Let’s Get Quizzical

Normally I save the silly quizzes for Camp Moment but I decided this one was just up LP’s alley: what kind of postmodernist are you?

See what kind of postmodernist I am under the fold…

theory slut
You are a Theory Slut. The true elite of the
postmodernists, you collect avant-garde
Indonesian hiphop compilations and eat journal
articles for breakfast. You positively live
for theory. It really doesn’t matter what
kind, as long as the words are big and the
paragraph breaks few and far between.

What kind of postmodernist are you!?
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Hmmn. Maybe not…

Via Feministe.

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36 Responses to “Let’s Get Quizzical”


  1. 1 AmandaNo Gravatar

    I am Not Postmodern. Cool.

    Whether you harbor some vestige of modernist morality or simply fail to see the irony in Reality TV, one thing is clear. You are just Not Postmodern.

  2. 2 Tyrannosaurus RexNo Gravatar

    Dang, I got theory slut too. Embarrassamente.

  3. 3 MarkNo Gravatar

    tortured conceptual artist
    You are a Tortured Conceptual Artist. Your fellow
    postmodernists call you an anachronism, but
    you’ve never cared much about the opinions of
    others. After all, most of them are far too
    simple-minded to appreciate the nuances of your
    work. They talk, while you are part of a lived
    tradition.

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  4. 4 LauraNo Gravatar

    I ticked the boxes (Law & Order, Johnny Depp etc) and it said: “this page cannot be displayed.”

    My postmodernism is so immense it like totally deconstructed their neocapitalist paradigm into a self-falsifyingly rhizomatic ecriture feminine.

    Mark: nice Lyotards.

  5. 5 Jason SoonNo Gravatar

    I got Tortured Conceptual Artist too, like Mark. How can this be? What could I have in common with a lefty sociologist?

  6. 6 Shaun CroninNo Gravatar

    Gender Nazi?!

  7. 7 KateNo Gravatar

    Maybe we could swap, Shaun?

  8. 8 Shaun CroninNo Gravatar

    I don’t know Kate. I usually don’t wear lingerie.

  9. 9 Lefty ElitistNo Gravatar

    Careful there T-Rex…. the closest actual Spanish word to yours is embarrasada, which means “pregnant”.

    Not a good look for a theory slut.

    I got gender Nazi. Again!

  10. 10 Tyrannosaurus RexNo Gravatar

    LE I was ‘ironically’ quoting, like, TV so it doesn’t matter if it’s not, like, a ‘real’ language, like. Dude.

    Still at least I’m not a … Gender Nazi! WTF? Where’s E.P. when you need him?

  11. 11 Evil PunditNo Gravatar

    Gender Nazi.

    Damn, how do they do it?

  12. 12 anthonyNo Gravatar

    You are a Tortured Conceptual Artist. Your fellow postmodernists call you an anachronism, but you’ve never cared much about the opinions of others. After all, most of them are far too simple-minded to appreciate the nuances of your work. They talk, while you are part of a lived tradition.

    Wooh! I am so loving myself today.

  13. 13 RobertNo Gravatar

    grassroots activist
    You are a Grassroots Activist. Anti-capitalist,
    anti-patrist, anti-authoritarian, whatever,
    you’re just fuckin’ anti. You probably tell
    people you hate postmodernism, but that
    assertion elides the complex interdependencies
    among academic poststructuralism and
    street-level activism. You don’t bathe
    regularly, and know at least one person who has
    scabbies.

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  14. 14 Tyrannosaurus RexNo Gravatar

    Ewwww … stay away from Robert.

  15. 15 KimNo Gravatar

    deconstructionist weirdo
    You are a Deconstructionist Weirdo. Although
    ostensibly originating with Derrida, the
    theories of your particular school have long
    since passed beyond intellegibillity; half the
    time you don’t even understand what you’re
    saying anymore. That’s okay, though. You’re a
    lot more fun to party with than a bunch of
    stodgy new historicists.

