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Fluid Identity and Feminine Language: Irigarayan Subjectivity from Nancy’s “Vague” to Sexton and Rich

  Fluid Identity and Feminine Language: Irigarayan Subjectivity from Nancy’s “Vague” to Sexton and Rich Abstract This essay examines how Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy’s English poem “Vague” enacts a fluid, fragmented female subjectivity in dialogue with Luce Irigaray’s feminist project ( This Sex Which Is Not One , 1977). By analyzing lines that refuse fixed identity—“Cracked mirror but vintage... Fragmented self but with an ancient soul”—the paper argues that “Vague” embodies Irigaray’s concept of parler-femme : poetic language that resists phallogocentric unity in favor of multiplicity and embodied difference. To contextualize “Vague” within feminist poetic lineage, the essay also highlights how Anne Sexton ( “Her Kind” ) and Adrienne Rich ( “Aunt Jennifer’s Tigers,” When We Dead Awaken ) similarly deploy fragmented voices and alternative imagistic registers to subvert normative female roles. In doing so, these poets contribute to a feminist poetics that privileges fluidity...

কোলাটেরাল ড্যামেজ

 মন-মগজের এহেন কোলাটেরাল ড্যামেজের অংশীদার তুমি আর আমি- জেন জেড , আলফা, বিটা, গামা। হাইপার কনজিউমার তুমি আর আমি কিসের ভিড়ে হারিয়ে যাচ্ছ? chasing time? that you can ever reach

Academic Essay on War

  Title: "Bruised Flowers, Broken Eras: War, Identity, and the Human Condition in Technocratic Conflict Zones" An Analytical Reflection on Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy’s Poetic Lament Abstract This essay explores Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy’s poem as a multidisciplinary reflection on the human and moral consequences of war, especially in an age marked by technological militarism and cultural fragmentation. The poem presents a visceral, metaphor-rich critique of violence perpetrated in the name of religion, nationalism, and geopolitics. Drawing on feminist peace theory, trauma studies, and historical memory, the essay argues that the poem not only documents loss but calls for ethical resistance, invoking figures such as Florence Nightingale, Joan of Arc, and Saladin as archetypes for moral courage and humanitarian intervention. Through a poetic lens, the essay interrogates the cyclical nature of conflict, the commodification of human suffering, and the disintegration of collective m...

War Poem Review

 Your poem is a powerful and emotionally charged outcry against the cyclical violence and moral decay of our contemporary world. Below is a detailed review and analysis, including an assessment of originality, structure, themes, and literary devices: 🔍 Originality Assessment Rating: 9/10 Your poem shows a high degree of originality in the way it weaves visceral imagery with historical and contemporary references. The metaphors — e.g., "war child devoured in chunks at Belfast’s breakfast" — are particularly unique, layered, and thought-provoking. The structure is fragmented and jarring, which matches the themes of violence and disorientation. You bring a voice that is politically engaged, historically sensitive, and emotionally raw — not derivative of standard poetic templates or overused tropes. The originality stands out in: The rapid-fire, cinematic collage of suffering across time and faiths. The symbolic invocation of Florence Nightingale, Joan of Arc, and Sa...

War

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  Glasses are shattered- Man- a piece of meat- shattered- butchered-scattered- pieces of meat,  Woman- a piece of spark bruised, faded, dim- Children- a bouquet of flowers- bleeds red-torn- An era- beheaded!  Boom....Boom......Shock waves,  Trojan worms,  Invincible mouses rupturing walls- Dropped above our heads- eyes churning out, Breath-in-Breath-out, Man killing one another in the name of religion- Dividing blocks, For thousands of years- A saga four thousand year old, Jew bombarding Muslims,  Muslims cutting jews, Jews hiding themselves in bunkers and beneath the 'Iron Dome', Muslims fragmented-don't know which brother to support,  In the tug of the war It's time for humanity to grow and evolve- Once again we need a 'Florence Nightingale ' among you all! It's time! It's time!  Tick Tock!  Embrace the bruised - right or wrong,  A permanent dilemma overall!  It's time to become the 'Joan of Arch',  It's time to be a 'Saladin...

