“For these women, Lawrence’s embrace of gender is not a bug; it’s a feature. Acknowledging the way gender matters to ideas isn’t (or rather, isn’t only) about imposing hierarchy based on which bits you happen to have. It’s also about affirming the weirdness and power and centrality of bodies – and of those people who have traditionally been most associated with bodies, which is to say, women.”
Tag: 05.08.13
Søren Kierkegaard, The First New Atheist
“Søren Kierkegaard was not an atheist. He was a Christian.” Nevertheless, “today, at the 200th anniversary of his birth, Kierkegaard seems as relevant as ever. That’s because there is a public discussion about faith in America today. Kierkegaard’s central concern was faith and the problems of faith.”
Could A Web-Only Gay Romance Series Break Out In Broadcast Media?
“The Outs started as an alternative to television’s treatment of same-sex romance. With its final episode posted, can a show like this find a wider audience offline?”
YouTube Launches Subscription Service
“The Google owned property launched a pilot program whereby 30 channels will charge as little as 99 cents a month to subscribers who want more content than is offered up free.”
Is Artificial Human Enhancement Cheating?
“We are deeply conflicted when it comes to human enhancement technologies.”
Blame Game – Art Of The Literary Feud
“If you get a bad review and you’re from Newfoundland, it’s because of geography; if you get a bad review and you’re a woman, it’s because of gender. Here’s a recent example of how this works.”
Sotheby’s Pulls In $230M In Impressionist/Modern Art Sale
“The first of the big spring auctions began Tuesday night at Sotheby’s, where paintings and sculptures by Cézanne, Braque and Léger topped expectations as bidders from 35 countries put money on their walls rather than in the shakier financial markets.”
Original Miniature Of Elizabeth I Surfaces At Estate Sale
“The National Portrait Gallery has spent £329,000 on a postcard-sized painting about which it knows almost nothing, except that it is more than 400 years old, exquisitely painted, and outrageously flattering. Elizabeth I was in her late 50s, and losing teeth and hair, when the image of a girlish round-faced queen, dazzling in cloth of gold and diamonds, was created.”
Jobless Professionals In Copenhagen Display Themselves In Storefront Window
“Catching people’s attention is exactly what more than a dozen job hopefuls in Denmark’s capital are looking to do, even though they seem to be ripping a page from Amsterdam’s famous red-light district to achieve their goal.”
Colgate University To Return Aboriginal Art Collection To Australia
“A collection of artwork by aboriginal Australian children that was given to Colgate University in 1966 is being voluntarily returned to Australia. The upstate New York school said Tuesday that it would transfer 119 pieces from the collection to Curtin University in Perth in Western Australia.”