Archive for August, 2008
Speak To Me: David Brooks' Speech to the Delegates
My fellow Americans, it is an honor to address the Democratic National Convention at this defining moment in history. We stand at a crossroads at a pivot point, near a fork in the road on the edge of a precipice in the midst of the most consequential election since last year’s “American Idol.” One path [...]
Posted: August 30th, 2008 under America, American, God, John McCain, M&Ms, Senator, acropolis, american dream, american idol, americans, anteater, ants, barack, biden, boulder, bushmccain, candidate, candidates, coca-cola, coke, coke zero, colony of ants, colorado, crocs, democracy, democrat, democratic, democratic national convention, denver, dnc, election, elizabeth edwards, god bless america, hillary, hillary clinton, human race, joe biden, john edwards, michelle obama, middle class, natural gas, obama, party, patton's army, political, politician, politicians, politics, presidency, president, president bush, presidential, presidential candidate, presidential debate, republican, starbuck's coffee, taxi, wolf blitzer.
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Take Some Theory and Call Me in the Morning: Obama vs. Foucault
There’s something fishy going on. Tonight, at dinner, through a mouthful of fried fish, my host brother Julio Cesar said that he was surprised that a Black man had gotten so far in elections in the United States. Julio tried to throw it off casually, but the remark perfectly captures what I think is one [...]
Posted: August 27th, 2008 under Foucault, american dream, american history, obama, power, power structure, repression, the man, theory.
Tags: american dream, barack obama, black, black people, change, civil rights movement, colombia, dnc, Foucault, history of sexuality, michel foucault, michelle obama, obama, politics, power, power structure, president of the united states, presidential election, repression, the man, the people, theory, transgression, victory
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Faux News: Conservative Media Spin vs. Obama's Rick-Roll
Welp, bro-hemes, it’s no news to most of us that Faux News is not all it’s cracked up to be – for instance, a Google image search for ‘faux news’ turns up a lot of interesting variations on this graphic. Yet at the same time, a newer report on Faux’s antics sees its standard of [...]
Posted: August 15th, 2008 under 80's, Fox News, Media, ellen, media attention, media bias, obama, politician, politics.
Tags: 1987, 80's music, barack obama, bias, bro-hemes, brohemian rhapsody, charlie reina, conservative, ellen degeneres, faux news, Fox News, John McCain, jon stewart, media bias, medical history, never going to give you up, rick astley, rick-roll, the daily show
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I'll Be Postfeminist in the Postpatriarchy: A Bumper Sticker Dissection
I was recently driving around my city (and by recently, i mean two weeks ago, since I’m currently stationed in Colombia, South America, in a city that’s anything but my own) and I saw one of those cars plastered with bumper stickers- coexist, hug a tree, my other car is a broomstick, that sort of [...]
Posted: August 12th, 2008 under Female Sexuality, Manhater, black panther party, black power, femininity, feminism, feminist, hate, heteronormativity, heterosexual, historical, history, homophobia, homosexual, homosexuality, internalized oppression, manhating, obama, oppression, patriarchy, politician, politics, postfeminism, postfeminist, postpatriarchy, sex, sex positivity, sexual inequality, sexual orientation, sexual pleasure, sexuality, sexy, u.s. government, womanhood.
Tags: assasination, black panthers, black power, boomers, bra burning, bumper sticker, candidate, Civil Rights, conspiracy, feminism, gender, gender conflict, Gloria Steinham, hate, heterosexual, history, homophobia, homosexual, hypocrisy, internalized oppression, interview, Manhater, Misogyny, movement, obama, patriarchy, politics, pop culture, postfeminism, postpatriarchy, sexual orientation, sexuality, u.s. government, wonder woman
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