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  16. 16 MarkNo Gravatar

    There’s a distinct resemblance in the photo, Kim!

  17. 17 AmandaNo Gravatar

    I didn’t realise we could put pictures. How dully Not Pomo of me. Here’s mine.

    Whether you harbor some vestige of modernistmorality or simply fail to see the irony inReality TV, one thing is clear. You are justNot Postmodern.
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  18. 18 MarkNo Gravatar

    Amanda, email me the code and I’ll fix it – Kim’s didn’t come out correctly either. I don’t think it’s IE friendly!

  19. 19 AmandaNo Gravatar

    not postmodern
    Whether you harbor some vestige of modernist
    morality or simply fail to see the irony in
    Reality TV, one thing is clear. You are just
    Not Postmodern.

    What kind of postmodernist are you!?
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  20. 20 AmandaNo Gravatar

    And a very fine likeness too, I say. The one on the right I mean.

  21. 21 MarkNo Gravatar

    Nice threads, Amanda.

  22. 22 ZoeNo Gravatar

    Shaun and Evil, I hear ya – I too am a gender nazi. The fact that none of us has put up the very plain picture that accompanies our diagnosis is a reflection on all of us.

    Evil, I enjoy your willingness to participate in blog games such as this one – but I am far more interested to hear how you describe enacting your buddhist practices.

  23. 23 Lefty ElitistNo Gravatar

    Hmmm, I gotta meet more deconstructionist weirdos. YOWZA!

  24. 24 MarkNo Gravatar

    Lefty E, I’m sure if you flirt with her nicely, Kimberella the Pirate Queen will send you some nice inbox surprises!

  25. 25 Lefty ElitistNo Gravatar

    Dear me….(*blushes worker’s flag deepest red*)

    Well, I would, but weathergirl might dob on me. The perils of online in-laws.

    Erm, however Mark, you could of course pass my email onto the lovely Kim for any, erm, relevant material of a strict research orientation (eg my upcoming deconstructionist weirdos pictorial essay for Quadrant)…

  26. 26 MarkNo Gravatar

    Will do, Lefty E. Kim is always happy to cooperate with research projects, I believe, and especially for Quadrant publication.

  27. 27 KimNo Gravatar

    Indeed I am, Mark! Just as soon as I get back to Brisbane and have access to the relevant files, Lefty E, I shall provide my full cooperation.

  28. 28 Lefty ElitistNo Gravatar

    Excellent Kim… and in view of this transnational moment, I shall include this in my annual report to DEST as an international linkage project, no less.
    Imagine how tricky this gig would have been pre-FTA. Thanks Vailey!

  29. 29 KimNo Gravatar

    Lefty E, it’s a pleasure. Initial material I happened to have to hand from which you might formulate a tentative hypothesis is in the ether in your direction.

  30. 30 Evil PunditNo Gravatar

    Zoe, my Buddhist practices are extremely lazy and almost entirely theoretical in nature. I still haven’t managed to reconcile Buddhist pacifism with social survival.

  31. 31 Lefty ElitistNo Gravatar

    Dios Mio! Preliminary findings confirm general uber-hotness of deconstructionist weirdos. Researcher quite flustered!

    Thanks Kim!

  32. 32 CristyNo Gravatar

    I didn’t know that I was so extreme!

    You are a Grassroots Activist. Anti-capitalist,anti-patrist, anti-authoritarian, whatever,you’re just fuckin’ anti. You probably tellpeople you hate postmodernism, but thatassertion elides the complex interdependenciesamong academic poststructuralism andstreet-level activism. You don’t batheregularly, and know at least one person who hasscabbies.
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  33. 33 CristyNo Gravatar
  34. 34 KimNo Gravatar

    A pleasure to be of service, Lefty E! Remember me from your first year tutes?

  35. 35 Lefty ElitistNo Gravatar

    No, cant say I do – and Im sure I would!

  36. 36 KimNo Gravatar

    I wasn’t the most assiduous attendee!

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