Welcome to Relativity Watch
May 7th 2008 15:51
This site is a response to the increasing rapidity with which people in the popular media embrace the idea that everything is relative... I hope to analyse discourses which emphasise the fluidity of knowledge, that change is the only constant, and make new and complicated connections between aspects of the (post)modern world. I will be focusing on gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgender, intersex and 'queer' (GLBTIQ) issues in particular, examining the way these contribute to my notion of relativity as refreshed by my consumption of mass media texts.
The way we use language is very important, and should be paid a great deal of attention. More so than is being done now. I often find it rewarding to consider the multiple contexts that are available to me at any one time conerning any particular topic, and find that "it's all relative" - there's no certainty in the world, and the desire to search for some is a fearful practice passed on from one generation to another.
I hope to deconstruct a fixity of gaze, apprehension or manner, exposing this as a pose which doesn't make full use of human creativity. But more importantly, I hope to celebrate the people who are already embracing the notion of relativity in their lives.
I hope you enjoy the ride,
Epiphanie Bloom a.k.a. postmoderncritic
P.S. I got the idea for the name 'Relativity Watch' from this very postmodern product (a wristwatch which pursues the idea of time as elusive). Full credit goes to the Unemplyed Philosopher's Guild for putting the two words together. I'm always monitoring changes and movements in popular discourse, so this blog is a natural extension of my interest in the discourses of the world.
The way we use language is very important, and should be paid a great deal of attention. More so than is being done now. I often find it rewarding to consider the multiple contexts that are available to me at any one time conerning any particular topic, and find that "it's all relative" - there's no certainty in the world, and the desire to search for some is a fearful practice passed on from one generation to another.
I hope to deconstruct a fixity of gaze, apprehension or manner, exposing this as a pose which doesn't make full use of human creativity. But more importantly, I hope to celebrate the people who are already embracing the notion of relativity in their lives.
I hope you enjoy the ride,
Epiphanie Bloom a.k.a. postmoderncritic
P.S. I got the idea for the name 'Relativity Watch' from this very postmodern product (a wristwatch which pursues the idea of time as elusive). Full credit goes to the Unemplyed Philosopher's Guild for putting the two words together. I'm always monitoring changes and movements in popular discourse, so this blog is a natural extension of my interest in the discourses of the world.
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