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

[David Mercian]

I will be able to make it too. thanks for the excellent proposal and i look
forward to meet you.

David


On Thu, Apr 4, 2013 at 9:30 PM, reg johanson <regjohanson at gmail.com> wrote:

> wow. this will be amazing, i'm down. i can offer my place if nothing else
> suits. sunday at 4 would be perfect for me.
>
>
> 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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