Weather
...may all do it, but we almost always wish we were talking about something else. Conversation about the weather is supposed to reflect an alienated lack of common subject matter:...
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...oldschool social-networking site Makeoutclub.com, which had the virtue of not being explicitly dating-oriented. On that site, sexual tension was high because ambiguity lived: Other people’s intentions were never foreordained. Show...
Blogging the Caine, 2013
...essay on the Monday of each week, and doing a week-in-review post on Saturday, both at the New Inquiry. If you’d like to participate, email me at [email protected] or join...
Fat and Happy—and Loved
...works on her blog and on her Twitter, @EmilyTimbol. She can also be reached by email, at [email protected] ____________________________ One of the stupidest quotes I’ve ever heard is, “Nothing tastes...
Coming & Crying
...An interesting project to be aware of: Coming & Crying. Coming & Crying is an effort by Melissa Gira Grant and Meaghan O’Connell to publish a new book...
Beauty Blogosphere 5.25.12
...it's being treated as something with potential instead of something already available. The singularity just may be cosmetized. Bad girls go everywhere: xoJane.com beauty editor Cat Marnell in a Vice...
Women Scribes: The Technologists of the Middle Ages
...written by a woman in Western literature; Hildegard of Bingen (12th century), who innovated with musical composition; and Christine de Pizan (14th-15th century), a prolific late medieval author. They are...
Healthy Boundaries
...typical of other online health forums, are by far the most common, appearing consistently from Facebook pages to threads on NetMums.com. However, while much of the discourse generated emphasizes shared...
About TNI Magazine
...Now and forever, content on thenewinquiry.com will be available, online for free to all. The New Inquiry has no traffic-seeking advertisers, no string-pulling benefactors, and no paywall. Instead, we...
Where in the world is…Cathy Carlston?
...Carlston propelled Carmen’s popularity through her focus on educational outreach for Brøderbund. At a time when educators (and parents) searched for uses for personal computers, Cathy convinced school teachers that...
Beauty Blogosphere 9.14.12
...consumer trends for 2012, as per trendwatching.com. We shoulda seen this coming, really. Hostess with the leastest: For the season premiere of The Talk, cohosts and guests went makeup-free. I'm...
Florence Nightingale: Of Myths and Maths
...University, holding appointments at Lyman Briggs College and James Madison College. Her current book A People’s History of Computing is under contract with Harvard University Press. Contact: @JoyMLRankin; joyrankin.com...
Speaking in Tongues
...slow Internet, I logged into chat rooms under names like Amber and Vanessa, pretending I was 18 and blonde and a model-slash-actress. There, with a little help from Literotica.com, I...
IVAN: The Reconstruction of Narcissism
...http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2014/02/Ivan-Trailer-.mp4 IVAN: The Reconstruction of Narcissism, a debut composition by POWERHOUSE, explores the notion of using architecture and design as a vehicle for self-transformation by holding the design...
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A Bandit is a Bandit
...leader in Cidade Alta to film his movie there). 'Ligação de cineastas com tráfico sob suspeita,' Jornal do Commercio, Rio de Janeiro, 21 August 2002. The chief of the narcotics...