The Ancient Greeks distinguished between zoe and bios. Bios pertains to an existence structured by status, environment, life choices, tasks and plans. In other words, all the things that give shape to a life. Zoe, by contrast, pertains to the purely biological and cellular within us, to a structureless yet stubbornly persistent ‘bare life’.4 In
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The Ancient Greeks distinguished between zoe and bios. Bios pertains to an existence structured by status, environment, life choices, tasks and plans. In other words, all the things that give shape to a life. Zoe, by contrast, pertains to the purely biological and cellular within us, to a structureless yet stubbornly persistent ‘bare life’.4 In
the contents of fictional narratives ask to be imagined, whereas those of non-fictional narratives ask to be believed.
not sure if you ever read popbitch, but they usually include a 'nominative determinism' of the week in their emails -- their best of 2024 one is here: https://popbitch.com/emails/2024-a-huwge-year/