“The weaponization of photography is a partial reflection of a modern culture that is willing to consume and interpret imagery without analysis or concern for who might be victimized by the image. And the rate at which photos and video can spread online feeds this insatiable consumption. It wasn’t always like this.”
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A Revolution In Photography? Maybe, But Not The Way You Think
“The number of people armed with cameras today has never been greater – in the past 10 years the act has become utterly ubiquitous. But it isn’t the first time this kind of thing has happened. It’s the second.”
The Red-Baiting Of Lena Horne – And How She Overcame It
“Over the course of her long life, Lena Horne became a star of film, music, television, and stage, as well as a formidable force for civil rights. … Yet there was a brief period in the early 1950s when Horne’s career seemed to be over. … She continued to perform at nightclubs, but nobody in the TV or film industries would hire her.”
All The Stephen Colbert Stuff That Didn’t Make It Into The Time Cover Story
On why he had to leave The Colbert Report: “I still enjoyed it, but to model behavior, you have to consume that behavior on a regular basis. It became very hard to watch punditry of any kind, of whatever political stripe. … To change that expectation from an audience, or to change that need for me to be steeped in cable news and punditry, I had to actually leave. I had to change.” (includes plenty of video clips)
Top Posts From AJBlogs 08.27.15
Slim Gaillard (Oroony)
AJBlog: RiffTides Published 2015-08-27
Raphael’s no Angel, but it’s not because he’s Jewish
AJBlog: Plain English Published 2015-08-27
So you want to see a show?
AJBlog: About Last Night Published 2015-08-27
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Stephen King: Does Being A Prolific Writer Make You A Bad Writer?
No one in his or her right mind would argue that quantity guarantees quality, but to suggest that quantity never produces quality strikes me as snobbish, inane and demonstrably untrue.
Israel Protests Plans By Daniel Barenboim To Perform In Iran
“News of the proposed concert drew an angry reaction from Israel’s minister of culture and sport, Miri Regev, who denounced it this week on her Facebook page and said that she would that she would write German officials and urge them to cancel the concert.”
Judge Orders $10 Million Of “50 Shades” Royalties To Be Set Aside For Defrauded Woman
“A jury decided in February that Jennifer Pedroza had been conned when the rights were sold to Random House. It found that Amanda Hayward, who signed the deal on behalf of their firm The Writers Coffee Shop, tricked Ms Pedroza into signing a restructuring contract that cut her out of royalties rights.”