i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
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i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
What is a greater expression of love than eating someone else or wanting to consume and have that person in a way that no one else can have?
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
notes on cannibalism
(dr Nicola welsh burke)
There is the idea of absorbing or incorporating within.
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
the idea of owning someone so completely, and they’ll always be with you
Dr. Nicola Welsh Burke says, "What is a greater expression of love than eating someone else or wanting to consume and have that person in a way that no one else can have?"4 Dr. Burke explores the intersection of food, eating, and sexuality
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
reclaiming the body
i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
femininity is centred in consumption,
cannibalism is used as a tool to reclaim it
Cannibalism can portray an intimate and uncomfortable look at love while illustrating the idea of ‘the other’ to tell stories about marginalised groups of people.
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
Media and literature are increasingly captivated by cannibalism, but what does it signify? Often interpreted as the ultimate metaphor for love by fans, cannibalism can represent themes of class conflict, bodily autonomy, revenge, and even queerness.
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
Incorrect eating is tied in with an incorrect expression of sexuality.
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
dehumanise people of colour
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
cannibalism as an act to signal the other
(the delectable negro: human consumption and homoeroticism within u.s. slave culture by Vincent Woodward)
permanency of the two becoming one
Substack • i love you so much i could eat you (an essay on cannibalism)
something promised. irreversible. with eating and consumption what are you allowing yourself to consume?