Amy Lerner, Author at puntorojo

October 18, 2023

En la cuestión de la violencia revolucionaria

“La violencia que ha dominado el ordenamiento del mundo colonial, que ha marcado sin cesar el ritmo de la destrucción de las formas sociales autóctonas y ha roto sin reservas los sistemas de referencia de la economía, las costumbres del vestir y la vida exterior, esa misma violencia será reivindicada y asumida por el autóctono en el momento en que, decidiendo encarnar la historia en su propia persona, irrumpa en los barrios prohibidos.” -Frantz Fanon, Desgraciados de la Tierra

October 14, 2023

by Amy Lerner

On the Question of Revolutionary Violence

“The violence which has ruled over the ordering of the colonial world, which has ceaselessly drummed the rhythm for the destruction of native social forms and broken up without reserve the systems of reference of the economy, the customs of dress and external life, that same violence will be claimed and taken over by the native at the moment when, deciding to embody history in his own person, he surges into the forbidden quarters.” – Frantz Fanon, Wretched of the Earth

August 19, 2023

by Amy Lerner

Barbie is a Reactionary Movie Masquerading as Feminism

Do we really need another review of the Barbie movie? It’s a stupid movie, with serious plot holes, and virtually zero character development. The reviews defend the movie against right wing attacks, praise it for starting discussions about patriarchy worldwide, and laud Gerwig for subverting gender roles and showing audiences what true acceptance and female support looks like. Gerwig achieves all of this through creating a satirical Barbie world that looks amazingly like the Barbie dolls and accessories we played with and coveted as kids from the 1960s through the 1990s.