Seems like an obvious statement. In the eighties we would have said “no duh!” Yet, the fact is, most cultures–ours included–have created structures that serve to alienate, denigrate, punish, contain, stultify, objectify, and just plain use women. Media helps propagate these structures. Sometimes it can bring attention to those structures, and to the injustices women …
This film is haunting, creepy, beautifully made, and says so much about how beauty is created within the mind of the beholder. There is a short interview with the director, Andy Huang on the 7th Annual San Diego Asian Film Festival’s site, Technorati Tags: animation, feminism, film, science fiction
No, really.From Daily Kos: RIAA has secured the right to collect royalties on all songs regardless of who controls the copyright. RIAA operates under the assumption that they will collect the royalties for the “sound recording copyright” and that the artists who own their own copyright will go to SoundExchange to collect at a later …
The rumor is that they only send out this survey to those they know–or at least suspect–will answer it in exactly the way that they want it answered. I think it is fair to let as many people know about the survey so that their “results” will reflect as many viewpoints as possible. Please follow …
Feministing posts about a Georgia High School and this year being the first desegregated prom. Yes, this year. Link Alternet has a story about how the Bush Administration is working to privatize our water supplies. Great, a requirement of life in the hands of multi-national corporations, what a great idea that is. Link Contrary to …
I have chosen to boycott Starbucks. Why you ask? Not for any social or political reasons, but for aesthetic reasons. Let me explain: Several weeks ago, I was in the Starbucks at the corner of 56th & 7th and I was waiting for my medium mocha with an extra shot of espresso and no whipped …
I came to this blog topic through the Feministing website, and after reading Jill’s story as well as glancing through some of the threads on AutoAdmit, I find myself interested in raising a few points about masculinity and its fragility as a psychological construct. This is not an attempt to displace the conversation–Masculinity Studies does …
From TomPaine.com: Immoral Lack Of Care Casey Aden-Wansbury March 02, 2007 Casey Aden-Wansbury is the Director of Communications at the Children’s Defense Fund . . . . Health coverage can be provided to every child in America in 2007. The funding necessary to expand coverage to all children and pregnant women would be …
I just came across this great YouTube video by Iconoclashing that illustrates some of Donna Haraway’s “A Cyborg Manifesto.” I wonder if it’s the only music video for an academic essay? Check it out:
I have never played Second Life, and have not had any real desire to do so. After this article, I have even less incentive . . . My adventures in Second Life02/19/07 by toothpaste . . . My character came pre-loaded as a “cybergoth”. Most people I saw in the game, jerkily wandering around, also …