Paul Bowman
@paulbowman.bsky.social
Professor of Cultural Studies at Cardiff University. Founding Editor of Martial Arts Studies. Author of books on cultural theory, Bruce Lee, Rey Chow, orientalism, film, media & physical culture. Recovering martial arts addict. CV: http://bit.ly/4mrJE1C
Carole Cadwalladr on the media lynching of Jason Arday. If anyone knows about being savaged by the media, it’s her. broligarchy.substack.com/p/a-digital-...
A Digital Lynching
A practical guide for individuals and organisations when the mobs gather
broligarchy.substack.com
The broadsheets had a feeding frenzy on Jason Arday newscord.org/editorials/j...
Jason Arday told the press he was at his limit. It answered with 188 more articles. He is dead at 41.
A full census of the 249 articles fifteen national outlets published about Jason Arday in 22 days, with the last day reconstructed hour by hour. Every article listed and linked.
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I'm sure you've always wondered about Lyotard and the bodybuilders. Well, wonder no more. bowmanp.substack.com/p/lyotard-an...
Lyotard and the Bodybuilders
Massumi, Lingis, Paralogy, Affect
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The Daily Mail yet again pretending that it thinks something breathtakingly stupid. (Or, am I attributing too much intelligence to Daily Mail editors and writers?)
I tried to write a short piece about affect studies and strength training. But it became a longer piece about Alphonso Lingis's love of Arnold Schwarzenegger and from there 'the riddle of steel' that is central to Conan the Barbarian and Lingis's philosophy. bowmanp.substack.com/p/affect-stu...
Affect Studies and the Riddle of Steel
Alphonso Lingis, Arnold Schwarzenegger, Bodybuilding, Affect
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Brilliant letter from Stuart Thompson to Jeremy Clarkson about his comments that benefit claimants should write weekly thank you letters to tax payers detailing how they spend their benefits each week.
No professional accomplishment has ever made me happier than this. theonion.com/translator-o...
Translator Of Original ‘Minions’ Epic Poem Slams ‘Sexless, Bloodless’ Film Adaptation
PHILADELPHIA—In a 4,500-word essay published in Harper’s Magazine, Emily Wilson, known for her popular translation of the Minions epic poem, blasted the latest film Thursday as a “sexless, bloodless” ...
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Britain in drought, so we are told to conserve water. But, Britain would still have plenty of water if the water companies had ever fixed the fucking pipes that have been leaking for years. Fixing a few of the pipes would save *much* more water day on day than even a total national hosepipe ban.
For someone whose early works so fixated on 'writing-over-speech', Derrida's later works read exactly like transcripts of totally extemporised lectures
Exercise messes you up. But in a good way? Who can say? substack.com/home/post/p-...
Exercise messes you up
Exercise, internal monologues, interruptions, memories
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OK, have this, but also have your own website, made with open source, and use open source as much as possible in general, because "free" in this context means "free as in freedom, not free as in you don't have to pay" codeforthepeople.com
Code for the People Documentary - The human story of the open web
Code for the People is a documentary short about the past, present, and contested future of the open web. This film is an exploration of what the internet is actually for, who gets to own it, and what...
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I don't normally comment on sport because, you know, 'sport'. But, WOW, what a brilliant result! I'm sure you're all as delighted as me. And so richly deserved! No one deserves public humiliation and failure as much as convicted rapist and arse-licker to Trump, Conor McGregor.
I got interviewed for a Chilean political magazine, Bellas Lettras. It's been translated into Spanish. The only thing I don't like about it is this ancient photo of me that they used. bellasletras.cl/paul-bowman-...
Paul Bowman: “La deconstrucción es un arte marcial”. Entrevista por Gabriela Mendez Cota - Bellas Letras
Hablamos con Paul Bowman, teórico de las artes marciales en el campo de los estudios culturales, profesor de la Universidad de Cardiff y autor de numerosos
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How long should one wait for a response - any response - from an academic publisher before shrugging, giving up and taking your book elsewhere?
Here's a little piece about pain substack.com/home/post/p-...
Worth the Pain
Dr Clay: Do you enjoy pain?
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