{"id":11586,"date":"2014-02-06T18:18:41","date_gmt":"2014-02-06T23:18:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/?p=11586"},"modified":"2014-02-07T12:33:08","modified_gmt":"2014-02-07T17:33:08","slug":"a-poem-by-heathcote-williams-its-a-barbie-world-or","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/02\/a-poem-by-heathcote-williams-its-a-barbie-world-or.html","title":{"rendered":"A Poem by Heathcote Williams: &#8216;It&#8217;s a Barbie World, or &#8230;&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEZBg3shtuo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11646\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/02\/a-poem-by-heathcote-williams-its-a-barbie-world-or.html\/sex-dolls640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,315\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"&amp;#8216;It&amp;#8217;s a Barbie World, or Nazi Sex Dolls in Space&amp;#8217;\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls640.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls640.jpg\" alt title=\"CLICK TO LISTEN AND WATCH &#039;It&#039;s a Barbie World, or Nazi Sex Dolls in Space&#039; by Heathcote Williams. Narration and montage by Alan Cox.\" width=\"640\" height=\"315\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11646\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls640-300x147.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> Walter Benjamin said:<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEZBg3shtuo\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" data-attachment-id=\"11645\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/2014\/02\/a-poem-by-heathcote-williams-its-a-barbie-world-or.html\/sex-dolls-w-benjamin640\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls-W-Benjamin640.jpg\" data-orig-size=\"640,317\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"Sex-Dolls-Walter-Benjamin\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls-W-Benjamin640.jpg\" src=\"http:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls-W-Benjamin640.jpg\" alt title=\"CLICK TO LISTEN AND WATCH\" width=\"640\" height=\"317\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-11645\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls-W-Benjamin640.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.artsjournal.com\/herman\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/02\/Sex-Dolls-W-Benjamin640-300x148.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a> Believe it or not a Barbie doll fits Benjamin&#8217;s bill . . .<\/p>\n<p><center><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/rEZBg3shtuo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/center><center><a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=rEZBg3shtuo\">Narration and montage by Alan Cox.<\/a><\/center><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Walter Benjamin said, &#8216;There is no cultural document \/ That&#8217;s not at the same time a record of 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