#ilovedicks

[aaliyahnxtdoor]

haha! HA! ilovedick

[zigzadoof]

what did you say? ;;

[capreseblog]

DEAR DICK

I realised these letters are to blurt out your inner story, your desires and your weirdest you. What a platform! Combined with the push Keith Haring’s exhibition has given me: flashes of thrown paint buckets, snippets of protesters’ shouting down, thousands of words only I can see behind my closed eyes, feelings that occur when I’m raking over old coals and an eagerness that appeared dead a long time ago. Art in every form and its simplest manifestation. My fingers are itching to write.

[queer-failures]

From Images to Creators: On Women (and Their Bodies) in Fiction

In Women, Feminism, and Media Sue Thornham contrasts images of women approach with her take on subversive representational practices that include awareness about tendency of images to slip between discourses as well as their ability to underscore the processes through which the actual women become images and “disjunction which “women experience in relation to Woman-as-image” (53). In this post, I attempt to engage with both: the first approach is used to examine the representation of female superheroes (namely Harley Quinn), and the second one applied through interpretation of novel/television series I Love Dick.

 Originally a comic book character, Harley Quinn, lover and sidekick of Batman’s nemesis Joker, appears in two films: Suicide Squad (2016, dir. David Ayer) and Birds of Prey (2020, dir. Cathy Yan). I feel that application of images of women approach (especially its demand for more women in charge of image-making and  better role models) on superhero themes is an interesting paradox as the genre is simultaneously obviously fictional/fantastical and notorious for reproducing “gendered techniques of objectification” (20) by oversexualizing female characters. Heroines and villainesses are often clad in underwear and heels which is not only strikingly different from most of their male counterparts but also dangerous for stuntwomen and actresses. While I agree with Thornham’s critique of understanding images as reproductions of reality, and her questioning of simplistic solution proposed by images of women approach (more women = better images) is valid, I think that the example of Harley Quinn shows that female creators can make (however slights) difference. Despite having multiple (diverse-ish) female characters, Suicide Squad Harley reproduces a lot of the sexist tropes. For example, in the scene in which all supervillains dress up, camera trails up her body while the other characters stare at her. It is also hinted that she is being sexually harassed by prison guards, but the issue is glossed over. Birds of Prey feature quirky and fun fashion, show how Harley and her all-female crew are dismissed by their opponents (which is far from fictional experience), and feature an amazing scene in which Black Canary saves drunk Harley, now Joker’s ex, from being sexually assaulted.

Kraus’ case suggests slightly more complex representational strategies: transition from book to television series highlights the importance of form and engages in interesting doubling of images and creators. The book is about Kraus and her husband Sylvère Lotringer who, by writing to Dick, write him into their marriage. The peculiar turn of events is a reversal of common procedure in (high) art (female muse’s image is created by male artists for male spectator) which leaves Dick, who was never significantly involved with either of them, bemused and uncomfortable. Adaptation (2017), despite lacking subtlety of Kraus’ writing and hammering in things that she leaves to interpretation (for example, Dick, originally a cultural studies scholar, became a postmodern artist specializing in phallic sculptures), features an interesting subplot about performative group who are trying to fictionalize Chris while she does the same to Dick. Also, it engages with the status of female nakedness in performances (does in conform to male gaze or is it a sign of agency?) in a very interesting manner. While Harley Quinn shows that mainstream isn’t immune to feminist interventions, Kraus, similarly to Thornham, questions the relationship between the subject and his/her representation(s) rather than only differentiating between good and bad images.

Thornham, Sue. Women, Feminism, and Media. Edinburgh University Press, 2007.

[imunfjxable]

I’m in love with “I love dick” tv show from Amazon Prime, is so brilliant

[artofdamz]

#ilovedick #nowreading #book #books #booksdt #dtbooks #chriskraus (at sQue) https://www.instagram.com/p/B77ltNAAuN0/?igshid=vjx6gj0w61va

[txflea]

Hahahahaha #ilovedicks (at Dick's Last Resort San Antonio)

[ilkafranz]

https://www.ilkafranz.com/v4fnuyz7gk02bkkm8tn318y92q56x7

[kimgayfudido]

random shit in paint lmao

[lezwatchtv]

The LezWatch.TV show of the day is "I Love Dick," with 2 characters and a show score of 58.00

[murzhmur]

7 июля 2021. Part VII🛌📖 #atmosphere #chill #chillwave #vacation #onvacation #archive #adventure #travel #ua #uae🇦🇪 #nofilter #selfie #book #booklover #ilovedick #july #summer https://www.instagram.com/p/CRf2OEWLd-t/?utm_medium=tumblr

[sidewalkstv]

#KevinBacon: our previous guest has a new starring role in #CityonaHill, a new #FBI crime drama coming to @showtime. According to @tvline, the 12-episode series will debut in 2019. #ICYMI: we had an interview with the #Footloose actor when he was promoting #ILoveDick. Watch at SIDEWALKSTV.COM. #actor #casting #leadrole #starring #crimedrama #tvshow #sho #showtime #role #nextrole #tvjob #job #career #actorslife #celebrity

[becaindie-trechos]

[ilovecmap]

knowing you is like knowing jesus.

[artofdamz]

Well not exactly on a bus but the #metro #mrt would do too. #nowreading #booksdt #books #ilovedick #chriskraus https://www.instagram.com/p/B64O6mUg8fR/?igshid=gr2wwdsxw13r

[enjoylifeeeee]

Rape me on snap! 🤤 Im doing promo today.

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