Wednesday, March 24 2004
The Encroachment of the Public
As privacy fades, so do intimacy, personal safety, and self-esteem (mental health) and with them social cohesion.
Wednesday, March 10 2004
Married Gay Martians on Steroids
The always-predictable Republican campaign strategists know that even during a time of war and economic distress, there's nothing like a little gay bashing to divide the country.
Is Women’s Work Finally Done?
Britain is nonetheless witnessing the steady rise of a collection of youthful female challengers who might just catch the attention of American ears before the year is out.
Monday, March 1 2004
Queering the Mic
A hardcore advocate of free speech, Sawyer gives a close listen to hip-hop's homophobic spittin'.
What’s So Funny About Peace, Love and Understanding?
In a game, someone triumphs and somebody or something loses: we laugh with good reason at the absurdity of the Caucus-race in Alice's Adventures in Wonderland when the Dodo concludes that, 'Everybody has won, and all must have prizes.'
The Iowa Caucuses: American Democracy’s Naked Emperor
Politics and Culture/East and West -- The Iowa caucuses disenfranchise a person who, despite being politically active, would prefer to act -- that is 'vote'.
Wednesday, February 11 2004
Wickets and Missiles
The cultural flexibility for which South Asian cricket stands... is what will ultimately turn away the dark forces of the war-mongering, chauvinist nationalists.
The Case of the Disappearing Patient
Bloodwork -- As an 'empowered' medical consumer, your life depends on choosing the proper drug. Do you want to make the decision based on which of the Norman Rockwell images rendered in television advertisements is most appealing?
The Pathology of Love
Behavior changes are reminiscent of psychosis and, biochemically speaking, passionate love closely imitates substance abuse.
Wednesday, February 4 2004
G. Walker Bush, Texas Ranger
Disregard the 'windshield cowboy's' twangy tough talk, and remember the disturbing realities being perpetrated by the guy who's really in charge.
Reign of Doom: Iran’s Revolution Turns 25
25 years later, the Revolution in Iran still reverberates; sending shockwaves through the bones of the exiled.
Wednesday, January 28 2004
History 101
If the world continues heading in the disastrous direction it's adopted since the turn of the millennium, video game renderings of key world cities may be all our descendants have to go on as a guide to the recent past.
WhiteDotPop
Japan is so much more than simply a handful of groups characterized by crystal-clear definitions and cut-and-dried allegiances: male, female; 'enka', rock; wheat tea, Coca-Cola; 'kimono', blue jeans.
Media Mayhem in England
Those latterday Citizen Kanes -- continue to believe that a policy of chop and change, axe and launch, re-think, re-design and rally, is the best means to hold our attention.
Wednesday, January 21 2004
The Basic Dilemma of the Artist
We are prisoners in the universe of our emotions; our weapons of language are useless.
Wednesday, January 14 2004
America’s Japanese Cinema: Appropriating Japan’s Cachet of Cultural Cool
Japanese popular culture now exerts a significant economic (and, by extension, political) force on the world markets.
Above Disgrace: Nobel Laureate J.M. Coetzee
Are South African critics indeed displeased that Coetzee won, or is their kind of smarmy sensationalism going on, like a backhanded nod of national pride?
Wednesday, January 7 2004
A Literal-Lateral Conundrum
Then, at Christmas, I received my first video game . . . Suddenly I wasn't watching Harrison Ford act out Han Solo or playing with a tiny plastic doll of Han Solo: I was Han Solo.
By the Sound of Her Voice: Earning a Living as a Voice Artist
You don't have to dress up, watch your weight, or worry about that zit on your chin, and you get paid a great chunk of change.
Get Naked? Why Not Let It Be?
Has anyone the right to take an existing document and resurrect it in this manner?
