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Still from Nathaniel Dorsky’s August and After. (source)

Fri, 11 May 2012 10:44:30 -0400

Still from Nathaniel Dorsky’s August and After. (source)

"By the way, do you know how General Schwarzkopf, the great Gulf War strategist, celebrated his..."

Wed, 09 May 2012 11:08:56 -0400

“By the way, do you know how General Schwarzkopf, the great Gulf War strategist, celebrated...

areasofmyexpertise: Goodbye, Maurice, id of children,...

Tue, 08 May 2012 13:16:17 -0400

areasofmyexpertise:

Goodbye, Maurice, id of children, uncompromisingly beautiful, strange, mean, sweet, deep, dark, and true.

Via “N222011,” this is from “Tell Them Anything You Want,” a beautiful film by Lance Bangs and Spike Jonze.

(Double-heart-rendingly, it was and is distributed by Adam Yauch’s company Oscilloscope.)

That is all.

theatlantic: “This is how Maurice Sendak sometimes sent his...

Tue, 08 May 2012 09:51:38 -0400

theatlantic:

“This is how Maurice Sendak sometimes sent his letters. Just imagine getting one.” (via Letters Of Note)

youranonnews: Know the feeling?

Sun, 06 May 2012 15:10:20 -0400

youranonnews:

Know the feeling?

sufjansfriends: Sufjan, Shara and Unknown (Vito?) 100% Vito.

Sun, 06 May 2012 09:33:04 -0400

sufjansfriends:

Sufjan, Shara and Unknown (Vito?)

100% Vito.

I’m wrestling with my opinion of this documentary, which...

Sat, 05 May 2012 20:54:00 -0400

I’m wrestling with my opinion of this documentary, which was obviously brilliant in form but possibly conventional in its perspective of war. I initially interpreted it as subversive, but am reading more about the weaknesses of the content. Here’s an excerpt from Dave Saunders’ Documentary:

“It is a war film, nominally about a specific war, yet it also uses the general trope of war, filtered through shock-and-awe visuals, as a vivid backdrop for its creator’s driving preoccupations - which, together with the artwork’s heady brew, arguably fail to contribute to the historical record, whilst ironically serving to diffuse the savageness of the revenge killings: ‘What comfort is it to the relatives of the Sabra and Shatila victims,’ writes Anthony Lane, ‘that a few conscripts who stood by and did nothing are now free to articulate, and even to lyricise, their internal pain?’ (in Hudson 2008: 1).” (170)

It did seem insufficient to dramatize a genocide without any care to represent the Palestinians’ perspective (it only shows them as anonymous victims in shockingly emotional moments), but I found Folman’s admission to playing the “role of the Nazi,” to be quite profound self-criticism. Either way, I still think the film is “important” in some way (still deciding exactly how) and is definitely worth seeing.

"Clearly, witnessing and mobilization can do good, but they work best when they take seriously the..."

Sat, 05 May 2012 18:30:00 -0400

“Clearly, witnessing and mobilization can do good, but they work best when they take seriously...

feministryangosling: ETA: If you find yourself questioning MCAs...

Sat, 05 May 2012 09:13:45 -0400

feministryangosling:

ETA: If you find yourself questioning MCAs feminist or philanthropic credentials, you may want to click here, here, here or here.

I can’t think of anything more awesome. #maddow...

Thu, 03 May 2012 11:18:42 -0400

I can’t think of anything more awesome. #maddow #dowagercountess

animalstalkinginallcaps: WAIT A MINUTE. IT SAYS HERE WE NEED TO...

Tue, 01 May 2012 15:18:35 -0400

animalstalkinginallcaps:

WAIT A MINUTE. IT SAYS HERE WE NEED TO REDEFINE PATRIARCHY CATEGORICALLY TO ALLOW ANALYSIS OF MULTIPLICATIVE INTERSECTIONAL DOMINATION STRUCTURES FOCUSED AROUND (AND POSSIBLY FILTERED THROUGH) NODAL POINTS OF SUBJECTIVE PRIVILEGE, ALLOWING US TO UNDERSTAND AND HOPEFULLY INVERT MYRIAD HEIRARCHIES OF SYSTEMICALLY INSTITUTIONALIZED AND INTERNALIZED OPPRESSION.

Sounds lame.

I BELIEVE THAT’S A NODE OF ABLEISM.

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Fri, 27 Apr 2012 15:39:15 -0400

Audio

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 23:28:30 -0400

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Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:57:00 -0400

Rod Serling is currently my #1 inspiration.

Tue, 10 Apr 2012 09:38:27 -0400

Rod Serling is currently my #1 inspiration.

Ridiculously Photogenic Guy — 9.8 “Best New...

Fri, 06 Apr 2012 16:12:39 -0400

Ridiculously Photogenic Guy — 9.8 “Best New Meme”

Hey everyone! Terrible Good news! The Kony 2012 video we thought...

Thu, 05 Apr 2012 12:18:00 -0400

Hey everyone! ~~Terrible~~ Good news! The Kony 2012 video we thought was long dead, after the organization was widely discredited and military intervention pied piper Jason Russell lost his position as media maven, has RISEN AGAIN.

I guess this sequel (with a laughably Hollywood title), is supposed to serve as a response to criticisms of the original?, but Invisible Children is even FARTHER up their own you-know-what than we even knew. Apparently they are incapable of making a single video that doesn’t underscore their pleas for recognition as The World’s Greatest NGO with teary American teenagers and dramatic music.

Ok, I do acknowledge there are some improvements with representation of East Africans in this sequel (namely, that they are represented at all).

BUT

My biggest issue with the campaign is their blind support for the governments which they believe are the main solution to capturing Joseph Kony (which is a glamorous, distracting goal that draws attention away from more deserving, complex development goals). This video even more explicitly states we must strengthen the African Union (here’s where I would cite my criticisms of the African Union if I didn’t have a life to live) and the governments of the countries affected. Just what the world needs…MORE financial and military support for dictatorships in sub-Saharan Africa!

Here’s my post on the original Kony 2012 video, which is has more detailed criticism.

Big fail, zombie #Kony2012 video.

Femolution: The Chicks That Changed Alternative Music

Tue, 03 Apr 2012 17:34:40 -0400

Femolution: The Chicks That Changed Alternative Music: insymmetry: These are just some of the many...

The Boys.

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 19:39:31 -0400

The Boys.

"Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do creative..."

Fri, 30 Mar 2012 14:24:32 -0400

“Nobody tells this to people who are beginners, I wish someone told me. All of us who do...