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January 1, 2022 1:52 PM

I let my gaze rest on the pink ends of her two-tone hair, before moving down towards her very toned forearms, every inch of which were covered in the same sort of tattoos as Diego’s were. If it hadn’t been for Luis, I would have assumed that she was queer, not only because this appeared to be the one culture that it still seemed okay to appropriate, but also because she looked as if she might actually sleep with women. Then, I looked at Luis. He too was covered in tattoos, and although clearly not a cowboy he wore such incredibly high, pointed cowboy boots that he walked with even more of a swish than our barman: a moustachioed guy in hot-pants and a gold chain that spelled out ‘A-N-A-L’. And yet in spite, or more likely because of, these very particular and completely on-trend ambiguities the four of us blended perfectly together. from an extract from the upcoming book The Jacques Lacan Foundation by Susan Finlay
posted by chavenet (5 comments total)

"...as she bummed a 20 dollar bill from Luis, and saw how when she took out her wallet (or purse that wasn’t a purse) it was stuffed with gold and silver and probably platinum cards each one of which bore a different name."

Same as in Bern.

Did a paper on Mantissa in a John Fowles seminar that feels familiar to this taste of Lucanesqe Faire des galipettes.
I half expected bouncing chains focault affect spinning: ANAL()LANA aside the trunk of whips, chains and novocaine.
posted by clavdivs at 10:05 PM on January 1, 2022 [3 favorites]

Pink hair and tattoos on a woman is “appropriating queer culture” eh?
posted by thedaniel at 6:28 AM on January 2, 2022 [2 favorites]

Man, I think I'd need to read more than an extract, my brain is trying and failing to pull apart how much of the total We Didn't Start The Fire barrage of hipster references is just the narrator, and how much is the writing itself? It's... good? But the extract is like a speed run of american psycho with the yuppie references replaced by shoreditch/austin trend artefacts.

I don't know, I'm not a literary person and I am an idiot. Interested to hear what others think.
posted by ominous_paws at 10:22 AM on January 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

​Published by MOIST, 2022

MAOIST or MONIST: pick one, dammit
posted by thelonius at 12:50 PM on January 2, 2022 [1 favorite]

bi erasure much? idk this gives me weird vibes
posted by augustimagination at 5:21 PM on January 2, 2022 [2 favorites]