Podcasts about female figure

Goethe does judge Faust morally, but not in the Aristotelian framework of the tragic hero, which is how he'd like to see himself. He is instead an antihero, redeemed, but not by the sacrifice of Christ: instead, perhaps unfortunately, through that of an innocent female figure, saving an unworthy man. The metaphor of the waterfall, the rainbow created by the sun within its spray: spirit immanent in this material world. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/michael-dolzani/support

In this week's LGBTQ headlines: • Amber Glenn came out on top at this year's U.S. Figure skating championship becoming the first queer woman to win the title. • An Oklahoma lawmaker introduced a bill that would ban using state funds to acknowledge Pride Month. • Good news in Tennessee where an anti-LGBTQ ordinance that blocked a Pride festival has been rescinded. • Terrestrial radio station KGAY in Palm Springs is geared towards LGBTQ listeners with gay hosts broadcasting live. Link: www.LGAYPalmSprings.com • New music from out indie pop artist Bentley Robles "We Should" All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

In this week's LGBTQ headlines: • Amber Glenn came out on top at this year's U.S. Figure skating championship becoming the first queer woman to win the title. • An Oklahoma lawmaker introduced a bill that would ban using state funds to acknowledge Pride Month. • Good news in Tennessee where an anti-LGBTQ ordinance that blocked a Pride festival has been rescinded. • Terrestrial radio station KGAY in Palm Springs is geared towards LGBTQ listeners with gay hosts broadcasting live. Link: www.LGAYPalmSprings.com • New music from out indie pop artist Bentley Robles "We Should" All that and more in this episode of The Randy Report.

Finally discovering how to achieve a lifelong transformation can be an elusive and emotional challenge for many ladies.Coach Jon Le Tocq has seen people making changes that last a lifetime and others that drop off very quickly so there's obviously more to it than 'eat less and do more exercise'.Let's look at some of the psychological and physical tripwires that stop a lot of women achieving their goals.You might be one simple change away from the figure you've been hoping for!

In this episode of Metropolitan Masterpieces, I'm discussing a fascinating, Cycladic figure from Ancient Greece! For images and sources: https://www.accessiblearthistory.com/post/podcast-episode-86-cycladic-female-figure _______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Welcome to Accessible Art History! Here, we provide a space for art lovers, students, and anyone who is curious to explore all periods of art history and human creation.  Accessible Art History: The Podcast is a proud member of Past and Present Media!  Website: www.accessiblearthistory.com  YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/accessiblearthistory If you would like to support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/accessiblearthistory?fan_landing=true Sponsor an episode: https://www.buymeacoffee.com/accessarthist  Follow on Instagram: @accessible.art.history My favorite art history books: https://bookshop.org/shop/accessiblearthistory Purchase Accessible Art History Merch! Use Code PODCAST10 for 10% off your order!  Sign up for the monthly newsletter: https://forms.gle/Dwe3mob2D43r8Hu2A All images courtesy of Public Domain and/or Creative Commons for educational purposes Music courtesy of Epidemic Sound (referral link below) https://www.epidemicsound.com/referral/kvtik0  #arthistory #art #history --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/accessiblearthistory/support

In Islamic art, representations of women and the female figure are controversial. Hend Al Mansour, from Saudi Arabia, currently residing in the United States, examines Islamic social practices. Her multi-media works celebrate and critiques Islamic Arab culture. The artist, through Islamic aesthetic addresses gender equality, sexual independence and role of women. This episode includes a conversation with Hend..Hend Al Mansour website: https://www.hendalmansour.com/Artist Statement: https://www.hendalmansour.com/artist-statement.htmlA.I.R. Gallery: https://www.airgallery.org/.Description credit: Hend Al MansourImage Cover credit: "Facebook 1".Special thanks to Nine90 Group sponsoring this episode. www.nine90.com

