MARTYRS ý
ý ý
Sometimes I imagine I’m sitting with
ý that old schizophrenic cross-dresser Joan of Arc
ý and we’re discussing what drives people
ý to lead others and what happens when you
ý lose that old charisma. She’s not Jewish
ý and doesn’t quite understand
ý why I am blaming her
ý for not getting through the witch trial.
ý She even tried using those cliches of Shaw on me.
ý ý“You gotta live with the people in the madhouse you’re in --
ý wear what they wear, Joan,”
ý I say, “And deny everything -
ý that’s my motto. In the country of the deaf,
ý just say you’re don’t hear nothing.”
ý ý
ý Karen Alkalay-Gut
ý From The Love of Clothes and Nakedness (Sivan, 1999, 2003) ý