March 18, 2013
theatlantic: CNN’s Not the Only One Peddling Sympathy for the Steubenville Rapists The segment, in general, didn’t do CNN any favors. While they’re not necessarily rooting for the rapists, even the slightest bit of sympathy didn’t go over well, especially once it was lumped together with all of the outrageously offensive reactions of true Steubenville rapist sympathizers. Sarcastic example tweet: “The Steubenville story is all too familiar. Be responsible for your actions ladies before your drunken decisions ruin innocent lives.” Sincere example tweet: “So you got drunk at a party and two people take advantage of you,that’s not rape you’re just a loose drunk slut.” Of course, cases like the Steubenville rape trial can be polarizing, and we’ve long known how distorted some notions of justice can be.  Read more. [Image: CNN]

theatlantic:

CNN’s Not the Only One Peddling Sympathy for the Steubenville Rapists

The segment, in general, didn’t do CNN any favors. While they’re not necessarily rooting for the rapists, even the slightest bit of sympathy didn’t go over well, especially once it was lumped together with all of the outrageously offensive reactions of true Steubenville rapist sympathizers. Sarcastic example tweet: “The Steubenville story is all too familiar. Be responsible for your actions ladies before your drunken decisions ruin innocent lives.” Sincere example tweet: “So you got drunk at a party and two people take advantage of you,that’s not rape you’re just a loose drunk slut.” Of course, cases like the Steubenville rape trial can be polarizing, and we’ve long known how distorted some notions of justice can be. 

Read more. [Image: CNN]

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Filed under: news msm CNN Steubenville rape culture justice 
March 17, 2013
oupacademic: Oxford partners with the ALA and NEH to provide 50 free articles from Oxford Islamic Studies Online. As part of the American Library Association (ALA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, OUP is providing 50 articles from Oxford Islamic Studies Online free to the public through the “Muslim Journeys” website. We’re thrilled to share this content and to partner with the ALA and NEH as they offer resources “for exploring new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world”.   Read the 50 free Muslim Journeys articles.  Image: Jassim Mohammed/AP Photo via Oxford Islamic Studies Online 

oupacademic:

Oxford partners with the ALA and NEH to provide 50 free articles from Oxford Islamic Studies Online.

As part of the American Library Association (ALA) and National Endowment for the Humanities (NEH) Muslim Journeys Bookshelf, OUP is providing 50 articles from Oxford Islamic Studies Online free to the public through the “Muslim Journeys” website. We’re thrilled to share this content and to partner with the ALA and NEH as they offer resources “for exploring new and diverse perspectives on the people, places, histories, beliefs, and cultures of Muslims in the United States and around the world”.  

Read the 50 free Muslim Journeys articles. 

Image: Jassim Mohammed/AP Photo via Oxford Islamic Studies Online 

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Filed under: learn knowledge understanding Islam Oxford American Library Association ALA National Endowment for the Humanities NEH Muslim free articles long reads culture people places history histories beliefs 
March 4, 2013

Amanda Palmer: The art of asking (by TEDtalksDirector)

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Filed under: Amanda Palmer sharing music culture money income living asking TED copy culture copy organic 
February 25, 2013
parabola-magazine: If diversity is a source of wonder, its opposite - the ubiquitous condensation to some blandly amorphous and singulary generic modern culture that takes for granted an impoverished environment - is a source of dismay. There is, indeed, a fire burning over the earth, taking with it plants and animals, cultures, languages, ancient skills and visionary wisdom. Quelling this flame, and re-inventing the poetry of diversity is perhaps the most importent challenge of our times.―Wade Davis, The Wayfinders. Here is an extraordinary talk by Davis at TED: Ideas Worth Spreading. Photograph by Wade Davis from A Life Among the Shamans for National Geographic

parabola-magazine:

If diversity is a source of wonder, its opposite - the ubiquitous condensation to some blandly amorphous and singulary generic modern culture that takes for granted an impoverished environment - is a source of dismay. There is, indeed, a fire burning over the earth, taking with it plants and animals, cultures, languages, ancient skills and visionary wisdom. Quelling this flame, and re-inventing the poetry of diversity is perhaps the most importent challenge of our times.

―Wade Davis, The Wayfinders. Here is an extraordinary talk by Davis at TED: Ideas Worth Spreading.

Photograph by Wade Davis from A Life Among the Shamans for National Geographic

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Filed under: diversity difference life wonder generic modern culture environment wisdom poetry 
February 23, 2013

Harlem Reacts to ‘Harlem Shake’ Videos

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Filed under: Harlem Harlem Shake viral culture appropriation 
July 2, 2012

Glenn Greenwald talks about the pervasive nature of surveillance in America, its growth in recent decades and why it is critical for movements to subvert surveillance so they can be successful in organizing.

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Filed under: surveillance Glenn Greenwald America discpline security social movements culture politics organization privacy public state government police 
May 23, 2012
Book cover design for Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction; designed and photographed by David Pearson; found with this story on the fate of the paper book.

Book cover design for Walter Benjamin’s The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction; designed and photographed by David Pearson; found with this story on the fate of the paper book.

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Filed under: books Walter Benjamin The Work of Art in the Age of Mechanical Reproduction aura quality machine philsophy culture critical technology design