I Hate Him So I Bully Him

Sky & Clouds painted by Théodore Gudin ☁️

Skull Wearing a Wreath of Flowers, Thomas Satterwhite Noble, circa. 1874

vintage dollhouse miniature furniture in box

“In the war film, a soldier can hold his buddy—as long as his buddy is dying on the battlefield. In the western, Butch Cassidy can wash the Sundance Kid’s naked flesh—as long as it is wounded. In the boxing film, a trainer can rub the well-developed torso and sinewy back of his protege—as long as it is bruised. In the crime film, a mob lieutenant can embrace his boss like a lover—as long as he is riddled with bullets. 

Violence makes the homo-eroticism of many “male” genres invisible; it is a structural mechanism of plausible deniability.”

–Tarantino’s Incarnational Theology: Reservoir Dogs, Crucifixions, and Spectacular Violence. Kent L. Brintnall.

Julia Hochbaum - Blue Lullaby, 2022

Josef Koudelka, France, 1970s

alexander mcqueen rtw spring 2016.