Virgo virago & vikings

June 20, 2008 at 1:33 pm

Image: KiddyGrade

With striking frequency, roman female martyrs were describer by their authors as having masculine characteristics. Perpetua stared with a virile gaze directly into the eyes of their attackers, and not with the submissive look of a MATRONA. Blandina’s strengh is compared with that of a male athlete. The “masculinization” of the courage of the female marthyrs enters into a field of tension with the protection of their chastity. They are at once VIRAGO e VIRGO. The first virgins were in other words portrayted as heroines with the qualityes of a gladiator, and as virgins they died a “virile” death.

Johan Leemans, Jürgen - More Than a Memory

01. Bjork - Wanderlust (Ratatat remix)
(Wanderlust / 2007)
02. Lykke Li - Complaint Department
(Youth Novel / 2008)
03. Cocorosie - Promise
(The Adventures of Ghosthorse and Stillborn / 2007)
04. Joanna Newsom - Bridges And Balloons
(The Milk-Eyed Mender / 2004)
05. The Knife - Pass This On
(Deep Cuts / 2006 / Phantom Sound & Vision)

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8 Comments »

  1. jungle said, June 20, 2008 @ 1:56 pm

  2. ACID TED said, June 21, 2008 @ 12:46 am

    Striking blog. Fabulous quote. Shame the image doesn’t match.

  3. jungle said, June 21, 2008 @ 1:15 am

    If you wanna complain
    I’m not the complaint department … :) Just joking.
    I swear, i searched a good image for a long time and I didn’t found nothing better that the one I have posted. Please, help me and give me the right image (about 450×450): I’ll use it for this post.

  4. tilney said, June 22, 2008 @ 1:44 am

    For the longest time now I’ve had a huge problem with your mp3. They download in 2 seconds and of course my player “cannot render the file”. Is the problem on my side, or yours?

  5. jungle said, June 22, 2008 @ 7:57 am

    I have successfully downloaded and played all the mp3 of this playlist, so the huge problem is on your side. Do some troubleshooting next time before to contact the complaint department.

  6. Bubbachups said, June 22, 2008 @ 9:29 am

    @ tilney: does that also happen if you try to download the files through “save as” by right-clicking? I’m not a computer expert but that’s the best I could think of. And of course the mandatory advice to use Firefox on all accounts. :D

    Thanks for listening.

  7. Ro said, June 22, 2008 @ 6:18 pm

    One of the best posts by far. Thanks.

  8. jungle said, June 23, 2008 @ 9:07 am

    Thank you Ro, you are very kind. I only had the chance to meet your tastes :) … Ciao

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