“The failure of protection, the importance of recognizing the ways in which we influence (and infect) each other - the fact that being an "individual" can't protect you - these are issues I've been thinking about for a while.” ThinkingWayFactsIndividualIssuesInfluenceProtectImportanceProtectionRecognizingProtect You Author:Laura Mullen
“And Complicated Grief is a text that announces, from the start, in its citation of influence, dense intertextuality and hybridity, a failure of some apparent or usual protections, and a need to re-examine "identity" in the light of an acknowledgement of our entanglements and interdependence.” NeedsLightGriefInfluenceIdentityComplicatedProtectionUsualDenseInterdependenceAcknowledgementEntanglementCitationsHybridityComplicated Grief Author:Laura Mullen
“I'm interested in finding new and more humane modes of safety, and in exposing the arbitrary and superficial protections that have failed us.” FindingsSafetyProtectionSuperficialArbitraryHumaneExposing Author:Laura Mullen
“The boundary between expert and amateur was an imposed social-cultural "protection" which actually exposed a number of women to a fatal disease, because decaying matter, as the fireman said of fire (cited in the book's final piece, "Torch Song") "ain't got no rules on it."” SaidBookMatterSongSocialNumbersFirePiecesDiseaseFinalsProtectionBoundariesExpertsExposedTorchesFireman Author:Laura Mullen
“There's a nice clear difference between real protection (wash your hands, or wear a condom) and the fake protection offered by institutions which often come, finally and sadly, to be much too interested first of all in protecting their own power.” FirstsRealHandsDifferencesClearNiceInstitutionsProtectionFakeCondom Author:Laura Mullen
“Given our examination of the behavior of our police forces at this moment the question of protection has an extra resonance, yes?” MomentsGivenForceBehaviorPoliceProtectionExtrasExaminationResonancePolice Force Author:Laura Mullen
“It seems all "protection" has to be monitored, considered, weighed and justified - I am suggesting we do that (but it's something Mary Shelley (and Gertrude Stein) also suggest). "Torch Song," the book's final section, looks at an arson committed by someone hired to protect the wilderness from fires, a catastrophic failure of protection!” LooksBookSeemsSongFireProtectFinalsCommittedProtectionWildernessMarySectionsJustifiedTorchesSuggestingGertrudeShelleyArson Author:Laura Mullen
“Admitting how ill we are, how deep the damage goes, how constantly the abuse cycle is repeated and how horribly we have failed those who most deserve our care and protection.” CareDeserveAbuseIllProtectionDamageCyclesAdmitting Author:Laura Mullen
