Eric Adams Swaggered Into City Hall, and Now He’s Swaggering Out
艾瑞克·亞當斯趾高氣揚地走進市政廳，如今又趾高氣揚地離開
在即將卸任之際，這位紐約市長表示，他沒有得到應有的讚譽，長期以來一直受到各種勢力的阻撓。
「西方文明從根源上就灌輸了對女性身體，乃至性，的羞恥感，而我們至今仍在無意識中背負著這種羞恥。男性裸體在英雄藝術中如此司空見慣，以至於它既不令人震驚，也不令人羞恥。但這遠不止於身體構造；它關乎一種思維方式。英雄總是將自己的身體，即使是那些女性，即使是那些被賦予性思維方式的英雄。
As he prepares to leave office, the New York City mayor said that he hadn’t received the credit he deserved and that forces had long been stacked against him.
"Western civilization, at its root, indoctrinated shame around the feminine anatomy, and by extension sexuality, and we still carry that shame in unconscious ways. The male nude body is so normalized in heroic art that it doesn’t shock or shame. But this is bigger than anatomy; it’s an argument for a way of thinking. The heroic male struts his stuff; the woman, even the sexualized woman, hides hers away."
Greek art represented a valuation of male and female roles that codified a...
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Definition of strut one's stuff in English:
strut
verb (struts, strutting, strutted)
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1[NO OBJECT, WITH ADVERBIAL] Walk with a stiff, erect, andapparently arrogant or conceited gait:peacocks strut through the groundsshe strutted down the catwalk
Sheela na gigs are figurative carvings of naked women displaying an exaggerated
vulva. They are
architectural grotesques found on
churches,
castles, and other buildings, particularly in
Ireland and
Great Britain, sometimes together with male figures. One of the best examples may be found in the
Round Tower at
Rattoo, in County Kerry, Ireland. There is a replica of the round tower sheela na gig in the County Museum in Tralee town. Another well-known example may be seen at
Kilpeck in
Herefordshire, England.
Ireland has the greatest number of known sheela na gig carvings; McMahon and Roberts cite 101 examples in Ireland and 45 examples in Britain.
[1]
Such carvings are said to ward off
death and
evil.
[2][3] Other grotesques, such as
gargoylesand
hunky punks, were frequently part of church decorations all over
Europe. It is commonly said that their purpose was to keep
evil spirits away (see
apotropaic magic). They often are positioned over doors or windows, presumably to protect these openings.
Definition of Sheela-na-gig in English:
noun
Origin
From
Irish Sile na gcíoch 'Julia of the breasts'.
