29.2.12

{ ~~ { GirlKore Manifesto } ~~ }













What is GirlKore?









GirlKore is a Noun / Adjective designating Art made by a Young Lady that communicates the Subjective Xperience of Young Ladies.








Marie Calloway





Soul Animal - American Mink





( I would like to be Friends with Marie Calloway, on Facebook or what ever, because I think we could have Some Intelligent Discussions about what it means to be a Young Lady writing to Day - but because of my Reputation as “ the sublime definition of ufsi, ” as Alt Lit Gossip put it, I would like to send her a Letter of Introduction that makes Clear I am not just a Nightmare Faerie from beyond the Border come to eat her and her Fame but a Young Lady with a Wicked Sense of Humor who cares Very Deeply about the Progression of Literary Feminism and the dis Mantling of Patriarchal Capitalism. But - Marie Calloway won’t let Any One send her Messages until she’s accepted them as a Friend and has rejected my Efforts to friend her, so, let this be my Letter of Introduction, and if Any One could pass it on to her, that would be Super.)




Marie Calloway spelt the Term “ Girlcore. ”



When I typed “ Girlcore ” into Google the Top Hits were for an All Young Ladies Art / Party Collective based out of London. This is in keeping with the Fundamental Tenant of GirlKore: Artistic Productions by Girls for Girls that reflect the Sensibilities of Girls.



I have changed the Spelling from “ Girlcore ” to “ GirlKore ” because I think the “ K ” evokes Solidity and Ferocity ( Two Attributes im'Portant to my Personal inter Pretation of the Term ) while retaining, pronounced, the Suppleness of the Original “ Girlcore. ” In changing the Spelling, the Word is given a Duality that is e'Specially GirlKore - Beautiful and Soft / Determined and Strong.



GirlKore, as an Artistic Movement, is im'Perative because it represents a Step Forward, into Serious Artistic Production, by Feminism. We Young Ladies are Artists, GirlKore states. The Visual imPact of the Word “ GirlKore ” lends to the im'Pression we are Young Lady Artists with imPact. ImPact needs to be established because Prior to the GirlKore Movement it was Subliminally and Overtly assumed by Western Society that Feminine Art - Art by Ladies that xpresses the Subjective Xperience of Ladies - was Some how Less Relevant, Less Serious, and Less Worthy of Recognition than Art Works of Men which reflect Male Perspectives. Any One who studies Western Art knows of the our Storical Patriarchy of this Movement. The Founding of GirlKore means that Things are no Longer so - in 2012 the Artistic Works of Ladies are Equal to those of Men - if not in Every Mind, then in Practice. In xpressing our Subjective Xperiences in a Feminine Way, we Girls are assuring our Perspectives on the World be taken in Equal Seriousness with those of Men of All Ages. In creating Art about the World as we interpret it, we Girls are establishing our Selves as Conscious and our Consciousness as Relevant to the Way the Sapiens Species as a Whole understands its Self. Too Long Western Culture has slanted in Favor of a Masculine interPretation of Xistence ( with the Lady as Other / Object ). This has created imBalance. With the Establishment of the GirlKore Movement, Western Art ( and, thereby, the Western Psychology ) moves towards Balance.


In GirlKore, the Feminine is Subject.










GirlKore 
in Literature 
vs. 
Chick Lit





The Term GirlKore applies to Any Art that is created by a Young Lady / reflects the Perspective of Young Ladies. Because the Primary Art with which I concern my Self is Writing I would like to talk about what GirlKore Literature is.

 Because Literature is GirlKore Only when it is written by a Young Lady / xpresses the Subjective Xperience of a Young Lady - whether this be in Poems, Blogs, Journals, Letters, Essays, Short Stories, Novels, or Philosophy - GirlKore as a Literary Movement is as Diverse is the Feminine Spectrum of the Sapien Species.



An Xample of GirlKore Literature



Chick Lit is the cis-Sexual Caucasian Commercial Fictional Branch of GirlKore Literature.

