Monday, August 22, 2011

Gabi and the Brains and the Geeks Part Une

I've been getting a lot of questions regarding the title of my blog. Well, I didn't really look for blogging; blogging kind of fell into my lap, and even now with it here, I tend to forget about it, thus the recent lack of posts. Blogging has a heavy stigma attached to it that I didn't bother questioning until I ran into Walter Mignolo's blog, http://waltermignolo.com/, after having researched his theory of "Decolonial Aesthetics" for my senior seminar's final paper. His theory suggests that only through aesthetics, art, can the oppressed classes, a product of Modernity, be given a voice with the purpose to liberate sensibilities and aesthesis of the oppressors and  raise the oppressed classes to equality; I recommend checking it out if you're interested or asking me if you have any questions regarding his theory. After dedicating so much time to this theory, my interest in his published works came close to idolatry; so, I was pretty enthused and confused when I realized he had a blog. That was the first reason. The second: one of my favorite English professors has a blog specifically focusing on mestizaje and the politics, psychosis, and cultural phenomenon within pop culture as a result of that, that I began to follow. Thirdly, my sister has a blog that she fell in love with and was very insistant that I should birth one too if ever I want true meaning in my life:)
So, that's how it started. Now that I've justified this thing, I never have to explain it again. On to the title now.
It's pretty simple, and way cooler than you probably would've thought possible. 
Ladies and Gentlemen, Freaks and Geeks, Punks and Dwarves, Hermies and Scholars, 
"Geek Brains" is simply a synthesis of the novel, Geek Love, and the band, Bad Brains.  
Happy?
I am.

2 comments:

Abi said...

...love your post.

& congratulations on your new "baby".

Gabriela said...

Haha thanks! Though I'm a pretty neglectful "mother"