To learn more about The Flex Fam Membership, visit https://theflexfam.com/ Join Rachel's weekly newsletter: https://www.metflexlife.com/newsletter In this episode, Rachel discusses where the female figure comes from and why resistance training will actually make you look more feminine. Rachel Gregory is a Board-Certified Nutritionist, Strength and Conditioning Specialist, Podcaster, and founder of MetFlex Life. She is also the author of the international best-selling book, "21-Day Ketogenic Diet Weight Loss Challenge." Rachel received her Master's Degree in Nutrition & Exercise Physiology from James Madison University and Bachelor's Degree in Sports Medicine from the University of Miami. Rachel completed the first-ever human clinical trial looking at the effects of the Ketogenic Diet in non-elite CrossFit athletes, which is published in the International Journal of Sports and Exercise Medicine. Currently, in her day-to-day coaching business, Rachel guides her clients to becoming the best, most confident version of themselves. She has a passion for educating those dedicated to optimizing their physical and mental well-being while improving long-term health and fitness goals. Her most popular course, Keto for Women, has helped women all across the world learn how to ditch the restrictive, all-or-nothing mindset associated with keto and instead thrive through the power of metabolic flexibility. You can connect and learn more about Rachel's work by visiting her website www.metflexlife.com  Social Links: Youtube: @rachelgregory Instagram: @rachelgregory.cns TikTok: @metflexlife Facebook: @metflexlife  Primary Programs: Keto For Women Muscle Science For Women

Amy Smith-Young is an illustrator. In collaboration with her brother Grant, Amy is re-envisioning tarot deck imagery. Her contemporary, female figures engage Divine Feminine principles and connects the tarot reader with figures relevant to our times ..Resources for this episode are listed on my website: beyondthepaint.netLinks to Amy Scott-Young's works and her collaboration with her brother Grant for Seeds of Initiation tarot deck include:.Website: Seedsofinitiation.comIG Handles: @amyb.tarotillustrator-@seeds_of_initiation_tarot-@grant.walker.76On their website are two insightful videos that offer the background and inspiration of their creative project, Seeds of Initiation. :)

In this episode we get to understand the female and the male in relation to the topic

You can DOWNLOAD the PDF study notes at https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chillchatMonthly members have access to all transcripts & notes, bonus episodes and many more perks!Today we are reading the news that got quite heated recently in China. It’s about a female apparel size recommendation table in a famous supermarket. On the table characters that mean ‘mashed’ are used to describe bigger sizes. Feel free to google the actual picture or read the original news of this episode to follow along with Karen. Now let’s dive in and see what happened.Donate: https://www.paypal.me/issuejoeIf you want to find your own personal tutor for studying Chinese, try italki!Use our link to get 10$ off: go.italki.com/chillingchineseGet some extra daily learning by following us on:Instagram @chillingchineseYouTube: Chilling ChineseTik Tok: Chilling ChineseSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/chillchat)

EP #25 BEB ORGANIC Founder Kim Walls @beborganic  -We sit down with Entrepreneur, Innovator & Founder of the FIRST NICU skin care line BEB Organic. Daughter of a renowned skincare founder Kim originated a Bioactive complex designed mindfully for the most delicate patients in the world! Understanding the power of touch. Texture, consistency, aromas etc. How skin care can help your mind and overall health. Studying brands and understanding how to build a business from scratch. Creating fair trade products from the sourced ingredients, to consumer. From brain & body development to improved sleep and sense of calm, Kim’s NICU skin care line is working to provide a lifetime of great health for these preemies!  I am a skin care buff. Specialty products for a very niche part of the world. Skin is in the forefront of our healthcare. Food for thought about skin care as a whole. Becoming an active and knowledgeable consumer.  Thank you Kim for coming on the show today! Follow her on Instagram @beborganic @kimwallsla Use code Cellfie for $10 off any order at BEB Organics, good through the end of September!  Link down below! Developed by Kim’s Father: https://epicuren.com/ (https://epicuren.com/)  Brave Beginnings Non-Profit Organization: http://Bravebeginnings.com (Bravebeginnings.com) BEB Organics: https://www.beborganic.com/ (https://www.beborganic.com/) Kelsen Products: https://kelsenproducts.com/ (https://kelsenproducts.com/)  Babini for Tuna: https://bambinifurtuna.com/ (https://bambinifurtuna.com/) Furtuna skin: https://www.furtunaskin.com/ (https://www.furtunaskin.com/) Radical Candor Book suggestion: https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kick-Ass-Humanity/dp/1250235375 (https://www.amazon.com/Radical-Candor-Revised-Kick-Ass-Humanity/dp/1250235375) BETTERHELP: 10% off your first month when you https://betterhelp.com/cellfie (https://betterhelp.com/cellfie) Take the quiz using the link above to get started! Thank you to BetterHelp for sponsoring this episode! Please subscribe to our newsletter at https://www.tipsfromtori.com/subscribe (https://www.tipsfromtori.com/subscribe)  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nurse.tori_/ (@nurse.tori_) https://www.instagram.com/cellfie_podcast/ (@cellfiepodcast)  Music: https://www.purple-planet.com/ (https://www.purple-planet.com) 