On the Macro Level, Chick Lit is to GirlKore what Commercial is to Literary Writing.

On a Micro Level, Chick Lit is a Genre of Fiction that is written by Ladies for Ladies which concerns Subjects our Capitalist Society considers " Girly " : Romantic Love, Family, Girl Friendships and the Decorative Arts, Usually. Chick Lit is Formulaic. Covers are Pink or feature Shoes. Protagonists are White, live in sub / Urban Areas and have Money.




An Xample of Chick Lit








Lana del Rey aka Lizzy Grant
as a GirlKore Musical Piece











As Far as I know, Lizzy Grant wrote the Songs on her First Album, Lana Del Rey aka Lizzy Grant, a Work of Art which is Pure GirlKore, yo : the Persona signing out to us from the Tracks is un Deniably a Young Lady, Original in her Honest Vulnerability. Through this she draws us in, through this she establishes her Greatest Gift : the Ability to love. The Album's Softness and Submissiveness, with their Freudian Echoes, are what distinguish it from the GirlKore Music Work of the Nineties, Punk a More Aggressive, Second Wave Style. The Third Wave Feminist, the Feminist Chauvinist, finds Xpression in the Self Xploitative Lizzie Grant / Lana Del Rey. What makes Femininity Feminine, Unique and Powerful, that Fundamental which has been used to justify its oppression, is Vulnerability, the Willingness to xpose One's Weaknesses so as to gain Strength. So, Lana Del Rey is a Lolita, a Stripper, a Self Sacrificing Girl Friend, a Lover, a Wannabe Starlet, an Abandoned Girl Friend, a Naif, too Eager to Love, looking for her Self in a Man when she ought to be looking inward, a Mistake Many Young Ladies make, e'Specially under Patriarchy. Lizzie Grant is not pretending to be an indePendent Woman here, but, in singing Songs about these Failings from her Own Perspective she is displaying a Self Awareness that is Refreshing in its Accuracy to the Feminine Xperience. Too Long the Likes of Lizzie Grant / Lana Del Rey have been the Objects of Men's Songs rather than their Own Songs, which makes Born to Die an Apt Title in Deed. The Lizzie Grant Self is Dead, replaced by the Lana Del Rey Object. Too Long Ladies have sung the Words Men have put in their Mouths, and this is why Born to Die is a Tragedy. Lizzie Grant has sold out, Ladies and Gentle’Men. She has been subsumed. In stead of singing Honestly about how Men make her feel like on her First Album, on Born to Die she has allowed them to whisper in her Ear the Songs they would rather hear. The Evidence of her Lack of a Fully Formed Sense of Self, One that xists out Side of the Attentions of Men she looks up to, is Perfectly embodied in Lana Del Rey’s Botox Mouth.















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27.2.12

'Der AstroChild Konspiracy' and 'Kabbala Khu Key' - Two New Films by Psychedelic Realist, jody franklin




Der AstroChild Konspiracy


with Jess Mae






Filmed at Cook'd St House Vic City, BC, Coast Salish Territory, Canada, TI







Kabbalah Khu Key from 'Ra Panimaus Om'

featuring Andrea Coates

performing

'the Dance of the Humming Bird'






Filmed at Centennial Square, Vic City, BC, Coast Salish Territory, Canada, TI



A LotusLandWarriorArtMedia Production




22.2.12

< ! \\\\ ! Soul Animals ! //// ! >









MDMA has Long been a Favorite Drug of Mine. I took my First Tab at Six'Teen. The Northern BC Shit was cut Heavy with Meth and glitched you out in Ways I’ve never felt on Pure MDMA. I had to quit for Years on Account of this - but before I did - at aLmost Eigh'Teen - I was given the Gift of One Pure MDMA Trip from a Tab I bought off this Chick from Vancouver. I didn’t return to the Drug ( not Really ) until Twenty Two, when I moved to Vic. City - which has a Consistent Supply of High Quality Product for a Reasonable Price.




