February 2012
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“The sex drive of men is something we are all comfortable with in this country....”
– riese (via fuckyeahautostraddle)
wow i forgot about this essay
(via autostraddle)
this (also, more american names)
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Signs - spoilers
Directed by M. Night Shyamalan.
Spoiler images after the break.
Image credits:
Movie Mobsters.
Movies Pics.
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“What matters is not what you photograph, but why and how you photograph it. Even...”
– Andreas Feininger (via life)
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Nelson Mandela recovering well after "diagnostic... →
Nelson Mandela is reported to be in “good spirits” after undergoing a procedure to address abdominal pains he had been suffering from for years.
The statement from President Jacob Zuma’s office said: “The doctors are satisfied with his [Mr Mandela’s] condition, which they say is consistent with his age. “He was in good health before admission in hospital but...
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“The stain of racism and sexism, is not just for people of color or women, it’s...”
– Viola Davis (via beautiful-ambition)
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“We want from them deeds and actions, not more condemnations and promises.”
– Syrian protester Abdul Rahman reflects the frustration felt in Homs at the ongoing state violence in his city and around his country.
International intervention in Syria has stalled. Russia and China blocked the United Nations Security Council from intervention. Over 60 nations have gathered in...
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WatchJudith Butler explains ‘gender performativity’, a term that refers to the ways in which gender norms are established, policed and resisted. While her academic writing is dense, Butler has a wonderful and engaging way of talking. Below is the transcript.
Question: What does it mean that gender is performative? Judith Butler: It’s one thing to say that gender is performed and that is a...
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Deconstructing Academe: The birth of critical...
The Bourdieu tradition lives on…
Over the past two decades in the United States, there has been a new wave of criticism of higher education. Much of it has condemned the rise of “academic capitalism” and the corporatization of the university; a substantial wing has focused on the deteriorating conditions of academic labor; and some of it has pointed out the problems of...
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Key Works in Sociology
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“Andy: We’re throwing a Halloween party at our house. It’s going to...”
– Parks and Recreation.
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Facebook and Dave Dorman Want you to Know that...
Take heed societies: breasts are great to show off when they are sexualised. When they are used to feed babies then this is über disgusting. So says Facebook and comic book artist Dave Dorman.
Back in early January, comic author Dave Dorman spoke out against Fiona Staples’ illustration for the new Saga cover. Dorman says this drawing represented an inappropriate promotional poster for...
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“To be honest with you again, I think it’s the idea of male frontal nudity....”
– Michael Fassbender on doing full frontal nudity for the film Shame.
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The Plagiarist’s Tale →
Q. R. Markham (real name Quentin Rowan), the author of Assassin of Secrets, talks to Lizzie Widdicombe from The New Yorker about his compulsion to plagiarise. The article is fascinating: it covers the idea that plagiarism was an addiction for Rowan. (Widdicombe notes plagiarism actually doesn’t meet the psychological definition of addiction; it is classified as a compulsion). Rowan talks of how...
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