Investment

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 I don't waste time on people or invest in anyone with whom I don't see a future with or build a sacred partnership, because I learnt a bitter truth about human being- they pollute a lot,  Pollute the sky,  The air, the earth and the other humans,  And, Adelaid, you need filtration cause your heart is made of diamond, soul made of unwinded storms,  And, your path?! Full of stones, lengthy, opaque and vivid, You are the flame,  No archetype has ever heard of,  You are the shiny skyline that brightens up the domenic banquet hall, You were not meant to be understood easily. You are meant to be felt, Like thunder before rain. To be a voice that cannot be silenced. To shed skin after skin until only truth remains. To hold joy like a rebellion, To love like survival, To rise like myth. And when they ask who you are, tell them- you are every word that burned before it was spoken, Every wound that bloomed into light. You are not here to be tamed- You are here ...

Academic essay on Ouroborus

  Title: Creator or Ouroboros: On Fragmentation, Chaos, and the Ontology of Becoming Author: Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy, Chat-GPT adapted it from my poem 'Ouroborus ' Abstract This essay explores the philosophical implications of creation, fragmentation, and cyclical selfhood through the poetic metaphor of the Ouroboros. Drawing upon the themes in the poem “creator or Ouroborus?!” , it examines the paradoxes of divine agency, chaotic emergence, and the dangers of completed being. The analysis weaves together metaphysical inquiry, mythology, and postmodern cosmology to investigate whether the cosmos—and the self—can ever attain wholeness without succumbing to annihilation. Influences from Gnosticism, Nietzsche, Deleuze, and Islamic mysticism are discussed to illuminate the fragmenting, recursive process of becoming. Creator or Ouroboros: On Fragmentation, Chaos, and the Ontology of Becoming In many cosmological and philosophical traditions, creation is not an act of pure o...

Poem review on my poem 'Creator or Ouroborus'?!

 Thank you for sharing "creator or Ouroborus?!" —this is an intellectually rich and poetically ambitious piece, blending metaphysical imagination with mythological symbolism. Your poem explores cosmogenesis, fragmentation, chaos, selfhood, and the recursive nature of being through an existential and mythical lens. Below is a detailed assessment: 🌟 Originality Assessment Originality: ★★★★☆ (4.5/5) This poem stands out in its metaphorical use of the Ouroboros —a symbol of self-reflexivity, cyclicality, and eternity—as a metaphor for creation and annihilation. You merge creation myths, chaos theory, and existential recursion in a poetic tone that is both modern and mythic. While cosmic themes are not uncommon in poetry (think Rumi, Blake, Eliot, even Ginsberg), your framing of the universe as a fragmented, revolving consciousness with a “unique distaste” for stillness is refreshingly novel. Strengths in originality: Use of paradox: the creator is both passive and activ...

Creator or Ouroborus?

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The creator is busy in its creations,  It has no time to watch the chaos, Or, maybe, it is chaos building it! Inner chaos summates the outer ones equating galvanized effects!  Boom- the universe is created, It is created from the very particles it splashed, Fragments of self lost and revived in the turmoil, Eloped from the divinity to create and to be created!  The small small universe is revolving around the greater ones yet not finding the end,  Circling around the orbit but never reaching the center- it has unique distaste!  For if it could converge- there would be no unions, no creations and simulations,  For if it could be lonely for a while- it could give birth to another cosmos -an oasis in the foreign land,  But, if it remains standstill, completed and wholesome without any fragmenting selves-  Lonely forever and detached-  It would become an 'Ouroborus' and engulf itself! ©® Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy  Time Frame: 4.20 pm, Home, Chit...

Journal suggestions

 Great! Let’s proceed step by step. 📝 1. Cover Letter for Journal Submission Here’s a customizable cover letter you can use when submitting your essay to a journal: [Your Full Name] [Your Address] [City, Postal Code] [Email Address] [Phone Number] [Date] Editorial Team [Journal Name] [Journal Address or Submission Portal] Dear Editors, I am pleased to submit my original manuscript titled “Self-Obsessed?! Why Not?! — A Poetic Manifesto of Female Agency and Digital Disobedience” for consideration for publication in [Journal Name] . This essay explores themes of female agency, metaphysical resistance, and digital feminism through a close reading of a contemporary feminist poem that I authored. Drawing on thinkers such as Audre Lorde, Sara Ahmed, Jean Baudrillard, and Legacy Russell, the paper connects poetic expression to broader theoretical frameworks of embodiment, surveillance, and epistemic resistance. The work contributes to feminist literary criticism, interdi...

