Benjamin Law

frankie,Mar/Apr 2009

frankie,
Mar/Apr 2009

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Hands Off My Sister

Edited version originally published in frankie #28 (Mar/Apr 2009)

There’s something repulsively Freudian about the way men worry about their daughters and sisters. Once puberty hits, things start to grow, peers start to leer, and male family members collaborate to ensure their precious lady-folk survive adolescence as white, unsullied flowers of sexual virtue. It’s weird.

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frankie,Mar/Apr 2009

frankie,
Mar/Apr 2009

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A Day In The Life Of My Mother

Edited version originally published in frankie #28 (Mar/Apr 2009)

In both the realms of quantum physics and anthropology, it’s often said that you can’t observe something without changing whatever you’re observing. It’s a profound statement—one I probably first heard watching Jurassic Park or something—and it came to mind when I watched my mother pull out a yoga mat she hadn’t used in months, and lay it in front of the television.

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