Gene Expression: The token white chick

Hello, idolators and atheists!! I am duende, and I guess Razib thought this place needed the soothing presence of a lady. Either that or he thought I could contribute. Either way, I'm an English undergrad at a D.C. university, and prefer to remain anonymous for a variety of reasons, but largely because of Marxist/ferminist English Dept. politics. If you are curious about me, I refer you to what googlism says about "duende"

duende is often described as the spirit of flamenco

duende is utterly hairless

duende is here in dc

duende is a creature of pure inspiration

duende is an elusive concept

duende is portrayed by lorca as a demonic earth spirit containing
irrationality

duende is liquid allegory

duende is heir to socrates 'demon' of inspiration

duende is the transcendant connection the artist make with the inspiration rising
within him

duende is a character of pure spirit

duende is not in the throat; the duende climbs up inside you from the soles of your feet

duende is when a dancer captivates the audience into a trance like state

duende is also applied to a spirit of ecstatic love caught and preserved in a painting

duende is a power

duende is too fragile to survive the compulsive modernity of the music industry

duende is a word that undermines all self

duende is very dark sounding

duende is like the soul of flamenco

duende is responsible for the haunting melodies of gypsy folk singers and the frenzied performances of flamenco dancers

duende is caused by an exchange of love between performer and audience

duende is a modern revelation of a women's femininity

duende is turning pure emotion into music

"duende is utterly hairless"

That's. . .um. . .interesting.

Glad to see you up on the big Screen, Duende. I think you should add your real name. The Marxists shouldn't mind, afterall GnXp is all about 'celebrating diversity'; that's a respectable tranzi activity, right?

Have you been over to Andrew Sullivan's blog lately? He's been trying to whip up some Lott-esque furor on 'race realist' John Derbyshire. It's pretty ugly.

(I wouldn't be at all suprised if Sailer has another go at ol' Andrew for it either)

Posted by: Jason Malloy at January 6, 2003 12:38 PM

For now, my real name will remain veiled. I've gotten manipulating the feminazis down to an art, and I don't wanna mess that up. Maybe when I graduate, but no promises.

Posted by: duende at January 6, 2003 12:43 PM

Hola duende! I didn't realize you, too, were a chick. I was just thinking that this place is hopelessly machismoed out.

Steelers suck.

Posted by: Diana at January 6, 2003 01:29 PM

duende, welcome. This blog needs an artistic voice. I would like to ask you why you think there is a such a strong tendency in the humanities to embrace such irrational politics?

Posted by: Steve at January 6, 2003 01:33 PM

Duende wouldn't happen to be single, would she? ;)

Posted by: Loweeel at January 6, 2003 01:48 PM

wtf??? you're a chick??? I didn't suspect that from your postings and usually I'm good at picking these things.

Posted by: Jason Soon at January 6, 2003 01:54 PM

diana, do you want your IP to be banned??? :)

actually-you can keep saying "steeler suck" until they are out of the playoffs (if-gods willing they will win it all!). but once they lose-well, then it will have a different bite alltogether.

Posted by: razib at January 6, 2003 02:41 PM

Go Raiders!

Posted by: David at January 6, 2003 03:54 PM

So, when do we get pictures of your posterior?

Posted by: David at January 6, 2003 04:02 PM

Ste---

Posted by: Diana at January 6, 2003 07:15 PM

Welcome Duende

Posted by: Juan ascaño at January 6, 2003 07:32 PM

So duende is all *that* and a blogger to boot, eh..?

Welcome to the club.

Posted by: Suman Palit at January 7, 2003 10:43 AM

More important than "What is duende?" is, Is duende hot?

Posted by: Andrew at January 12, 2003 08:32 PM