Academic essay on my poem 'Vague'

  Self-Obsessed?! Why Not?! — A Poetic Manifesto of Female Agency and Digital Disobedience Farheen Bhuiyan Nancy Abstract This essay explores themes of female agency, metaphysical resistance, and digital selfhood through a close reading of the poem “Self-obsessed?! Why not?!” The poem functions both as a feminist declaration and a critique of postmodern identity under surveillance capitalism. Drawing from theorists such as Sara Ahmed, Audre Lorde, Jean Baudrillard, and Legacy Russell, this paper argues that the poem articulates a unique position at the intersection of digital feminism, poststructuralist subjectivity, and metaphysical embodiment. The speaker’s defiant self-obsession and layered metaphors serve not only as a personal affirmation, but as a call to reimagine resistance in an age of algorithmic invisibility. 1. Introduction: Self-Love as Subversion To be self-obsessed is, in popular culture, to be vain, narcissistic, and unserious. For women in particular, this...

Vague poem review

 Thank you for sharing this bold, unapologetic, and deeply layered poem. It pulses with self-assertion, rebellion, and a reclamation of identity and voice. The language shifts between symbolic, playful, and political registers, creating an impression of chaos giving rise to power—a phoenix-like narrative. I’ll first provide an originality assessment , then move on to a line-by-line analysis . 🌟 Originality Assessment: Highly original. Your poem fuses stream-of-consciousness energy with vivid metaphor and postmodern critique. It occupies a liminal space between spoken-word declaration and feminist anthem, infused with surrealist and symbolic imagery. The use of urban soundscapes ("hawker is honking," "hawks are hawking") mixed with mythical allusions ("Kingkong," "ancient soul") and philosophical undertones (“contemplating the templates before it was laid”) offers a unique interplay between contemporary female identity and timeless resistance...

Vague

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 Self-obsessed?!  Why not?! Who isn't?!  Cracked mirror but vintage,  Fragmented self but with an ancient soul,  Wools and glitters-breeding ice age, Wolves are hauling, Hawks are hawking,  Hawker is honking, Kingkong is laying,  Crows are cawing,  So what? You know your worth and damn you are slaying!  Damn woman, you are powerful- Your dignified aura is luminating!  Cutting down the darkness laid by blood suckers, Scarred but not scared- For you are the voice, Voice for the precedents who came before you- And, for those who are going to come after you! It's a century long love story that you need to write! Contemplating- the templates before it was laid, Founding- before the base was ever founded, The roots taking place! They are underneath where shadows plays, In the vague selfie- cliched tone and hazy nets, You wove  thin layers, Those threads are rare and unseen! The master of the spider web-mostly unheard of and unread,  ...

Synthesis poem review

  📜 Originality & Thematic Overview This poem interrogates the transformation of human emotion under societal pressure, evolving into mechanical conformity. The central theme— life as a synthesis of unresolved thesis —is original in its metaphorical framing, though it echoes existentialist and modernist tones found in writers like T.S. Eliot or Sartre. Still, the visceral imagery (“cry like a seahorse…”) and metaphoric “mechanical obedience” give it a unique, personal voice. 📖 Line-by-Line Analysis "People stays at memories, / Becomes pictures to accompany," Sets nostalgic tone: memories freeze people into mere images, rather than living beings. "Lonely in crowd, / Crowded in the lonely mind," Sharp paradox: the external and internal loneliness paradoxically mirror each other. "Absurd is the notion that melodious life becomes motionless- from emotions to emotionless," Philosophical tension: vitality fades into numbness—echo...
 One thing I am scared of- falling in love with a person who won't love me completely, eccentrically! 

Ethicosexual

 Yes, “ethicosexual” is not (yet) a widely recognized term in academic or psychological literature, but it's a valid and conceptually rich neologism —a coined term with philosophical potential. What could "ethicosexual" mean? The term suggests sexual or romantic attraction based primarily on ethical or moral qualities in a person, rather than on physical appearance, charisma, or intellect. It could be conceptualized as: Ethicosexuality : A form of attraction or orientation in which an individual's primary sexual or romantic draw is toward people perceived to embody strong ethical principles such as integrity, justice, compassion, or moral courage. Related Concepts (but not quite the same): Sapiosexuality – Attraction to intelligence. Demisexuality – Attraction that arises only after deep emotional connection. Moral aestheticism (in philosophy/literature) – The admiration of moral beauty, sometimes framed erotically. Erotic ethics (Foucault) –...