Journey with me through the evocative compositions of "lush" female nudes by the contemporary, figurative painter Elisa Valenti. Elisa also joins me for a conversation, a deeper exploration of her work and artistic practice. We talk body image, her personal connections with the prehistoric figure Venus of Willendorf and more!..Resources for this podcast episode include Elisa Valenti Studio, Saatchi Gallery, Art Jumble and Create magazines and the Henri Matisse Foundation. Visit Elisa at elisavalentistudio.com or on Instagram @elisavalentistudio. Image credit, "Return to Nature," @ Elisa Valenti Studio

Journey with me through the evocative compositions of "lush" female nudes by the contemporary, figurative painter Elisa Valenti. Elisa also joins me for a conversation, a deeper exploration of her work and artistic practice. We talk body image, her personal connections with the prehistoric figure Venus of Willendorf and more!..Resources for this podcast episode include Elisa Valenti Studio, Saatchi Gallery, Art Jumble and Create magazines and the Henri Matisse Foundation. Visit Elisa at elisavalentistudio.com or on Instagram @elisavalentistudio. Image credit, "Return to Nature," @ Elisa Valenti Studio

Présenté par Le Doc et Pez ! Aujourd'hui, l'interview de Jean-Yves Audouard, qui porte haut les couleurs de l'animation (et se fait leur avocat :) ) Voici les références et liens dont nous parlons dans l'émission et plus encore: _"The Animator's Survival Kit" ou "Technique d'Animation" en vf (Richard Williams) https://www.amazon.fr/Animators-Survival-Kit-Richard-Williams/dp/0571238343/ https://www.amazon.fr/Techniques-danimation-dessin-lanimation-dvd-rom/dp/2212128185 _"Cartoon Animation" ou "Cartoon, l'animation sans peine" en vf (Preston Blair) https://www.amazon.fr/Cartoon-Animation-Preston-Blair/dp/1560100842 https://www.amazon.fr/Cartoon-Lanimation-peine-Preston-Blair/dp/2212143672 _"Facial expressions" (Mark Simon) https://www.amazon.fr/Facial-Expressions-Visual-Reference-Artists/dp/0823016714 _"Facial expressions, babies to teens" (Mark Simon) https://www.amazon.fr/Facial-Expressions-Reference-Artists-2008-08-01/dp/B01K0UFQ1C _"Animals in Motion" (Eadweard Muybridge) https://www.amazon.fr/Animals-Anatomy-Eadweard-Muybridge-2000-01-02/dp/B01K0UQ4PE _"The Human figure in Motion" (Eadweard Muybridge) https://www.amazon.fr/Human-Figure-Motion-Eadweard-Muybridge/dp/0486202046 _"The Male and Female Figure in Motion" (Eadweard Muybridge) https://www.amazon.fr/Male-Female-Figure-Motion-Photographic/dp/B01K3JWEDS Chaine YouTube "endlessreference" https://www.youtube.com/user/endlessreference/featured Rhinohouse (payant) http://rhinohouse.com/ 11 Seconds Club http://www.11secondclub.com/ N'oubliez la rubrique FAQ: Si vous voulez poser des questions à nos invités, n’hésitez pas à le faire via les réseaux sociaux, le mail ou les commentaires de l'émission. Nous leurs transmettrons et nous vous donnerons les réponses dans la prochaine émission ;) _CGWhy sur Internet: Mail: cgwhypodcast@gmail.com Twitter: @cgwhypodcast Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cgwhypodcast/ Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/0OliAxlgRpRsbQbFlALQ9y Deezer: https://www.deezer.com/fr/show/392962 Suivez nous sur les réseaux sociaux pour connaitre les moments de réouvertures de la boutique de Goodies éphémère ;) Génériques: Vulfpeck - Welcome to Vulf Records (feat. Joey Dosik) https://www.youtube.com/user/DJparadiddle/featured https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eCO_hcBz-0I N'hésitez pas à noter, commenter l'émission et à nous rester fidèles :) Rendez-vous bientôt pour la prochaine émission !

