culturekitchen

Symbol and Essence: The Power of Naming

ANOTHER BLOG POST exclusive to MTV, as it is part of my Street Team 08 duties! This one delves more into one of my favorite paradigms, Symbol and Essence.

Words that came to me while thinking on our many forms of warring with the Other.

Crossposted at The Unapologetic Mexican, Jesus' General, and OpEdNews.

Use this url to link to this page

http://culturekitchen.com/nezua_limon_xolagrafik_jonez/blog/symbol_and_essence_the_pow

Mouse over the text to select it, then press Ctrl-C to copy it.

Nezua Limon Xolagrafik-Jonez's picture

Submitted by Nezua Limon Xol... on 13 February 2008 - 3:51pm.

»

Post new comment

Your name: *

E-mail: *

The content of this field is kept private and will not be shown publicly.

Homepage:

Subject:

Comment: *

Lines and paragraphs break automatically.
Links to specified hosts will have a rel="nofollow" added to them.
Easily link to terms in various wikis. For help, see <a href="/interwiki/4">interwiki</a>.
Images can be added to this post.
Use  to create page breaks.
Textual smileys will be replaced with graphical ones.
Web page addresses and e-mail addresses turn into links automatically.
E-Mail addresses are hidden with reCAPTCHA Mailhide.

More information about formatting options

Email me about all replies to this article.

Captcha

This question is used to make sure you are a human visitor and to prevent spam submissions.

On This Day

2007

Giuliani Channels Karl Rove: More Republican Lies

Search
	User login Login/Register Log in using OpenID: What is OpenID? Username or e-mail address: * Password: * Request new password Log in using OpenID Cancel OpenID login The Publisher Liza Sabater Daily servings of political dissent culturekitchen Grassroots News and Activism for New Yorkers Daily Gotham Feminist Bloggers Network BlogSheroes A new kind of vouyerism Voogling Art + Code + Philosophy Potatoland.blog Got any dirt, tips, leads or money for us? Then drop us a line or two at editors [at] culturekitchen [dot] com or use our general contact form to reach everybody in the editorial team ASAP. Nibble daily on our brainy goodness with our daily syndication digest. You'll receive an email with a list and links to the previous day's posts. Enter your email to subscribe: Powered by FeedBlitz Hot Topics RIP Michael Jackson (1) How do you spell "Obama" in ancient Egyptian? (1) Chinese Buy Hummer (2) Revisiting the Chevron-Texaco Boycott (2) International Expo for Renewable Energy, Sao Paulo, Brazil (1) WaterTecAfrica 2009 Conference, Johannesburg, South Africa (1) CAPTION CONTEST! "Reverse Racism Is Awesome" (2) LOLitics : The Reverse Racism Edition (1) Puerto Rican bloggers in the US you need to know about [UPDATED] (1) Wearing my Puerto Rican flag for the rest of the day (1) Night Vision Modern Furniture Lap Band Surgery Games
Upcoming events No upcoming events available more We read Americans and Their Idols: The Return of Soul, Style, Country, Pop, Poetry to the Hip-Hop Generation QUOTES "I've always had a great voice. You either have it or you don't. It's something you're born with. I'm a brand, a model, an artiste, an actress, a designer. I write books." — Paris Hilton, brand, model, artiste, actress, designer ... who writes books Dlisted: Parasite Hilton Quote of the Day!
Poll OPEN POLL: Reasons why anybody (including "liberals") would want to put una mujer in her place: She makes no apologies for coming from a working class background She's proud to be a Puerto Rican, a Latina and a Woman of Color She treats everybody as equals and never as her betters Some call her "an angry Latina", when others say the problem is that she has no problem speaking her mind Some call her sloppy, shoddy or lacking of professional craftsmanship when she's actually "intimidatingly brilliant" She's grateful for friends and allies but doesn't believe she owes anybody her success She isn't just scary smart: She believes she's smarter than some of her peers "She is not intimidated or overwhelmed by the eminence or power or prestige of any party, or indeed of the media." "She commands attention, she's clearly in charge" "She can be difficult." "She is temperamental and excitable. She seems angry."