politics
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(T)werkin’ for the Weekend
In her book Working Girl: Selling Art and Selling Sex, Sophia Giovannitti writes: Of course, I can do wage labor, and I have, and I do. I have held many jobs; many are fine. But fine is not how life should be. I firmly believe that no one should have to work to live, that Continue reading
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Smash the Sets!!!
Whether you view him as a crank or a prophet, you have likely seen Marshall McLuhan cited ad nauseam in discussions of media and its effects on the mind. I was particularly taken with this set of quotes: McLuhan once said to his friend and colleague Tom Langan, while watching television, “Do you really want Continue reading
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Like Old Man Like Yells At Sky
In my more peevish moods, I give vent to my spleen. Years ago, I found that I could no longer listen to NPR for a simple reason: too many of the hosts sounded too inarticulate to be taken seriously as representatives of an organization belonging broadly to the intellectual logosphere of our country. As much Continue reading
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The Ivory Tower Gets a Trust Fund
At the beginning of his Vocation Lectures (issued by NYRB as Charisma and Disenchantment, Max Weber explains that under the German university system of the late 19th century, only the rich could realistically pursue academic careers. At the time, junior scholars with only one published book to their name rented out their services in a Continue reading
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