Today I get to have a lively conversation with two friends about art and life and how the two intersect. Sita Gomez de Kanelba is a distinguished Cuban American visual artist born in Paris 1932. She is daughter of the doctor Domingo Mauricio Gómez-Gimeranez and Else-Marie (Formo) Gómez. Her family fled the Nazi's after Hitler's request for her father to work for him. They were later exiled from Cuba and lived in New York. Sita received her Diploma in Art From Parsons School of Design in 1955. She has shown in exhibits and galleries all over the world, from the Cisneros Gallery in New York to the Museum of Modern art in Bogata, Columbia. She is a close friend and contemporary of the artist Carmen Herrera, and like Herrera is beginning to gain more recognition later in life. Sita continues to paint and show her work and now lives in Hudson, New York. Susie DeFord studied poetry at Florida State University, and received her MFA from the New School University. Her work has appeared in BOMB, Poets and Artists, Mipoesias, Work Zine, Dog Fancy, Shampoo, the Anthology "Dogs Singing," amongst others. She has taught writing at Brooklyn Friends School, Berkeley Carroll, and the College of New Rochelle. Also a musician, in 2012 she started NEON GRLZ a collaborative musical experiment. Back in the day she played in the bands Terset and Wu Wei. She writes the blog Dog Poet Laureate. She teaches at The Kingston Writers Studio in Kingston, NY. Susie is a CPDT-KA dog trainer who lives in Catskill, NY where she runs Susie's Pet Care, a dog boarding & training business. She is also a Licensed Real Estate Agent with Coldwell Banker Village Green Realty in Kingston, NY. The two fatefully met when Sita was looking to sell her home and Susie is in the business of selling them. They are now endeavoring to publically revive Sita's impressive art collection with her first showing in decades this October 12th and 13th as a part of Hudson, NY's open studios. Susie is also partnering with a local filmmaker to produce a documentary film on Sita's colorful art and life and is actively pursuing funding to complete this project. Today's show was engineered by Ben Benton of Radio Kingston, www.radiokingston.org. We heard music from our fave, Shana Falana, http://www.shanafalana.com/ Feel free to email me, say hello: she@iwantwhatshehas.org Leave me a voicemail with your thoughts or a few words about who has what you want and why! (845)481-3429 ** Please: SUBSCRIBE to the pod and leave a REVIEW wherever you are listening, it helps other users FIND IT :) http://iwantwhatshehas.org/podcast ITUNES | SPOTIFY | STITCHER ITUNES: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/i-want-what-she-has/id1451648361?mt=2 SPOTIFY:https://open.spotify.com/show/77pmJwS2q9vTywz7Uhiyff?si=G2eYCjLjT3KltgdfA6XXCA STITCHER: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/she-wants/i-want-what-she-has?refid=stpr' Follow: INSTAGRAM * https://www.instagram.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast/ FACEBOOK * https://www.facebook.com/iwantwhatshehaspodcast TWITTER * https://twitter.com/wantwhatshehas

Today on the show, again, we're going to be tackling the idea of censorship. The people who think things shouldn't be seen or things shouldn't be expressed, or the idea that certain things when they're portrayed are going to project bad ideas is a big responsibility in our society. And in this democracy, in the republic, in the free state that we get to live in, it's very unique privilege to be able to decide what can be said, what can be seen. Today's guest is Kirra Cheers. Kirra is a photographer/director whose work explores themes of connection and sexuality within an urban dating culture. Originally from Australia, Kirra now lives and works in New York City. She is currently living in New York City. She's a photo based journalist who looked at questions and looks at dating in an urban environment. For today's show, Kirra and I are topless during this podcast and we're going to be pushing the bounds and the limits of Google, Facebook, Instagram and the ways they limit and censor what and how things can be seen and perceived. If you're in New York City, please go check out her show at the box August 24th. It is a Free The Nipple Party. Guest Links:Kirra's InstagramKirra's WebsiteTickets to Free the Nipple Dance PartySupport us on PatreonWe offer tons (yes tons!) of extra content for as little as $2 - including an extra ad-free podcast each month. Your support keeps us going and growingGet the Patreon Benefits!I created The Bus Driver Experience as a way to gain a new perspective from the unique lives of other people - Olympic athletes, monks, porn stars - to not just learn, but EXPERIENCE what it's like to be in their shoes for a day.And do it in a way unlike how every other travel/interview show does it. Most other shows merely talk with these individuals.But talking with these people isn't enough for me.I want to live their unique story. To understand not only what they go through in their day to day, but also why they're doing it. Follow me on YouTube for videos of the experiences with my guests, and other content.For media and collaboration inquiries, or more on the show, contact me by email or visit my website. Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.

