Composition IIFordham UniversityT-F 2:30 - 3:45pmInstructor: Claire DonatoWe are a learning community sharing mixed media 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Contributors Claire Donato Currently Reading Articles about gender, sexuality, and social space by CJ Pascoe and Sheila Cavanagh. View Our Syllabus Tumblr (3.0; @fordhamcomp)http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qaugnr2A1rotqumo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/22682527821http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/22682527821Tue, 08 May 2012 20:03:52 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3qat926Kq1rotqumo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/22682469199http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/22682469199Tue, 08 May 2012 20:03:09 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33dk9DyNA1rotqumo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Martin Creed’s <a href="http://www.peeruk.org/projects/creed/martin-creed.html">Everything Is Going To Be Alright</a></p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849458013http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849458013Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:57:45 -0400Martin Creedsomanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33dcmAVxB1rotqumo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shirin Neshat, ‘Unveiling’ (1993). “A poem in Farsi about the mistreatment of women in Iran covers the exposed skin of a woman” (Morley 191).</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849307788http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849307788Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:53:10 -0400Shirin Neshatsomanytumbleweeds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33d95bWms1rotqumo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jenny Holzer installation in Piccadilly Circus, London (1988-89)</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849239213http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849239213Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:51:05 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33d2ldOEf1rotqumo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Jenny Holzer installation</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849113943http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21849113943Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:47:08 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m33csdpAtu1rotqumo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Shelley Jackson’s <a href="http://ineradicablestain.com/skindex.html">Skin</a>, a story published on the skin of 2,095 volunteers.</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21848920337http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21848920337Thu, 26 Apr 2012 10:41:01 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3389khcuq1rotqumo1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Jenny Holzer, from Projections</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21846008164http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21846008164Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:03:20 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m3386dn7DA1rotqumo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Mel Bochner<br/><span>LANGUAGE IS NOT TRANSPARENT, 1970</span><br/><span>Chalk on paint on wall, 72 x 48 inches</span></p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845955760http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845955760Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:01:25 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ll7a9jdwZ41qzkqnso1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lawrence Weiner installation</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845923963http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845923963Thu, 26 Apr 2012 09:00:13 -0400somanytumbleweeds<iframe width="400" height="299" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/puEMu8JBu00?wmode=transparent&autohide=1&egm=0&hd=1&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&showinfo=0&showsearch=0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe><br/><br/><p>Lawrence Weiner, conceptual artist</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845879087http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845879087Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:58:31 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m16uaqkZGo1qc0vl1o1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Lovely example of an inscribed object functioning as a literary work (by conceptual artist Adrian Piper). Here, the artist “works in an expanded field of writing” where “matter appears to bind thought” (DeVere Brody 29; Fleming in DeVere Brody 29).</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845321068http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21845321068Thu, 26 Apr 2012 08:37:04 -0400things we've read aboutsomanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m321gxplwO1rotqumo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Yayoi Kusama</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21803930926http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21803930926Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:38:57 -0400people we've read aboutsomanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m321f2eDQ41rotqumo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Punctuation: Art, Politics, and Play by Jennifer DeVere Brody</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21803850001http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21803850001Wed, 25 Apr 2012 17:37:50 -0400assignmentssomanytumbleweeds“An ideology based on consumerism can never be a revolutionary social movement. The fact that it appears to be a revolutionary movement is a dangerous lie that not only marketers sell to us but that we often happily sell to ourselves.”<br/><br/> - <em>Amy McClure on ‘girl power’</em>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21734431557http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21734431557Tue, 24 Apr 2012 17:09:58 -0400somanytumbleweeds<iframe src="http://player.vimeo.com/video/21826736" width="400" height="224" frameborder="0"></iframe><br/><br/><p>“Herstory Repeats:” Kathleen Hanna @ Old Dominion University (March 30, 2011)</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21711411471http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21711411471Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:24:41 -0400assignmentssomanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2zh32xck51rotqumo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Bikini Kill (discussed in Sara Marcus’s <em>Girls to the Front</em>) </p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21711383268http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21711383268Tue, 24 Apr 2012 08:23:24 -0400somanytumbleweeds<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2iehdZ5Vy1qc2vjzo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Amusing graffiti appropriation of Kelis’s ‘Milkshake’ lyrics. Relates to themes we’ll be discussing in class on Tuesday. </p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21605844975http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21605844975Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:35:12 -0400relatedsomanytumbleweeds<embed src="http://www.aljazeera.com/AJEPlayer/v5_7/player.swf" height="410" width="680" bgcolor="0x000000" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" flashvars="&backcolor=0x000000&file=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2Fwatch%3Fv%3DphTg0RB87M4&frontcolor=0xffffff&image=http%3A%2F%2Fi.ytimg.com%2Fvi%2FphTg0RB87M4%2F0.jpg&lightcolor=0xffffff&plugins=viral-2h&screencolor=0x000000&skin=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.aljazeera.com%2FAJEPlayer%2Fskins%2Fmodieus.zip&stretching=fill&viral.allowmenu=false&viral.callout=none&viral.functions=none&viral.onpause=false&viral.pluginmode=FLASH"></embed><br/><br/><p>‘Russian church organizes against rock band’ (via Aljazeera)</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21605685498http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21605685498Sun, 22 Apr 2012 18:33:01 -0400topics we've discussedsomanytumbleweeds<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_m2whxytiJl1rotqumo1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>Sara Marcus, author of Girls to the Front</p>http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21602461628http://fordhamcomp.tumblr.com/post/21602461628Sun, 22 Apr 2012 17:49:10 -0400writers we've readsomanytumbleweeds