Pornography and the End of Masculinity |
Pornography and the End of MasculinityBy Don Hazen, AlterNetIn his new book, Robert Jensen forces the reader to face the music about the effects of a porn industry gone gonzo and the need to reassess ...
Posted by JOE BALL on Thu, 04 Oct 2007 12:19:00 PST |
The Way We Eat Now |
Ancient bodies collide with modern technology to produce a flabby, disease-ridden populace.by Craig Lambert (Harvard Magazine May-June 2004)Last year, Morgan Spurlock decided to eat all his meals at M...
Posted by JOE BALL on Tue, 21 Aug 2007 12:52:00 PST |
LA Times religious reporter loses faith |
A reporter looks at how the stories he covered affected him and his spiritual journey.By William Lobdell, Times Staff WriterJuly 21, 2007 WHEN Times editors assigned me to the religion beat, I believ...
Posted by JOE BALL on Thu, 16 Aug 2007 04:56:00 PST |
HOWTO smuggle liquids onto an airplane- "Undressing at Airport Security" |
HOWTO smuggle liquids onto an airplaneJohn Hargrave has discovered the secret to getting your deadly liquids onto an airplane, even if they're in bottles larger than 3 oz (the vessel size at which all...
Posted by JOE BALL on Tue, 10 Jul 2007 01:55:00 PST |
Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace |
by danah boydJune 24, 2007Citation: boyd, danah. 2007. "Viewing American class divisions through Facebook and MySpace ." Apophenia Blog Essay. June 24 . http://www.danah.org/papers/essays/ClassDivisio...
Posted by JOE BALL on Mon, 25 Jun 2007 12:20:00 PST |
Why we should mourn the death of the music cassette |
Why we should mourn the death of the music cassetteBy RAY CONNOLLYWe've all got them. They lurk clogged with dust, either in the backs of cupboards and drawers or stored under our beds in battered col...
Posted by JOE BALL on Wed, 09 May 2007 11:44:00 PST |
Are you a Hip Hop apologist? |
ARE YOU A HIP HOP APOLOGIST?from [email protected] PARIS/Guerrilla Funk RecordingsSince the Imus controversy recently erupted there has been a lot of finger-pointing and blame-plac...
Posted by JOE BALL on Thu, 19 Apr 2007 12:39:00 PST |
The Ecstasy of Influence: A plagiarism by Jonathan Lethem |
All mankind is of one author, and is one volume; when one man dies, one chapter is not torn out of the book, but translated into a better language; and every chapter must be so translated. . . . John...
Posted by JOE BALL on Thu, 01 Feb 2007 07:56:00 PST |
Biography of Kuwasi Balagoon, Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchist |
Biography of Kuwasi Balagoon, Revolutionary New Afrikan Anarchist by --Kazembe BalagunKuwasi Balagoon (1946-1986)Yesterday would've actually been Kuwasi's 60th birthday but, then again, Kuwasi took th...
Posted by JOE BALL on Sun, 21 Jan 2007 03:36:00 PST |
The Life of a SHAC 7 Convict |
Some of the SHAC 7 are on my friends list. They are a group ofvegan animal rights activists sentenced to terms in federalprisons for their views.Below is a letter from SHAC 7 prisoner Kevin Kjonaas. K...
Posted by JOE BALL on Fri, 12 Jan 2007 02:19:00 PST |