Allen Frame is a photographer and writer, represented by Gitterman Gallery in New York where he has had solo exhibitions of photography in 2005, 2009, and 2013, and will have another in June, 2019. He had a solo exhibition called Innamorato at Pratt Institute in 2018. He has been invited by CECArtslink to do a residency in St. Petersburg and Ekaterinburg, Russia, in 2019. He received the Abigail Cohen Rome Prize in Photography from the American Academy in Rome in 2017/2018.  His 2013 Gitterman exhibition Dialogue with Bolaño was presented at the Museum of Art of the Sonora in Hermosillo, Mexico, in 2014. Detour, a compilation of his photographs over a decade, was published by Kehrer Verlag Heidelberg in 2001. In the 1980’s he adapted and directed the writing of artist David Wojnarowicz, which was presented in three venues, in New York and Berlin. He also performed in two Gary Indiana plays with Taylor Mead, Bill Rice, John Heys, and Cookie Mueller.  In London in 1987 he co-wrote the play Call Grandad with Bertie Marshall and directed it at the Old Red Lion Theater.  Recently he has written a full-length play called Dogs Barking in the Deep South.  In 2012, he co-produced the feature film Four, starring Wendell Pierce and directed by Joshua Sanchez. He has been the recipient of grants from the Penny McCall Foundation, the Peter Reed Foundation, Creative Time, Art Matters, CECArtslink and others.  He has been the curator of numerous exhibitions, including Darrel Ellis at Art in General; Bearings: the Female Figure at PS122 Gallery; Anatomy, Persona, and the Moment: Experimental 70’s Photographs of Luigi Di Sarro and Linda Salerno: A Selection of Experimental Photographs from the Black Mirror Series at the Camera Club of New York, and Illusione Persistente and Fuggenti Figure at ACTA International in Rome. He has been a contributing editor for Bomb and written feature articles for The New York Times and other publications. He is an Adjunct Professor of Photography at Pratt Institute (MFA) and also teaches at the School of Visual Arts (BFA), and the International Center of Photography in New York. He has taught workshops in photography extensively in Mexico and Russia. He graduated from Harvard University and grew up in Mississippi. The author mentioned in the interview is Édouard Louis. Paola, Mexico City, Chromogenic print, 30 x 40 inches, 2007 Sebastian, Buenos Aires, Chromogenic print, 30 x 40 inches, 2008

