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

[Christopher Leinonen]

I will be there!  But I'm just leaving now, so I might be a few minutes
late.


On Sun, Apr 7, 2013 at 1:04 PM, reg johanson <regjohanson at gmail.com> wrote:

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