Asia Kimberly Bandoles

The Masturbatory Ivory Tower: A Polemical Refutation of Semiotic Rhetoric and the Sanitisation of Material Oppression

This paper takes a direct swipe at the idea that we can solve real-world oppression through clever language games and high-minded theory. Focusing on the debates surrounding pornography and harmful speech, it challenges writers like Angela Carter, Frédéric Regard, and Judith Butl...