These Are the Attributes By Which You Shall Know God by Rose Lemberg   Father is trying to help me get into NASH. He thinks that seeing a real architect at work will help me with entrance exams. So father paid money, to design a house he does not want, just to get me close to Zepechiar. He is a professor at NASH and a human-Ruvan contact. Reason and matter­—these are the cornerstones of Spinoza’s philosophy that the Ruvans admire so much. Reason and matter: an architect’s mind and building materials. These are the attributes through which we can know God. And then, of course, there’s particle technology.   Full story after the cut: Hello! Welcome to GlitterShip episode 68 for March 18, 2019. This is your host, Keffy, and I'm super excited to share this story with you. Today we have a GlitterShip original, "These Are the Attributes By Which You Shall Know God" by Rose Lemberg, and "Female Figure of the Early Spedos Type, 1884-" by Sonya Taaffe. This episode is part of the newest GlitterShip issue, which was just released and is available for purchase at glittership.com/buy and on Kindle, Nook, Kobo, and now Gumroad! If you’re one of our Patreon supporters, you should have access to the new issue waiting for you when you log in. For everyone else, it’s $2.99. GlitterShip is also a part of the Audible Trial Program. This means that just by listening to GlitterShip, you are eligible for a free 30 day membership on Audible and a free audiobook to keep. Today's book recommendation is The Book of the Unnamed Midwife by Meg Elison. In a world ripped apart by a plague that prevents babies from being carried to term and kills the mothers, an unnamed woman keeps a record of her survival. To download The Book of the Unnamed Midwife for free today, go to www.audibletrial.com/glittership — or choose another book if you’re in the mood for something else.     Sonya Taaffe reads dead languages and tells living stories. Her short fiction and poetry have been collected most recently in Forget the Sleepless Shores (Lethe Press) and previously in Singing Innocence and Experience, Postcards from the Province of Hyphens, A Mayse-Bikhl, and Ghost Signs. She lives with her husband and two cats in Somerville, Massachusetts, where she writes about film for Patreon and remains proud of naming a Kuiper belt object.       Female Figure of the Early Spedos Type, 1884- by Sonya Taaffe   When I said she had a Modigliani face, I meantshe was white as a cracked cliffand bare as the brush of a thumbthe day we met on the thyme-hot hills above Naxosand by the time we parted in Paris, she was drawinghalf-divorced Russian poets from memory,drinking absinthe like black coffeewith the ghosts of the painted Aegean still ringing her eyes.Sometimes she posts self-portraitsscratched red as ritual,a badge of black crayon in the plane of her groin.In another five thousand years,she may tell someone—not me—another one of her names.   Our story today is "These Are the Attributes By Which You Shall Know God" by Rose Lemberg, read by Bogi Takács.   Bogi Takács (prezzey.net) is a Hungarian Jewish agender trans person currently living in the US as a resident alien. Eir speculative fiction, poetry and nonfiction have been published in a variety of venues like Clarkesworld, Apex, Strange Horizons and podcast on Glittership, among others. You can follow Bogi on Twitter, Instagram and Patreon, or visit eir website at www.prezzey.net. Bogi also recently edited the Lambda Award-winning Transcendent 2: The Year’s Best Transgender Speculative Fiction 2016, for Lethe Press. Rose Lemberg is a queer, bigender immigrant from Eastern Europe and Israel. Their fiction and poetry have appeared in Strange Horizons, Lightspeed‘s Queer Destroy Science Fiction, Beneath Ceaseless Skies, Uncanny Magazine, and many other venues. Rose’s work has been a finalist for the Nebula, Crawford, and other awards. Their Birdverse novella The Four Profound Weaves is forthcoming from Tachyon Press. You can find more of their work on their Patreon: patreon.com/roselemberg       These Are the Attributes By Which You Shall Know God by Rose Lemberg   Father is trying to help me get into NASH. He thinks that seeing a real architect at work will help me with entrance exams. So father paid money, to design a house he does not want, just to get me close to Zepechiar. He is a professor at NASH and a human-Ruvan contact. Reason and matter­—these are the cornerstones of Spinoza’s philosophy that the Ruvans admire so much. Reason and matter: an architect’s mind and building materials. These are the attributes through which we can know God. And then, of course, there’s particle technology. The house-model Zepechiar has made for my family is all sleek glass. It is a space house with transparent outer walls; the endlessness of stars will be just an invisible layer away. “I do not want to live in space,” dad hisses. Father hushes them. Zepechiar’s model for our new house is cubical, angular, with a retro-modern flair. The kitchen is the only part of it that does not rotate, a small nod to dad’s desire for domesticity. Outside of the kitchen capsule, the living spaces are all zero-g with floating furniture that assembles itself out of thin air and adapts to the body’s curves. There is no privacy in the house, but nobody will be looking—out there, in space, between the expanses of the void. “Bringing the vacuum in is all the rage these days,” the architect says. I pretend indifference. Doodling in my notebook. It looks like nothing much. Swirls, like the swirls our ancients made to mark the landing sites for Ruva vessels. For thousands of years nobody had remembered the Ruva, and when they returned, they did not want to land anymore on the curls and swirls of patterns made in the fields. They had evolved. Using reason. They razed our cities to pour perfectly level landing sites. They sucked excess water out of the atmosphere and emptied the oceans, then refilled them again. But then they read Spinoza and decided to spare and/or save us. Because we, too, can know God. If we continued studying Spinoza, Ruvans said, we’d be enlightened and would not need sparing or saving. I want to build something that curls and twists between hills, but hills have been razed after the Ruva arrived. Hills are frivolous, an affront of imagination against reason, and it is reason that brought us terraforming particle technology that allowed us to suck all usable minerals from the imperfections of the earth: the hills, the mountains, the ravines, the trees, leaving only a flatness of the landing sites between the flatness covered by angular geodomes. I learned about hills from the rebel file. Every kid at school downloads the rebel file. All around the world too, I guess. I don’t know anybody else who actually read it. I do not notice anything until my father and dad wave a cheerful goodbye and leave me, alone with Zepechiar. He’ll help me with entrance exams. Or something. He pulls up a chair from the air, shapes it into a Ruvan geometry that is perhaps just a shade more frivolous than reason dictates. He says, “Your father lied about the purpose of your visit. What is the reason behind it?” I mumble, “I want to get into NASH.” “Show me your architectural drawings,” Zepechiar orders. His voice is level. Reason is the architect’s best tool. I hesitate. Can I show him— No. I need something safer, so I swipe the notebook, show him a thing I made while he was fussing over dad’s kitchen: a cubical model of black metal and spaceglass, not unlike Zepechiar’s house model for my family. The