MDMA, Powder Form, best eaten, can be Painful if snorted




What I like Most about MDMA - besides the Dancing and the Melting and the Emotional Openness - is what I discovered that Day at aLmost Eigh'Teen - MDMA gives me Visions.

This is an under Documented Effect of MDMA. My Guess is that the Psychedelic Aspects of the Drug are Particular to Certain People - I was pre Disposed to Visions and MDMA was the Best Drug with which to un lock my Particular Gift - I can see through Time. And I can see through Time Clearer while on MDMA.

The I AM A WRITER Vision of Eigh'Teen ( MDMA Trigger, August 2006 ) was Perhaps the Most im'Portant Vision of my Life. I had in July of 2011 was either as im'Portant or a Slice of a Second. It depends on how you look at it.

In July of 2011 - High on MDMA - I wandered into my Future. Ostensibly, I was at a Party, hanging out with my Friends, but in my Mind, I stood on a Lawn - and there, before me, was what I recognized at my Second Son, my Third Child, I'd guess Age One. He was Very Beautiful - and that is All I will say on the Matter of that. This Article is not about my Son, nor is it about MDMA. This Article is about Soul Animals.
The Party and I went to my House, where I was given a Second Vision, a Bit of MetaPhysical Truth for my Personal Use - and yours - there xists within Each Person a Unique “ Soul Animal. ”

I don’t Quite know what a Soul Animal is ( I am now given to believe in re in Carnation ), but I can tell you the First Place I Ever heard of them - Philip Pullman’s His Dark Materials Trilogy.



Philip Pullman's His Dark Materials. The Alethiometer on the Cover works Similarly to my Own Visionary Powers - through Symbolic Imagery


What a Wild name for a YA Series! As a YA, HDM was Unique among Series I had come across in its Thematic Complxity. It introduced me, at Twelve, to Philosophy - Nietzschean Atheism, I would say - a Kind of Contemporary Paganism. UnLike the Harry Potter Series - where the Allegiances of Each Character, Dark or Light, Snape xcluded as “Grand Drama ” - are Obvious from the get go - the Characters of HDM - including the Protagonist, an Eleven Year Old Girl named Lyra - are Each Moral Agents of Dubious Loyalty - as Rich in their Flaws as their Qualities. The Series is multi Dimensional. Lyra lives in an Oxford University in a Universe where People’s Souls xist Xternal to their Bodies - in the Bodies of Animals. These Animals shift Shape in Childhood Only to take on a Permanent Form - One Species of Animal that embodies the Person - in Adulthood ( in this, HDM is a Coming of Age Series ). “ Daemons, ” these Soul Animals are called.

I remember being so enAmoured of Daemons ( a Funny Joke, if you know me ). I remember being Twelve, walking along Park LaFontaine in Montreal, whispering under my Breath, “ I wish Daemons were Real. I wish Daemons were Real. I wish Daemons were Real. I wish Daemons were Real. ”

And so they became Real.

In the Vision at Twenty Three, I was told my Soul Animal - the Mountain Lion.

Discovering One’s Soul Animal to the Precise Species ( there are Millions of Species of Animals when we include Both Vertebras and in-Vertebras - and in Deed, from Xperience, Both Vertebras and in-Vertebras provide Soul Structures for People - and to Stunning Effect ) reveals Any Number of pro-Found Coincidences. I call the Occurrence of these Coincidences “ Symbolic Coincidentalism. ” Jung calls it “ Synchronicy. ” When you stumble onto Many Layers of Symbolic Coincidentalism in the LifeS tyle, Behaviorism and Appearance of a Species of Animal, you know you have found your Soul Animal. For Xample -






I am the Mountain Lion








Also called Cougar, Catamount, Puma, or Mountain Screamer, the Cat of Many Names is Similar to me in that it Delights in the Number of Titles it can take on - and so I have called mySelf - in Various Works - Andrea Coates, Psychedelic Realist, Philosopher of Sx / Drugs / Anarky, Coming Queen of Can Lit, Poète Maudite, Alt Lit's Witch, Anarkist, Hap'e [Color]; Poor-Little-Rich-Girl; Kitty Dirty; etc.



