Sara Pheasant
Articles by Sara Pheasant:
Strikethrough
in Issue 63 | Strike (Apr 2016)European nostalgia for the pure presence of origin - negative and violent operations - Helene Cixous quotes Clarice Lispector - reintroducing the body within language - the shame of stupidity converts the bureaucreat into the student and turns the student towards self-censure
Fraternity, or a muscular effort: on waiting and reading
in Issue 55 | Fraternity (Aug 2015)a cable network fishing show - mythic masculinity - ultimately trivial demise - overturning age - I’m really fishing - on the shore, in the doctor’s office, or by the phone - subjected to time - technologies of distraction - the waiter, reader, and writer - akin to prayer - « Look, carrots! Ah, cabbages! » - everything comes to pieces - have not been paying attention. - return to the scrivener’s table - a profane form of the saintly intelligence
Carpet Beetles in the Filing Cabinet
in Issue 50 | Furniture (Mar 2015)an office not of her own making—a literal treasure-chest, but one lacking its key—Expanses of paper await an archeological dig—merely the whim of a bored bureaucrat—their primary contributions to the process are paper hats made of folded documents—an insatiable appetite for ink—an infestation of carpet-beetles in the bureau—Needless to say, the document is never found
Bit by a Dead Bee
in Issue 39 | Animals (Apr 2014)they were actually wasps - the only thing to do is sip some weak coffee and turn on the radio - insomnia is a state of constant vigilance - progenitor of the eponymous Tesla coil - radio's native ability to electrify mass publics with a shared, affective experience - enigmatic allegories of deception, forgery, disaster - occasionally, they are musical and nearby
A Modest Shelter
in Issue 36 | Modesty (Jan 2014)her grave becomes a welcome shelter - anchorship was a porous occupation - staining Christ's body in a gristly rainbow of red, brown, blue, and green - the trinity's triangle collapses - unsanctified discourse that slides bellyfirst - was Julian's cell the same size as the hospital room - he traded pen for pencil - « I'm not here to write, I'm here to be mad »
Of Traps and Trolling: Brain Melt in the Digital Future
in Issue 31 | Strategies of Togetherness (Aug 2013)she smiles, winks, and uncrosses her legs to accidentally reveal her penis - no one « likes » each other on 4Chan - their economy finds its quintessential form in The Game - tits or GTFO - newfag, oldfag, animefag, straightfag, gayfag - a space of « illuminated relationality » - barebacking is a means of shattering the self to let others in
At the Front Line of the Punch Line: Or, Simone Weil goes to War
in Issue 28 | Trauma and Laughter (May 2013)an anarchist militia - Simone Weil - uncompromising politics and inventive theology - Buenaventura Durruti - playing the clown - expectation transformed into nothing - the Dad-Humor Phenomenon - smash the lightbulb with a hammer - a pitchfork in the air
(Ex)Citation
in Issue 26 | Good Sex (Mar 2013)to rouse, call out, summon forth, produce - transcription and translation - soused with the pleasure of consuming - sex so bad, good sex - Secretary, Stenographer, Photographer, Prostitute - tarted up with gilt jewels - it hovers invisible, his Eye - auto-facial reconstruction! - just us girls - sex can be so repetitive - the most explicit form of writing - the thrill of the steal - Selfie!