Monday, November 27, 2006

BFE USA, by the Albis: In the midwest and other parts of the US, BFE is a slang term used to describe a location that is in the middle of nowhere, far from the familiar, a place with no relevant social assets - Butt Fuck, Egypt. This 'backwards' pairing not only implicitly degrades sexuality, but also the Middle East by proxy of Egypt. Ironically, to many, Ohio would fit this definition - where life is archetypified by tv, beer, and cars. At the same time, in the 2000 election Ohio played a big role in defining the nation's politics and agenda, largely based in voters' perception of terrorism and translations of 9/11. Columbus' Budweiser factory by I-270 is a powerful, ongoing symbol of these elements. Here, it is 'reframed' by the window installment and by text from Bin Laden's politically lucid election-time speech, which received little substantive media.

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