My Childhood Home is on this Mountain -





My Sister's Soul Animal is a Mountain Goat -






My Parents are a Moose -





and a Black Bear -






According to my Parents, my First Word was, “ Kitty. ”





My Hair is the Same Color as a Mountain Lion’s Fur.



I often put my Hair into Two Buns on Either Side of my Head, and the Buns look just like a Cougar’s Ears.






My Body Shape is “Lithe”- Fit with Trim Curves, like a Cougar’s.

I will Probably hit on Younger Men when I am Forty Four - my Soul Age.

Like the Cougar I am Aggressive, Sensuous, Aloof, Intelligent, Witty, Charismatic, Elusive, Noble, Sxual, Feminine, Powerful, Dangerous and Scary.

Hunter S Thompson was Also had a Cougar for a Soul Animal. Hunter and I have Much in Common in Terms of how we Approach the World.








Canadian Icon, Cougar Annie also shares Many Characteristics with me.









Some Ways to figure out what your Soul Animal is:




Wood Duck


What is your Favorite Animal? Why?


Toucan


Have you had Any proFound Xperiences that involved a Particular Animal?


Crow


Do you see a Particular Animal Every where you go?


Wren


Do you see or do you xperience Life as a Particular Animal in your Dreams?


Owl Monkey


Do you own a Particular Animal?


Mouse Deer


Is there a Picture of a Particular Animal in your House?


Ant


Do you look like a Particular Animal?


Chinook Salmon


Do you relate to a Particular Animal?


Komodo Dragon


What is you Chinese Astrological Sign? My Partner, " the Dragon, " is a Komodo Dragon - his Chinese Sign is Fire Dragon. I am a Cougar - my Chinese Sign is Earth Dragon. jody franklin is a Muskrat- his Chinese Sign is Water Rat. My Sister is a Mountain Goat - her Chinese Sign is Metal Sheep. And so on and Such Forth.


Muskrat


What Colors do you think you look Best in? These are Probably the Colors of your Animal.


Golden Eagle


The Animal Most People I have met have guessed that they are is a Cat. I think this has to do with Xposure, and the Fact I hang out with Cat People. It may also have to do with the Fact that I am a Cat - People may be picking up on my Energy.

The Biggest Problem I have come across when trying to determine a Person’s Soul Animal is that they will say the Species I have suggested is not “Attractive ” Enough, or not “ Cool ”  Enough, or not “Noble” Enough. This indicates a Fundamental misUnderstanding about the Nature of Animals: it anthropomorphizes them. When determining whether a Certain Species of Animal is your Soul Animal, it is Essential to view that Animal not from a Sapiens Perspective but from its Own Perspective. What makes it Suited to, or Accomplished in, its Environment? What makes it Special among Animals? How does in interact with Other Animals? It is Necessary to refrain, when thinking of Animals, from Moralizing them. They are as the are.


Crayfish


Once we understand that People’s Personalities are determined by a Soul Animal whose Essence they replicate, it become Clear why Some People like to live in High Rises while Some like to live Close to the Ground. Why Some are Messy and Some are Neat. Why Some are Shy and Some outGoing. Why Some are Happiest in Groups and Some are Happiest aLone. Why Some take Some Jobs and Others take Others. Why Certain People like Certain People and not Others. Why Certain People sleep with Certain People and not Others. Many Answers to the Mysteries of Personality are revealed when the Soul Animal is revealed. Many Things and Many People make Sense.


Orca




Soul Animals often appear in Imagery and Xperience un Consciously. Many Customs, Stories and Images make More Sense if you consider the Possibility of Soul Animals.









The Soul Animals of Various Known Peeps
Lady Gaga, American Performer


Cockatoo







George W Bush, Former American President


Chimpanzee





Margaret Atwood, Canadian Writer


Great Grey Owl





Conrad Black, Canadian Media Baron


Polar Bear





Steve Jobs, Founder of Apple Corporation


Ferret





Stephen Harper, Canadian Prime Minister



Beaver