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Thu Nov 8, 2007 5:02 PM EST
The abortion debate is the perfect example. On one side, mostly people who value life (the fact of it) above all else. I don't really get that position – in particular, why it doesn't imply casual sex in the hopes of conceiving as many lives as possible.
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This American Life and the Illusion of No Illusion
Seeded on Thu Nov 1, 2007 10:29 AM EDT (zeek.net)
It's a small, ironic price to pay, but a price nonetheless, that This American Life actually has contributors whose lives as famous or well accomplished people are worth documenting yet their show enforces the artifice that for one hour a week we're all just small-town Americ …
Alive and unchecked - a wave of anti-Jewish hate in British soccer
Seeded on Tue Oct 30, 2007 10:29 AM EDT (Guardian Unlimited)
The past few months have featured several high-profile recorded incidents of anti-Semitic abuse, alongside growing evidence from lower levels of the game.
I'm Objective, You're Biased
Seeded on Sat Oct 27, 2007 10:50 AM EDT ()
At the same time that the world around us seems overflowing with biased actors, we are often surprised, even offended, to have to defend our own judgments and decisions against the charge of bias – especially when we are certain that we have acted with the utmost integrity.
Wes Anderson's Darjeeling Limited, from a different perspective
Seeded on Mon Oct 22, 2007 1:15 PM EDT ()
Anderson takes the bold (for him) step of pushing his characters (literally) out of his little constructed world (the train) and into the real world (India).
The Trouble With Indie Rock; It's not just race. It's class.
Seeded on Sat Oct 20, 2007 4:20 PM EDT (Slate)
excerpt: "New Yorker pop critic Sasha Frere-Jones has often indicated boredom and annoyance with a lot of the critically acclaimed, music-blog, and/or NPR-approved "indie rock" of this decade.
Many Noose Incidents Reported Across US
Seeded on Wed Oct 17, 2007 10:39 AM EDT (The Las Vegas Sun)
"The noose is replacing the burning cross in the mind of much of the public as the leading symbol of the Klan," Potok said. Potok dismissed the idea that the placing of a noose could be interpreted as a joke, even among people born after the end of segregation.
Joan of Snark
Seeded on Mon Oct 1, 2007 1:45 PM EDT (heebmagazine.com)
Rivers decided to become an actress and, soon after that, a comedian. For a woman—particularly an educated woman from the upper-middle class—this was kind of like declaring that she was going into professional wrestling. "Standup is not a woman's field," Rivers says.
Three Essays
Seeded on Thu Sep 27, 2007 11:59 AM EDT (ubu.com)
The Death of the Author / Roland Barthes Style and the Rrepresentation of Historical Time / George Kubler The A esthetics of Silence / Susan Sontag After having just made reference to Barthes's ressurection of the author, I found this linked from thevalve.org.
on Joseph Massad's celebration of sexual repression and homophobia
Seeded on Mon Sep 24, 2007 4:53 PM EDT (engageonline.org.uk)
Massad is at his most sinister with the use of the term "Gay International" which is a grotesque parody of the world Jewish conspiracy. This is, however, the moment when he reveals himself, not as the opponent of orientalism but as its proponent.
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