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Bellydancer - Tessa Fights Robots
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. A moment stuck in my head: A friendly, all-American belly dancer and a boring guy dropping five one-dollar bills on her shoulders as if he is covering her in furs and diamonds. Bestowing five one-dollar bills on her naked skin with royal confidence known only to testosterone that is completely unaware of own irrelevance. And she is dancing with more fervor. Robots are on her $hit list. Follow her on Twitter: @tessamakeslove. Or sign up to get Tessa's updates. JUMP OFF THE CONVEYOR!
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Women and Men in Society - Tessa Fights Robots
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. Women and Men in Society. I finished thinking my long thought about the male / female balance in society, and I think I found a good way to describe it. Let’s imagine a situation in which politicians are formally discussing the question of whether to start a war with country X. So, ladies and gentlemen, should we go to war with country X? Arguments that are acceptable:. No, because we are not likely to win due to lack of resources. No, because it’s too expensive. So, when there is ...
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Observer Effect: Don't Even Think of Quantifying Me (Asshole)
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. Observer Effect: Don’t Even Think of Quantifying Me (Asshole). Underlying emotion: No respect for me whatsoever. What do I say? First, I have no words. Then I cry. I don’t like any of it. It’s counter-everything. It defeats my humanity, my dignity, and my sense of self. It’s a man (and woman) eating machine (I stole it from Grace Jones). Then I think and feel. Then I refuse to comply, even though my strongest argument is what the fuck? Robots are on her $hit list. You have successf...
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Unloved: Why Google Is #1 on My $hit List
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. Unloved: Why Google Is #1 on My $hit List. I admit to not liking Google. Google aspires to control everything in the world. Google lobbies and sometimes bullies the government more than you can imagine. Google spies on regular people. Google frivolously and maliciously portrays life outside of its tentacles as old-fashioned folly. Google invests into biotech today, and plans to build futuristic nano-robo-. To me, the pseudo-optimistic, predatory religion of Google is a proposal for...
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Music, the real thing, I almost have no words... - Tessa Fights Robots
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. Music, the real thing, I almost have no words…. Music, my love…. The other day, I was thinking to myself: Does anybody actually care about truth, culture or dignity? So, I figured something out… so I say it out loud (the rhyme just showed up…hooray). But does it actually help anybody? And for the thousandth time, I decided, fuck it… I am not going to waste my breath. Then that’s all we have. And I wrote this to send love to people like me. Because, why, right? The confident wallets...
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Tessa Fights Robots - Tessa Lena
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. Tessa Lena is a strongly opinionated singer and musician living in New York. Robots are on her shit list, and this blog is about not taking shit from the machine. She is a classically trained pianist and singer, born and raised in Moscow, and now living in East Village of New York. Her bio reads like a Hollywood movie with a happy end. In 2008, Tessa moved to New York and started over. 1) Photo credit: Tessa Makes Love at Webster Hall, New York. Photo by Dani Ynad. Tessa Lena is a ...
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Manipulating "Sexy": Lies, Lies, Lies - Tessa Fights Robots
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LETTERS OF NAKED SOUL. Manipulating “Sexy”: Lies, Lies, Lies. So here is the thickest, almost medieval thing in society that I deal with. I’ve been meaning to post it for months but never found words until now. My favorite artist is Angelique Kidjo. She is powerful as fuck, but she does not fit the sexy definition. The culture is pushing an extra submissive woman as sexy. You can be cunning, you can be tricky, you can get things done. But you can’t be straightforward, or else you are not sexy. Tessa Lena...