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

[reg johanson]

addy is 1643 e. 3rd, txt 778 316 1849 when you get here.


On Fri, Apr 5, 2013 at 7:47 PM, David Mercian <davidmercian at gmail.com>wrote:

> 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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