{"id":4890,"date":"2013-09-04T13:14:00","date_gmt":"2013-09-04T13:14:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/?p=4890"},"modified":"2026-06-04T13:15:33","modified_gmt":"2026-06-04T13:15:33","slug":"broken-x","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.shardcore.org\/spx\/2013\/09\/04\/broken-x\/","title":{"rendered":"Broken X"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"BROKEN X   New Sublime 2013\" width=\"640\" height=\"360\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/WXTm6JWvYzU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThere is a crisis of masculinity in Britain because of the pressures rapid economic and social change have placed on masculine identity. Like the film Fight Club \u2013 the first rule of being a man in modern Britain is that you\u2019re not allowed to talk about it\u201d \u2013 Diane Abbott MP<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cBroken X\u201d is a digital therapist. The title is derived from the radical feminist notion that the male Y chromosome is best described as a broken X chromosome, and that the male brain is a female brain that has been damaged at various times throughout development by testosterone.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The installation is for adult male members of the public to engage with individually and in isolation. 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