Archive for 'irony'
Muslim Community Liaison Resigns Over Alleged Ties to the Muslim Community
Recently I was listening to this episode of This American Life (Act Two, to be precise) and realized that the American Muslim community is experiencing a frightening witch hunt. In short, Masan Azbahi was an Obama campaign liaison to Chicago’s Muslim community until he was accused of being a terrorist. Why? Because he had once [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Islam, Media, This American Life, discrimination, irony, media bias, muslim, obama, objectification, religion, religious extremists, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists.
Tags: anti-semitism, chicago, dow jones, fundamentalist, imam, investment, ira glass, irony, Islam, jamal said, masan azbahi, muslim, obama, racism, radical islam, terror, terrorism, wall street journal. this american life, war on terror
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Celebrity Deathmatch: Feminists vs. A Sense of Humor
I totally dig jazz singer Nellie McKay, and especially her song “Mother of Pearl”, which combines the classic tempo of Broadway standards with some wonderfully ironic lyrics about feminism: “Feminists don’t have a sense of humor, feminists just want to be alone . . .” I don’t want to spoil it for you, so you [...]
Posted: January 5th, 2008 under Comedy, Nellie McKay, PETA, broadway, classic, doris day, feminism, feminist, humor, irony, jazz, mother of pearl, music, rap, sense of humor, singer, standard.
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"G.s Up, Hos Down, While You Muthafuckahs . . . Seek Gender and Racial Equality"
I just got back from NYC’s incarnation of the Rock the Bells Hip Hop Festival on Randall’s Island this weekend, where I was struck by the ways that the mainstream, commercial hip hop scene differs from the “underground” or “conscious” hip hop scene that I stood for hours in mud and pouring rain to dance [...]
Posted: July 31st, 2007 under A Girl Named You, ATLiens, Andre, Andre 3000, Atmosphere, Bag Lady, Benzi Box, Best Buy, Brooklyn Masala, Brother Ali, Brown Skin Lady, CunninLynguists, Cypress Hill, Dead Prez, Eminem, Erykah Badu, Forest Whitaker, G, Gin and Juice, Hey Ya, Immortal Technique, MF DOOM, Masta Ace, Mos Def, Outkast, Psalm One, Rage Against the Machine, Rhymesayers, Rjd2, Sage Francis, Snoop Dogg, Talib Kweli, The Light, agency, artist, audience, authenticity, bikini, bitch, black, blog, clitoral stimulation, clitoris, commercial, common, conscious, culture, cunnilingus, dance, dancer, exploitative, expression, fan, festival, fish and grits, future, gat, gender, go-go, heads down, hip hop, ho, hum, identity, independent, indie, individual, irony, island, label, love making, lovemaking, lover, mainstream, making love, marijuana, mass-produced, masturbation, men, message, mind sex, money, mother, motherfucker, mud, music, nigga, nonsense, objectification, pimp, polaroid, political, politics, produce, produced, prostitution, race, rain, randall, randall's, rap, rapper, rhyme, security, self acceptance, self-produced, sex, sincerity, sister, stereotype, stereotypes, sugar, talent, underground, women.
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Meta-Hipsters and the Effectiveness of Ironically Self-Mocking PopCulture
So, in between waiting for episodes of 30 Rock to download, I got to thinking. Why is it that I so love this TV show about a woman making TV shows, written, produced, directed, and starred in by a Tina Fey, a woman who makes TV shows? Is there perhaps something especially entertaining about entertainment [...]
Posted: June 17th, 2007 under 30 Rock, Andy Warhol, Comedy, El Chombo, El Mundo, Eminem, Macarron Chacarron, Magritte, Mia, Stick Figures on Crack, TV, Tina Fey, bloods, cartoon, clothing, consumer, cool, crack, cultural movement, culture, economics, entertainment, fashion, gang sign, hip, hipster, humor, irony, knife, meta, music video, old school, parody, pop culture, producer, psychology, reality, reality TV, retro, self-mocking, skinnycorp, slapstick, stereotype, stick figures, suburbia, subversion, t shirt, threadless, video game, violence, white kid, youtube.
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