distinction is in the color contrast, a white stripe of a pipe running like a festive tie over the steel bundle. Zepechiar nods. “Show me what you do not want to show me.” There is something in his voice. I raise my hand to make the swiping motion, then stop mid-gesture. “You could have convinced dad to say yes to that kitchen,” I say. “They would have cooked breakfasts for eternity, looking out into an infinite space until their heart gave out.” “I’m selling my architecture, not my voice,” he says, but something in his voice is bitter. Bitterness. Emotion, not reason. He is being unprofessional on purpose, perhaps to lull me into trusting him. “Why did you decide to become an architect?” I ask, to distract. A tame enough question. My father’s money bought me an informational interview. “Architecture is an ultimate act of reason,” Zepechiar says. It’s such a Ruvan thing to say. I must have read it a hundred times, in hundreds of preparatory articles. “I teach this in the intro course. Architecture is key to that which contains us: houses. Ships. The universe. The universe is the ultimate container. The universe is God. God is a container of all things. We learn from Spinoza that we can only know God through reason; and that is why we approach God through architecture.” “If God contains all things, would God contain—” swirls? Hills? Leviathans? “The thing you do not want to show me?” says Zepechiar. His voice lilts just a bit, and I am taken in. I swipe my hand over the notebook, to show Zepechiar what will certainly disqualify me from NASH. It is a boat that curves and undulates. Its sides are decorated in pinwheel and spiral designs. There is not a straight angle anywhere, not a flat surface. I have populated my Ark with old-style numbers—the ones with curves. There are two fives, two sixes, a pair of 23s. Zepechiar rubs his forehead. “What are the numbers meant to indicate?” “Um… pairs of animals.” I read that in the rebel file, but I do not know what they are supposed to look like. “This… is hardly reasonable,” says Zepechiar. “You know what Spinoza said. The Bible is nothing but fantasy, and imagination is anathema to reason.” I am stubborn, and yes, I’ve read my Spinoza. Scripture is no better than anything else. But God’s existence is not denied. I say, “You could use reason to replicate the Ark in matter.” “Yes,” Zepechiar says. Yes. We can use particle technology to manipulate almost any matter. Even sentient matter. His voice hides a threat. “I want to know where you learned this. And why did you draw this.” God told Noah to build the Ark and save the animals. Ruvans just sucked all the water out of the seas, froze some, boiled the rest, and put it back empty of life. The rebel file does not always make sense, but this is clear. “I wanted to recreate the miracle of the Ark, to imagine the glory of God.” Zepechiar says, “No. It is only through reason that you can reach God. God is infinite, but reason and the material world are the only attributes of God that we can reach. I want to know where you learned this.” His voice. His voice bends me. The rebel file. Everybody knows about the rebel file. Nobody cares about the rebel file. I can speak of it. Nothing to it. Just say it. Do what he says. Use reason. Straighten every curve. I mumble, “Ugh… here and there, kids at school, you know.” “I don’t.” He squints at me, halfway between respect and scorn. “Erase the Ark.” I breathe in. I have always been stubborn. “I do not want to erase the Ark. It is a miracle.” He breathes in. His hand is on my arm. “Miracles are simply things you cannot yet understand. Like particle tech and sentient matter.” He folds me. I’ve heard of the advanced geometry one can only learn at NASH, but this is more than that, this is something more. It is nauseating, like I am being doubled and twisted and extended. Dimensionally, stretched along multiple axes until my human hills—my curves, my limbs—are flattened into a singular geometric shape, a white pipe that runs around along the lines of the design studio, wrapping around the cubic shape of it like a festive ribbon. I am… not human anymore. I am sentient matter altered, like the rest of Earth, by Ruvan/human particle technology. I see Zepechiar from above, from below, in multiple angles. I have no eyes, but some abstract form of seeing, a sentience, remains to me. “I want to know,” Zepechiar says, “who altered you.” He falls apart into a thousand shiny cubes, then reassembles himself again, a towering creature of glimmering metal, a Ruvan of flesh behind the capsule of dark steel. I, too, am altered by him now, a thousand smaller cubes scattered by his voice, reassembled into the dimensional model of the house in the void. I see dad and father standing above my form. Perhaps they never left. They do not seem to care if Zepechiar is human or Ruvan. Zepechiar speaks to dad. “The perfect kitchen just for you—look at these retro-granite countertops, self-cleaning—” He pokes me. “Where did you learn this?” I think back at him, quoting the Scripture the best I can. “Two by two, they ascended the Ark: Male and female in their pairs, and some female in their pairs and some male in their pairs, and some had no gender and some did not care. Some came in triangles and some came in squares. And some of them came alone.” Like the Leviathan. The Leviathan holds all the knowledge the Ruvans discarded for reason’s sake, all the swirly landing sites, their own hills, their poetry. The Leviathan is the Ruvans’ rebel file. I no longer know my initial shape. I am made of hundreds of shining squares. My parents are here, in the room, but they do not know me. They are human—all curves and lilts of flesh. Forever suspect. I am Ruvan/human now. I am an architectural model, sentient matter transformed by an architect’s reason—and architects are the closest thing to God. “Think about all the damage scripture did,” says Zepechiar. “Holy wars, destruction, revision, rewritten over and over by those who came after but made no more sense. Think about what imagination did to this planet and to ours. It is dangerous. It makes you dangerous. But I will make matter out of you.” I am a house. Floating in space, rotating along all my axes. Inside me, the kitchen is the only thing that is still. I have been human or Ruvan, I do not remember, but I carry two humans inside me. They no longer remember me, but they came in a pair. I am their Ark. Zepechiar made me. A Ruvan/human architect. An architect is the closest thing to God. But so are the buildings architects create. So am I. Slowly, I begin to shift my consciousness along the cubic geometry of my new shape. Slowly, I move the space house, away. Where, in the darkest of space, there swims a Leviathan.   END   “Female Figure of the Early Spedos Type, 1884-" is copyright Sonya Taaffe 2019. “These Are the Attributes By Which You Shall Know God” is copyright Rose Lemberg 2019. This recording is a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives license which means you can share it with anyone you’d like, but please don’t change or sell it. Our theme is “Aurora Borealis” by Bird Creek, available through the Google Audio Library. You can support GlitterShip by checking out our Patreon at patreon.com/keffy, subscribing to our feed, leaving reviews on iTunes, or buying your own copy of the Summer 2018 issue at www.glittership.com/buy. You can also support us by picking up a free audiobook at  www.audibletrial.com/glittership. Thanks for listening, and we’ll be back soon with a reprint of “Ratcatcher” by Amy Griswold.

