February 2012
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The Matrix and Fanaticism
The Matrix, first film
The Matrix is treated, by its audience, as a film that reveals the reality behind the illusion. However, the film, and the series as a whole, frequently reveals the insecurity of reality. In this way the film alters the identity of the hero, Neo, not as a superman but as a child. Within the film we see that Neo’s power exists solely in the Matrix, outside he is quite...
December 2011
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The First Decade of the 21st Century
As we close out the year 2011, I can’t help but think of how changes eras and decades are hardly demarcated by easily defined base-ten markings. For example, the Clinton era and grunge music seems to demarcate the 90s, despite two years of the 90s already existing. Even in viewing larger historical consequences, Americans are taught that with the end of World War II, the 1950s began. Of...
November 2011
4 posts
Worst Shows On Television: Terra Nova
The first thing one notices when watching Terra Nova is that it immediately doesn’t live up to the awesome concept it’s based on:
The earth is so thoroughly ecologically destroyed the only hope for humanity is to travel back in time and start over again before humanity even exists.
The show suffers from a similar problem that V faced; the events are so extraordinary but the...
Is Capitalism Corrupt?
The very idea doesn’t seem to be one often contemplated and as OWS enters into a rather unseasonable November, I think it is worth noting how capitalism creates and accepts corruption. As Merriam-Webster defines corruption as the inducement to wrong by improper or unlawful means, the definition shows, there is a stimulation toward the action of corruption. In a society that abides by the...
November at OWS
As Occupy Wall Street continues into the month of November, a lot has changed since I first visited OWS about a month ago. The site of the protests is clearly more “hunkered” down than my initial visits. Yes the site is now about 50% tents while the food area, the media center, and the library have a much more defined area and structure. The debates, conversations, and open workshops...
October 2011
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Getting Axed: Deodorant, the Male Gaze, and...
Another video that shows the humor of heterosexuality. The uncontrollable nature of how men respond to women, especially in the face of desire. Axe has a long history of displaying some form of objectification. Either insatiable women or in this case, men who are unable to control their own bodies. Here replacing the common conception of the uncontrollable penis for the uncontrollable arm pit.
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Occupy Wall Street Observed
Although it has been far too long since I’ve updated this website thoroughly —mainly due to moving, grad school applications, internship applications, and all sorts of related things—I did want to relay my personal feelings having attended Occupy Wall Street half-a-dozen times.
To be honest, to call the people of Occupy Wall Street “an angry mob” or any other...
Disney Masculinity →
God Has a Challenger →
Masturbation and “Social Hygiene” in 1922 →
Protect Life Act →
The Amazing Disappearing Cheerleading Outfit →
CLASSIC: Not Now, Scotty! →
Tumblr →
Remember the Owl →
notice! (funny sign at the powerhouse arts complex... →
Toy Photography WIN →
Tumblr →
Window Art WIN →
Debbie Harry & Andy Warhol →
Michele Bachmann honored by Bad Lip Reading →
1.jpg 620×898 pixels →
God bless Texas →
Etsy Transaction - Woody Allen - Print →
Contraption WIN →
9gag: Dog is ok guys! →
Soda Can Sized Puppies →
via http://mrwhaite.tumblr.com/ →
Babyboom, Brecht Vandenbroucke, 2011, illustration →
Photo →
Jean Shrimpton, Harper’s Bazaar, April 1965 →
Recreation WIN →
World Record Balloon Sculpture WIN →
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I MUST GO, →
Pop Culture Fantasy Map WIN →
Where He Goes to Clear His Troubled Mind →
Tony Buckland | Allan Peters' Blog →
Upton Sinclair: The Jungle
Reader Submission:... →
YIMMY'S YAYO™ →
iainclaridge.net →
Oblique aerial view of secondary steam fumarole... →
i can read →
Obscure Internet Reference →
Ben & Jerry’s announces Occupy Wall Street... →
Abe Lincoln Ghostbuster.
I made this for one of my... →
Hacked IRL: Chocolate Frosted Sugar Bombs →
Dr. Seuss Lovecraft WIN →
Lego Ninja WIN →