FuckYeahGillesDeleuze

‘In May of 1951, at the age of twenty, Jacques Derrida took the entrance exams for the prestigious École Normale Supérieure a second time, having failed, as many students do, in his first attempt the previous year. Fueled by amphetamines after a sleepless week, he choked on the written portion and turned in a blank sheet of paper. The same month, he was awarded a dismal 5 out of 20 on his qualifying exam for a license in philosophy. “The answers are brilliant in the very same way that they are obscure,” the examiner wrote, encapsulating a sentiment about Derrida’s work that has since become a commonplace […]’

Rachel K. Ward, talking about the desire, disinterest, will, and fashion. In the lecture Rachel K Ward discusses the concepts of status, representation, editorial, gender, addiction, in relationship to Kant, Adorno, Derrida, Machiavelli, The Prince, Schopenhauer, focusing on sex, power, and photographer.