In this episode, Neil, Natalia, and Niki discuss segregation academies, the death of an American missionary, and the declining market share of lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret. Support Past Present on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/pastpresentpodcast Here are some links and references mentioned during this week’s show:  Mississippi Republican Cindy Hyde-Smith, who is in a runoff contest to hold on to her Senate seat, sparked backlash when she made an offhand comment about a “public hanging” that many perceived as racist. The fact that Hyde-Smith attended a “segregation academy,” as reported by this Jackson Free Press article Natalia recommended, shed important light on how she developed such a worldview. Last week, American missionary John Allen Chau was killed when he traveled to the remote island of North Sentinel. Niki recommended this viral thread by Twitter user @RespectableLaw on the historical context for the hostility of the Sentinelese to outsiders. Neil discussed the case of evangelical Jim Elliot, who was killed on a mission in Ecuador. Natalia recommended Sadatru Sen’s book, Disciplining Punishment: Colonialism and Convict Society in the Andaman Islands and Jonathan Zimmerman’s Innocents Abroad: American Teachers in the American Century. Lingerie giant Victoria’s Secret is losing market share, and CMO Ed Razek hasn’t been shy about disdaining new upstarts like Third Love. Natalia cited this Slate article about the founding of Victoria’s Secret to cater to men’s shopping needs. Natalia also recommended Elizabeth Matelski’s Reducing Bodies: Mass Culture and the Female Figure in Postwar America and this episode of the Sexing History podcast about “sweater girls.”    In our regular closing feature, What’s Making History: Natalia discussed the new movie Ralph Breaks the Internet. Neil recommended Natalie Escobar’s Atlantic article, “The Changing Ways Parents React to Their Kids Coming Out of the Closet.” Niki shared Joe Pinsker’s Atlantic article, “The 30-Year Reign of Lunchables.”

Alison Watt on "Male Figure" and "Female Figure"

Alison Watt on "Male Figure" and "Female Figure"