make our Sunday
>> meeting.  Does anyone have a meeting place idea?  Would it be possible to
>> meet at 4pm?
>>
>> Hey Aylon would you like to pick a read for us to discuss this week?
>>
>> lov,
>>
>> P
>>
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