Archive for 'pop culture'
Flarf You, Ethnic Slurs: "Corrosive, Cute, or Cloying Awfulness."
According to Micheal Magee, “Poems are, like, total bullshit unless they are/squid or popsicles or deer piled/on elk in the trunk of David Hasselhoff’s/cutlass Sierra.” That’s pretty much the spirit of the first poetry movement of the 21st century: semi-dadist riffing with Googleian specifics. It’s an interesting metaphor for modern consciousness– globalization has brought the [...]
Posted: May 18th, 2009 under agency, art, feminist, globalization, identity, identity politics, insult, poetry, politically correct, politics, pop culture, popular culture, postmodern, repression, slur.
Tags: agency, apathy, art, avant garde, Baudelaire, consciousness, contemporary, cracker, cutlass sierra, dadism, david hasselhoff, deer, elk, ethnic, Ezra Pound, flarf, globalization, google, googleian, identity politics, information age, john ashbery, kike, making it new, micheal magee, movement, offense, podcast, poems, poetry, poetry foundation, poetry off the shelf, popsicles, postmodern, reclamation, repression, slur, squid, trunk, walt whitman, whatever
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'It's Not Rape if She Blinks Twice for Yes' and Other Phallacies of Rape Culture
The New York Times recently reported that yet another rapist is being let off of the hook – as the majority are. Nearly 95% of men standing trial for rape in the United States and the United Kingdom are cleared of all charges, which is a shocking number considering the social, personal and political consequences [...]
Posted: May 11th, 2008 under Attack, Female Sexuality, Misogyny, Research, Sex Roles, alcohol, chauvinism, chauvinist, consent, constitution, constitutional, court, cultural bias, cultural criticism, culture, definitions, degradation, democracy, discrimination, disempowerment, disrespect, domestic violence, equality, exploitation, exploitative, feminine, femininity, feminism, feminist, feminist theory, feminists, fuck, fucking, gang rape, gender, gender culture, gender disparity, gender dynamics, gender equality, gender power, gender role, gender roles, gender socialization, gender theory, gender violence, genitalia, genitals, government, human dignity, human rights, humanism, humanist, humanity, identity politics, inequality, injury, injustice, institution, intercourse, international women's day, justice, legal, legal definition, male perspective, male sexuality, maleness, males, masculine systems, men, misogynisitic, misogynist, misogynistic, misogynists, morality, object, objectification, objectification of women, partner abuse, partner violence, physical power, pop culture, popular culture, power, power dynamic, power structure, propaganda, punishable offense, rape, rape case, rape culture, rape trial, rape victim, rapist, rapper, respect, science, science and gender, self image, self-esteem, sex, sex object, sex partner, sex research, sexism, sexist, sexual abuse, sexual activity, sexual advance, sexual assault, sexual difference, sexual exploitation, sexual inequality, sexual morality, sexual morals, sexual relations, sexual subordination, sexual violence, sexuality, social class, social inequality, socialization, society, survivor, vagina, violation, violence, violence against women, women, women's health, women's liberation, women's rights, women's studies.
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Bolivia and Women as Vessels of Cultural Authenticity
Tonight, my flight leaves for Bolivia at 8:30. I´m excited for the visit because my money will go farther there, and because it will be the first country that I´ve ever been to which has a thriving indigenous culture. It´s a culture that I don´t know much about, so I´ve been trying to do some [...]
Posted: July 8th, 2007 under 18th century, Aramayá, Barbie, Bolivia, Bolivian, Female Sexuality, La Paz, Miss Bolivia, Quillacollo, Robert Albro, Western, anthropology, bourgeoisie, chola, cholita, colonialism, culture, designer jeans, dress, empire, empowerment, fashion, femininity, gender, globalization, historical actor, identity, image, indigenous culture, market seller, objectification, oppression, politics, pop culture, popular woman, resistance, root metaphor, spanish king, standard of beauty, traditional dress, viceroy toledo, woman.
Tags: Aymara
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Let's Talk About . . . Euphemisms
Right. So recently, my eighteen-year old little brother left home on his first major excursion without adult supervision. I was talking about this trip with my momma, and she asked me if I would be willing to give my bro the sex talk and drop him some condoms. Of course, I was totally cool with [...]
Posted: June 27th, 2007 under 30 Rock, Girls Gone Wild, Penn State, Self Objectification, Tina Fey, bimbo, birth control, bodies, catcall, college, condom, feminism, harrassment, menstruation, naked, objectification, period, pop culture, religion, secretary, sex, sex education, sex positive, sex positivity, sexual harrassment, sexuality, shame, sleaze, stereotype, the sex talk, womanhood.
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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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Price of Freedom:Heteronormativity & Human Blood, $399 and up
I keep seeing this bumper sticker everywhere that says “Freedom isn’t free.” I would paste it here, but if you’ve been in the U.S. recently in the daytime and you have decent vision or corrective lenses, you’ve probably seen it, too. The idea that freedom has to be bought, or that the possession of symbolic [...]
Posted: June 5th, 2007 under Blood Diamond, Cameron Diaz, Che Guevara, DeBeers, Debra Messing, Female Sexuality, Gentlemen Prefer Blondes, Gloria Steinham, In Style, Interrobang, Jane Russell, Jesus, Marie Claire, Marilyn Monroe, Pond's, Sarah Jessica Parker, Satanic, Sierra Leone, USA Network, Vogue, advertising, advertising copy, agency, bling, camp, capitalism, cocktail ring, confidence, conflict diamond, death, diamond ring, diamonds are a girl's best friend, empowerment, engagement ring, fad, family, fashion, femininity, financial independence, free, freedom, gay marriage, heteronormative, heteronormativity, homophobia, homosexuality, human dignity, ideological reproduction, jewelry, marketing, murder, mutilation, pop culture, poverty, power, psychographics, psychology, right hand diamond ring, right-handed, self, self image, slaves, status, symbolism, synthetic diamond, trend, violence, war.
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Monsters, Watch Your Butts
While browsing mollyringwaldblues, I came upon this gem. Enjoy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBf6QFeEHU4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmollyringwaldblues%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F] This video caught my attention because it is an example of a behavior that I don’t see often in American popular culture. The portrayal of real agency of this type in a three year old girl is funny to us (and to the off-camera interviewer, [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2007 under Attack, This American Life, agency, baby, feminism, kick ass, kicking ass, kid logic, monster, nice, parenting, pop culture, self image, three year old, toddler, violence, violence against women.
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