Recent Columns

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Thursday, September 4 2003

The Folly of Parenthood

By Sam Vaknin

Many (children) continue to live with their parents into their thirties and consume the family's savings in college tuition, sumptuous weddings, expensive divorces, and parasitic habits.

(more Artificial Intelligence)

Wednesday, August 27 2003

Making Prime Time Perfectly Queer

By Stephen Tropiano

The charm and fashion sense of the Fab Five also eludes some members and/or advocates of the gay community.

(more The Prime Time Closet)

Help Her, She’s Melting

By Colin Harvey

The truth is, Lara doesn't know who she is anymore, and neither does anyone else. Is she a film star, a role model, a video game avatar or all three?

(more Trivial Pursuit)

Wednesday, August 20 2003

Dancing with Nothing but Heart

By Robyn Sassen

Through their performance art they have dealt with the legislation of sodomy, addressed the smoking of marijuana, contemplated being trained to behave in the world by learning the 'tricks' that society expects, and confronted homophobia and anti-Semitism.

(more Just Another Day in Africa)

1-800-Call-Center: India as the World’s Receptionist

By Priya Lal

Many Indians are now merely perceived as better equipped to serve Western companies.

(more Bollywood from Beyond)

SMAP: The Story of Everything

By tjmHolden

It wouldn't be far-fetched to venture that SMAP is a cultural institution, a cottage industry, and a magical commodity that works tirelessly to beget more commodities.

(more ReDotPop)

Thursday, August 14 2003

Cleveland Heights, A City of Culture and Contrasts

By Simon Warner

. . . in the midst of difference -- wealth and education here, poverty and despair just over there -- Americans retain an essential respect for the symbols of the city, the physical pillars of the nation.

(more Anglo Visions)

Thursday, August 7 2003

The CEO-In-Chief

By David Sirota

George W. Bush brought his CEO ethic to the White House. And that's the problem.

(more Mixed Messages)

Catch Them If You Can

By Tara Taghizadeh

Why would someone who obviously has enough talent to be hired by a venerable institution feel the need to ruin themselves, and more importantly, shame the institution with which they are affiliated?

(more Global Graffiti)

Thursday, July 24 2003

The Myth of Mental Illness

By Sam Vaknin

Suicide, substance abuse, narcissism, eating disorders, antisocial ways, schizotypal symptoms, depression, even psychosis are considered sick by some cultures -- and utterly normative or advantageous in others.

(more Artificial Intelligence)

We Can Be Heroes

By Colin Harvey

As gamers we may be brave in the virtual world but maybe we're actually just running scared from reality.

(more Trivial Pursuit)

Crossing Borders, Writing Back: The Work of Arundhati Roy and Mahasweta Devi

By Priya Lal

Novelists across generations and national borders have had feet planted simultaneously in the worlds of fiction and non-fiction, creative writing and journalism.

(more Bollywood from Beyond)

Wednesday, July 16 2003

No Question: The Media Is Right

By David Sirota

Why are these and countless other distortions swallowed by the media and fed to the American public without question?

(more Mixed Messages)

Crouching Synagogue, Hidden Witness

By Robyn Sassen

I question the value of my presence there, as a white woman amongst young black people who historically shouldn't want to be near me or my kind.

(more Just Another Day in Africa)

Wednesday, July 9 2003

Justice, Peace, and Memory—From East Europe to Iraq

By Robert R. Thompson

Politics and Culture/East and West -- Justice, Peace, and Memory - From East Europe to Iraq -- This painfully constructed edifice of rights is honored more in the breach than in the observance.

(more Politics and Culture/East and West)

Skiffle and the English “Elvis”

By Simon Warner

Anglo Visions -- Skiffle and the English 'Elvis' -- Suffice it to say that without Donegan's 'Rock Island Line', it is highly unlikely that the greatest band of all would ever have emerged.

(more Anglo Visions)

Wednesday, July 2 2003

Play for Today

By Colin Harvey

The question as to whether games are stories or stories are games is important, because it goes to the root of what video games have been, are, and are going to be . . .

(more Trivial Pursuit)

Just War or a Just War

By Sam Vaknin

What is legal is not always moral and what is legitimate is not invariably legal.

(more Artificial Intelligence)

Thursday, June 26 2003

The Animatrix and Anime’s Burgeoning Influence

By Brian Ruh

While the slogan of anime distributor Central Park Media of 'World peace through shared popular culture' is probably overly optimistic, collaborations on films such as 'The Animatrix' are indicative of a maturation of both animation itself and the general public's perceptions of such a medium.

(more From Here to Shinjuku)

From the Harvest Festival to HOVA—Bhangra Meets Hip-Hop

By Priya Lal

Bhangra enters the American popular consciousness . . . and a new hip-hop anthem is born.

(more Bollywood from Beyond)

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