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Are You Not Entertained?
2+ mon, 4+ week ago (1413+ words) Posted by A_Friend at 08:32 PM | 47 COMMENTS | permalink | Comment on This Entry | It's about the fall of Rome, and that of America. The decline of Rome didn't begin when the Goths crossed the frontier or rival nations nibbled the edges of the…...
Technical Difficulties: How Social Media Is Impacting the Landscape of Misinformation About Reproductive Health
10+ mon, 4+ week ago (562+ words) There’s a lot of unreliable information circulating about birth control. Today, political attacks and misinformation about birth control are ramping up. Proliferation of false, negative information about “hormonal” birth control from TikTok videos and social media influencers correlates with a…...
Empire of Slop: Mass Entertainment Has Never Been Worse
6+ mon, 4+ hour ago (304+ words) speaking, our technical capacity to render fantasy entertainment on a grand scale dwarfs that of previous generations,...otherwise) available to major developers and entertainment companies. Never in the whole of human history...paradoxically living through an era where much of…...
No Kings And The Lure Of Spectacle
10+ mon, 3+ week ago (348+ words) Many years ago the late Glen Ford, then the Black Agenda Report executive editor, related his experience with the One Million Man March, which took place on October 16, 1995, in Washington, DC. It was organized by Minister Louis Farrakhan of the Nation…...
Restricted Access: Why ‘Fun’ Spaces Remain Out Of Reach For Women In India?
9+ mon, 3+ week ago (427+ words) Beyond the obvious rhetoric of the question, I have found myself pondering over this time and again. Spurred on by a recent experience, ‘fun’ as a woman in India became a topic of reflection. It makes me wonder, in a…...
Oxford Dictionary's 'word of the year' explains all you need to know about Trump
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (614+ words) The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary has named “rage bait” its phrase of the year. Call it the monetization of rage. Rage has become a valuable commodity. (Always follow the money.) A growing number of online creators are making…...
The State of the Game Show
6+ mon, 2+ week ago (760+ words) In this week’s Elie v. US, our justice correspondent explores how Trump’s State of the Union turned authoritarian violence into a titillating event. Plus Kansas’s vile ban on driving-while-trans and XBox’s depressing AI turn. It turns out that the only…...
Is he asking questions fit for his age?: Kasthuri backs Gouri Kishan, calls out toxic media culture
10+ mon, 5+ day ago (441+ words) Actor-turned-politician Kasthuri has staunchly defended Gouri Kishan after the younger actor was recently questioned about her weight, launching a blistering attack on the journalist responsible and demanding public accountability for what she termed “obscene questions”. During an interview on Thanthi…...
Curbing Our Enthusiasm
11+ mon, 3+ week ago (312+ words) When cities fail to maintain their sidewalks, they create major accessibility issues for disabled people like me. Nick-Philly (CC BY-SA 4.0) A curb ramp in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. When I heard that four disabled residents of the Chicago area filed a lawsuit…...
Oxford's 'word of the year' explains all you need to know about Trump — and the media
9+ mon, 1+ week ago (691+ words) The publisher of the Oxford English Dictionary has named “rage bait” its phrase of the year. Call it the monetization of rage. Rage has become a valuable commodity. (Always follow the money.) A growing number of online creators are making…...