2011
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Miss Representation
“‘When girls look to the media for models they can achieve in the real world, they see newspapers and TV anchors talking about female politicians’ haircuts and fashion choices,’ says Jennifer L. Pozner, the founder of Women in Media and…
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The Rumpus Sunday Book Blog Roundup
“I will find a way to harm you or cause you suffering* if you fuck with the mechanics of this piece” — DFW writes to Harper’s and signs with a skull and crossbones. Maud Newton eats rattlesnake, and it’s kind of gross! “The imperative…
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The Rumpus Books Sunday Supplement
Sunday’s the day to catch up with Rumpus Books. Here’s what we published last week.
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An Occupy Wall Street Roundup
Some Tea Party activists are pushing back on the idea that they have anything in common with Occupy Wall Street. I’ll give them this much–the Tea Party is much better at coming up with sexually explicit nicknames for themselves. Oakland’s…
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Science Saturday
A planet is born, and the baby pictures are pretty cool. If you use a webmail system, you don’t have privacy from the authorities because the law governing email is 25 years old. You try looking at the Cyclops Shark…
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Saturday Morning Links
I’m missing a pair of cozy pants. Anyone seen them? A new census brief discusses poverty in the US, and if you look at the map in the actual report, you’ll notice a fairly stark divide. Is seafood from the…
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Come Celebrate the Release of Humblebees!
Morning Coffee’s Dan Weiss’s band The Yellow Dress is releasing a new album tomorrow! You can pick up a digital copy of the album online, or if you live in San Francisco, celebrate with them at The Complex-sf. Starting at…
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“No Fucking Around”
“Pitchfork: Is the car generally a place to write for you? TW: A good one. You’re enclosed, you’re alone, you’re quiet. Perfect. There’s a feeling of a vanishing point. And you’re moving, like a song moves as it’s going through…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
Another volte-face: Research now suggests that your cellphone isn’t giving you cancer. If constantly tweeting just isn’t enough for you, maybe you need a portrait made out of your tweets. Robots now have cat ears. Facebook could be fined for keeping…
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Murakami: A Glimpse of the Man
“For 30 years now, he has lived a monkishly regimented life, each facet of which has been precisely engineered to help him produce his work. He runs or swims long distances almost every day, eats a healthful diet, goes to…