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Morning Coffee
I am mildly in love with these photographs by Estelle Hanania. Tiny dancer…? John Waters made me the man I am today, here is an article about his art. Carta di credito “I Simpson”! Scienceray would like to talk to…
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Livestock Without Pain
There’s an editorial on New Scientist reacting to a recently-published paper by a philosopher named Adam Shriver, in which he calls for the genetic modification of livestock animals so that they feel no pain. “I’m offering a solution where you could…
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The Bohemian Manifesto
I think I was twelve when I first heard the word Bohemia. I didn’t really know what it meant but it conjured up a mist-drenched, mountainous region where men in long coats and women in peasant skirts sang the praises…
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A Disobedient Girl
A first novel about a Sri Lankan servant girl brings to life a vivid world of class differences, and restores dignity to characters who are often shoved to the sidelines.
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The Adderall Diaries update
There’s some updates to The Adderall Diaries page, including an excerpt from the book in the San Francisco Bay Guardian.
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Auto-Tune the News #8 (ft. T-Pain)
That’s right, featuring T-Pain. (Don’t forget to check out The Rumpus interview with The Gregory Brothers)
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The Best Rumpus Video Interruptions According to Julie Greicius
Back in the day, back when The Rumpus was still pre-launch, curled up in the warmth of its beta gestation, oh, friends, there were video interruptions. And they were good.
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Is Indie Still Alive?
What’s hipper than indie culture? Discussing whether or not indie culture still exists, of course. In his essay for The Millions, “T.V. Party Tonight!,” Patrick Brown wonders about the reoccurring dichotomy between mainstream and alternative. In contrast to publishing consultant…
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Giving Up the Ghost: Carey Young
“On the whole Young’s work deals with issues of corporate culture and the artist’s place in it, but the spaces they were cast in no longer seemed to exist culturally.”
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Morning Coffee
Keetra Dean Dixon’s objects of co-dependency. Know your audience: monkeys respond to music made with them in mind. (via Metafilter.) And on a similar note, looking to the sexual habits of gorillas to explain human monogamy. Confirmed: we are ALL…