{"id":1716,"date":"2013-07-02T23:40:13","date_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/monochromist.com\/2013\/07\/02\/frenchtwist-language-is-a-skin-i-rub-my\/"},"modified":"2013-07-02T23:40:13","modified_gmt":"2013-07-02T23:40:13","slug":"frenchtwist-language-is-a-skin-i-rub-my","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2013\/07\/02\/frenchtwist-language-is-a-skin-i-rub-my\/","title":{"rendered":""},"content":{"rendered":"

frenchtwist<\/a>:<\/p>\n

\n

Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other.
It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip
of my words. My language trembles with desire.<\/p>\n

Roland Barthes, A Lover\u2019s Discourse<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

frenchtwist: Language is a skin: I rub my language against the other. It is as if I had words instead of fingers, or fingers at the tip of my words. My language trembles with desire. Roland Barthes, A Lover\u2019s Discourse<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1716","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-video_graphics"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5sGHy-rG","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3819,"url":"https:\/\/monochromist.com\/notes\/2011\/03\/10\/mezangelle-wikipedia-the-free-encyclopedia\/","url_meta":{"origin":1716,"position":0},"title":"mezangelle – Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia","author":"monochromist","date":"March 10, 2011","format":"link","excerpt":"mezangelle - Wikipedia, the free encyclopediahybrid words. 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