2011
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It’s Time: The Oakland General Strike Is Here
Well this is going to be something. Oakland’s general strike is today. Organizers are expecting tens of thousands of people. Almost every labor union has endorsed, and students will be walking out all over the Bay Area (solidarity statements here). Businesses…
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“WalMart Supercenter,” A Rumpus Original Poem by Erika Meitner
WalMart Supercenter God Bless America says the bumper sticker on the racer-red Rascal scooter that accidentally cuts me off in the Walmart parking lot after a guy in a tricked out jeep with rims like chrome pinwheels tries to pick…
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The Force That Drives All Flesh
Makeshift Instructions for Vigilant Girls is a case study for how to observe, recall and (possibly) create from whole cloth with clarity that never becomes brittle.
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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
We’re experiencing some technical problems this week in MC land, but we’ll be back to normal next week. Did you guys see Banksy’s art for #OccupyLondon? While we’re on the subject: England’s system of government is kind of crazy. I…
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The Latin American Traveler’s Guide in Moby-Dick
Here’s a hypothesis: one of the reasons Moby-Dick has survived so long in English classes is that the number of Moby-Dick-related essay topics is almost limitless. Moby-Dick is so vast and contains so much stuff—there’s no better word for it…
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THE ART OF TAG TEAM:
A Dual InterviewTwo artists, ten years, one body of work, and only two taboos: Jesus and blowjobs.
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Tips For Time Travel
This “Dos and Don’ts of Time Travel” manual is chock-full of advice for the imminent time-traveler. The guide explains which direction in time to go first, what precautions to take, who not to bring, and what attitude to have while…
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Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People
Douglas Coupland’s new book, Highly Inappropriate Tales for Young People, is comprised of seven contemporary fairytales illustrated by Graham Roumieu. The Guardian gives us a sneak peek with a slide-show of the collection’s first story: “Donald, the Incredibly Hostile Juice…
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Post-it Notes from the Underground #3
The following is a “Post-It Note record” created by writer/illustrator Joe Kloc, based on scenes he witnessed while attending Occupy San Francisco.
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MoMA Event Tomorrow
New York folks: Don’t miss The Language of Objects tomorrow evening at MoMA. “Rob Walker, contributing writer to The New York Times Magazine and co-organizer (with Joshua Glenn) of the creative writing project Significant Objects, which seeks to transform objects…