foxinsnow's Diaryland Diary ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- revolutionaries Part I: joan of arc "Life is war." -Oriana Fallaci, as quoted by diamanda Galas, as quoted by Andrea Juno in Angry Women joan of arc Soldier, pinchu macha (little masculine bitch), some god or other whispered in your perfect ear while you held your sword to your breast like a crucifix. The red at our sedate litte mass is the red of your bloodshed, is the red of the flames rising up to sear your skin, of what was once perfect slicing and turning in upon itself lit up like candles into a blood sacrifice to a million petty, frightened consciences. We're much craftier now, in this modern age, much more cost-effective in our methods of punishing those whose foreign, incomprehensible gods give a light to their eyes that our eyes can only squint at. We convince them-- subtly, even subliminally-- that they want to die and we leave the burning up to them with a gallon of gasoline and a match to be struck in a parent's garage or an empty high school swimming pool. -Providence, RI 1998 "I saw her wince I saw her cry I saw the glory in her eye I myself long for love and life but must it come so cruel and oh so bright" -Leonard Cohen, from "Joan of Arc" on Songs of love and Hate "Joan of Arc was a trans-gendered warror!"-grafitti at RISD I'd like to thank the sweetest ivy League sex-positive militant dyke I've ever known (who was friends with george harrison's son!) for introducing me to the phrase "pinchu macha" much love to those who need it (and even a little to those who don't), Elizabeth 7:29 a.m. - 2003-05-19 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |
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