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I once read a biography of Simone de Beauvoir that narrated her early struggles to express her ideas. Her first novel, it must be said, is not good. Specifically, it is a working out of the Hegelian master-slave dialectic by way of a heavily autobiographical depiction of a threesome; the Beauvoir character literally murders the other woman at the end. Again, it is not a good book. But after she published it, the real Beauvoir permanently lost the fear of having nothing to say. This is unimaginable, to me.
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I’ve noticed that women who aren’t actual oracles aren’t typically allowed to be oracular. If I were a Lacanian (I’m not) it would be for the vatic utterances.
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There is a Buddhist parable about being struck by two arrows. The first comes from outside; it inflicts a wound. The second, we learn, is self-inflicted; it is the suffering we cause ourselves in the wake of the first arrow’s pain. I aim to hit the Real with the force of the second arrow.
Triangulation (Fragments)
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Abby Kluchin
is Assistant Professor of Philosophy and Religion at Ursinus College, where she also coordinates the Gender, Women’s, and Sexuality Studies program. Abby is co-founder and Associate Director at Large of the Brooklyn Institute for Social Research.