{"id":7225,"date":"2009-09-10T22:10:47","date_gmt":"2009-09-10T22:10:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/rb-rb-le-relati\/"},"modified":"2009-09-10T22:10:47","modified_gmt":"2009-09-10T22:10:47","slug":"rb-rb-le-relati","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.earthwidemoth.com\/blog\/2009\/09\/10\/rb-rb-le-relati\/","title":{"rendered":"Reorientation"},"content":{"rendered":"<span class=\"span-reading-time rt-reading-time\" style=\"display: block;\"><span class=\"rt-label rt-prefix\">\u23f3 Approximate reading time: <\/span> <span class=\"rt-time\"> &lt; 1<\/span> <span class=\"rt-label rt-postfix\">min<\/span><\/span><p>This was a jam-packed week (local travel, semester buildup, <em>starts<\/em>), so I neglected to celebrate properly the Barthes of September. Barthes of September is my own semi-forgettable holiday, Sept. 7, a day when in years past I have posted something or other from Roland Barthes. 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