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Category Archives: popular culture
Subversion in Capitalism is hard, episode whatever
Saul Williams clearly tries to be a subversive voice, has lots of interesting things to say and makes interesting music. According to his website, I can order his new album: digitally from iTunes, a platform of a company that has … Continue reading
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Borgen is (relatively) realistic political TV
I’ve written my piece about “The West Wing” before but to recap: Everybody in the show is idealistic and has only the people’s best interest at heart – even the right-wing (Republican) opposition Realistic politics in the show are always … Continue reading
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Why does anyone think it a good idea to make fun of the oppressed?
Blizzard Entertainment releases April Fool’s related to their games, typically well thought-out and funny. This year, however, they succumbed to gamer’s disease and decided to publish something (“Artcraft—Remaking the Female Draenei”) that was racist, ableist, made fun of the poor, … Continue reading
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Everything I know about the world I learned from the NFL
That’s not exactly true but the NFL is a very nice sandbox to illustrate a bunch of social (including economic) issues. Playing in the NFL is a rather risky job – most players are subjected to harsh physical contact, and … Continue reading
Steubenville, “those poor boys”, and feeling sad for the consequences of actions
So, the rapist football players of Steubenville have been sentenced to not very harsh sentences (because they’re juvenile delinquents), and CNN went and illustrated everyday rape culture perfectly: Incredibly difficult, even for an outsider like me, to watch what happened … Continue reading
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Reality-based World View 