"As an American writer" (Toni Morrison on Colbert)
...interested to note that Vox Dot Com has a headline in which they declare: I saw a few people passing that framing around on twitter, and I was surprised. I...
Muckrakers, Inc.
...asked him what his college mascot was. “I went to Brooklyn College,” he said. “So, the gefilte fish.” Send your thoughts to [email protected] Whatever your politics—and mine, I admit, aren’t...
Beauty Blogosphere 3.9.12
...down? Pocket change: Shine.com breaks down exactly how much it costs to look like Jennifer Aniston (cloning not included). The grand total? $141,037. Girl in Front of Mirror, Pablo Picasso,...
We gather around a hole, and though the fingers are worn to stubs in holding fast through the storm, still, thank God, bloody still the hole is...
Talking Like a “Princess”: What Speaking Machines Say About Human Biases
...Digital Youth with Disabilities (MIT Press, 2014) and Giving Voice: Mobile Communication, Disability, and Inequality (MIT Press, 2017). She can be found on Twitter @merylalper and online at merylalper.com....
Who Can You Trust?
...visibility has enabled the company to make names, both real and imagined, a standard part of the online experience. Visitors can email [email protected] to schedule online or in-store appointments with...
Black Liberation Theory: Insurgent Philosophy & the Black Radical Legacy @ Brecht Forum
...Fugitive ‘being’ 6-W.E.B. DuBois, Double Consciousness & ‘problematic’ Subjectivity 7-Ida B. Wells, Lynching & the Normative Gaze of Established Power 8-Richard Wright & Existential Outlaw Subjectivity 9-Malcom X & Emancipatory...
Chronophilia / Chronophobia
...Script/live performance written and directed by Maryam Monalisa Gharavi; vocal performance by Garrett Allen; audio recorded by Alex Auriema. Private commission. [audio:http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2013/12/chronochrono.mp3|titles=chronochrono] Text This piece —the first live...
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...
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:...
Dancing Days
...Throw making money off of sex into that equation, and the stakes are raised. Send your feedback and responses to [email protected]. But when Mike says those lines, we actually believe...
A Compleat To-Do List for the 34-to-56-Year-Old American Woman, as Determined by Ad Placement on Lifetime Television's Premiere of "Flowers in the Attic"
...Creations) Be appropriately compensated for injury sustained in truck accident (Cellino & Barnes, 800-888-888, Call8.com) Call Cellino & Barnes on new phone (T-Mobile) Get rid of this damn migraine/remind self...
This Is Going to Hurt
Serious challenges to the status quo will be met with panic and repression
Toward a Feminist Astrobiology
...medicine and provides an accessible and inclusive platform for writing about women on the web. For more articles, information on pitching, and to subscribe to our newsletter, visit ladyscience.com....
Security Theater
...belief in the malevolent world can bring, the crisis actor subculture suffers the same kinds of internal drama found in every online community. Ed Chiarini of WellAware1.com is one of...
Love song of J. Lacan
... "I have no wish to rehash the whole thing again, but I will present it for you in a more syncopated way." Lacanian love song: [audio:http://thenewinquiry.com/app/uploads/2012/09/14-Track-14.mp3|titles=Lacanian Love...