Category Archives: queer politics

Lonely Lady Gaga

Posted on October 12, 2011 by newdaynewmood

34. New day new mood. Fuck. Sometimes it’s harder than others. But the ‘scope assures me I’m okay to feel a bit off kilter today. Comfort from the cosmos: Horoscope for Sagittarius, October 12 2011. Your mood will be fairly … Continue reading →

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The Globe and Mail

Posted on October 7, 2011 by newdaynewmood

What a beginning to my day. I have spent the morning cheating on you thesis and on you, blog. I’ve been hiding in a corner of the cafe I frequent watching as people read the recent issue of The Globe … Continue reading →

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Freud and Butler in situ

Posted on October 5, 2011 by newdaynewmood

27. I went to bed last night at 8:30 p.m. and woke up today at 8:30 a.m. and you know what? I feel like a bag of dicks. Gary, my coffee shop counsellor, told me that it was because I … Continue reading →

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Nuit Blanche

Posted on October 2, 2011 by newdaynewmood

24. Two confessions: I went to Nuit Blanche last night in Toronto. I saw many an identity and many a queer. Aside from the fact that the weather was so cold my pseudo-balls shriveled and left me wishing for hot … Continue reading →

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Freud’s lesbians

Posted on September 30, 2011 by newdaynewmood

22. So, I’ve been absent from myself for a few days now. Today, I blame narcissism. Yes, my own and also the books on it that I’m sifting through like a pigeon bobbing its beak in street-shit for this chapter … Continue reading →

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It’s Not Getting Better

Posted on September 26, 2011 by newdaynewmood

In the Saturday, September 24th issue of Globe Focus entitled: “We’re Not Going to Sit in Silence,” Erin Anderssen explores teen suicide from the point of view of the victims’ families and friends. What follows is a heart wrenching series … Continue reading →

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Confessions

Posted on September 20, 2011 by newdaynewmood

12. Ok, ok. So would you believe I’ve been absent these past 5 days because I was reading and working so much on my thesis that I had virtually no time to check in with myself? Yeah, me neither. But, … Continue reading →

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Leo Bersani’s Self

Posted on September 11, 2011 by newdaynewmood

3. Today is day three of my 9 months of writing this thing, and I haven’t started writing yet. Time to get serious. Ok, the horoscope says: Sagittarius Horoscope: September 11, 2011 There are a lot of facts, figures and … Continue reading →

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Yahoo.ca

Posted on September 11, 2011 by newdaynewmood

2. I am a Sagittarius. What does this mean? It means I’m not, as an academic, supposed to care about what being a Sagittarius means. It’s like terrorism in my circles, or undiagnosed herpes. But I do, believe I mean. … Continue reading →

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New Day, New Mood

Posted on September 9, 2011 by newdaynewmood

1. Okay. So this is it. I am forcing myself into a corner that I cannot back out of. I am entering, as the other female academics in my life say, the pregnancy time. No, I’m not pregnant in the … Continue reading →

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