January 2010
75 posts
The Scribbler Art Toy →
Fascinated by this.
C: I wanna watch something...
R: With adults in it.
On Space Jam
R: I feel like this whole movie is a metaphor for the transatlantic slave trade.
C: . . . How?
R: You know they're protesting being forced into labor in a foreign land.
C: Except they get a chance to defend themselves.
R: I just feel like it has a really strong Middle Passage undertone.
C: This movie promotes steroid use.
R: No but it doesn't. It's all about self-esteem. He just makes them think they're taking steroids. Granted they still are all for taking them but he makes them see that they don't need steroids.
R: And the magic. . . they take their power. It's very colonial.
R: Look wait, he's in chains. He's in chains. Oh no wait, wrong side.
The Roman Army Knife: Or how the ingenuity of the... →
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Yeasayer - “Ambling Alp”
You must...
Putting Weird Things in Coffee →
A site that singlehandedly ruins my theory that two delicious things will be even more delicious when put together. I kind of want to try the cake one though.
{via The Daily What}
“The flashes of discord between the two branches might have been avoided had the...”
– “Supreme Court Gets Rare Rebuke, in Front of Nation”
Sign the Courage Campaign's Petition to End "Don't... →
Because it’s the right thing to do.
“This year, I will work with Congress and our military to finally repeal the law...”
– President Barack Obama, SOTU address.
(via thedailywhat)
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Badly translated origin myths
Tomorrow in East Asia Past and Present, we are apparently discussing Japanese history from the beginning of time to the 19th century. The reading for this lecture included the phrase “crunchingly crunched”. It’s been the best part of the class so far.
“Plenty of people who are otherwise sympathetic to the cause of animal rights —...”
– Article on Jezebel concerning PETA’s ad campaigns
My feelings exactly.
Today in History of the British Empire
Student: Can you discuss the relationship between the British and indigenous people?
Professor: Well it would depend on where. Do you mean in North America?
Student: Both.
The Extraordinaries: Haiti Earthquake Support →
abudak:
The group I worked with this summer, The Extraordinaries, is taking their ground-breaking micro-volunteering program and applying it to help in Haiti. Check out their Haiti Earthquake Support page, and see how you can use your mobile phone to help tag photos — allowing people around the world to track down their loved ones on the devastated island.
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“As the public’s horror at the devastation in Haiti eclipses, for the moment, the...”
– Philip Gourevitch for The New Yorker
