Media
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Reckoning With Torture
Kelly Clark and Eve Ensler both read a speech originally given by President Bush against torture after the Abu Ghraib photos came out as part of PEN and the ACLU’s “staged readings showcasing declassified documents that detail America’s post-9/11 torture program.”…
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The Supreme Court School of PoMo Theory
“All literature is interactive,” [Scalia] writes, countering those who find special danger in violent video games because of their interactivity.
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The Rumpus Interview with Ann Friedman
As Executive Editor at GOOD magazine, Friedman is proving that women are not only qualified to be at the top of the masthead; they’re needed there.
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Many Magazines, One Tablet App
Meet Next Issue Media: a newsstand tablet app that will allow you to read multiple magazines from a five major publishers all in one place. The app will start out with 32 titles–including big names like the New Yorker, Vanity Fair, Esquire, Time,…
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Images of War
In an interview at the New Statesmen, photojournalist Don McCullin reveals his thoughts on image fatigue, his age, religious convictions, and voting habits. “Where I grew up, most of the people gravitated to becoming criminals. I was surrounded by criminal…
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A Rejoinder to Hate (or Why I Love The Rumpus)
A few weeks ago, I made arguably the biggest splash of my modest writing career: a paid publication on the virtual cover of the lefty web magazine, Salon.com. The piece was a pared-down version of a narrative essay I had…
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Bella Santorum
Moral problems that do not fit tidily into preconceived ideas are fascinating and a good way to occupy oneself in the years of Mild Cognitive Impairment. Moral problems, when sufficiently complex, require complicated sentences, and I enjoy complicated sentences.
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“Baghdad Country Club”
Rumpus bud Josh Bearman tells the tale of the Baghdad Country Club. You can preview the story before scooping it up at The Atavist and check out an excerpt here. “Welcome to a place where even beer runs are a…
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Derek Boogaard
The New York Times has published a fascinating (and heartbreaking) three-part examination of the life and death of professional hockey player/enforcer Derek Boogaard. From childhood dreams to devastating addiction and brain damage, reporter John Branch’s bloody but beautiful profile of…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
So apparently Siri’s (the new iPhone software) inability to direct women to an abortion clinicis just an *accidental* glitch. This ridiculous anti-piracy video (which compares bootlegging digital media to child labor & drug trafficking) is basically Reefer Madness, 2011. Google’s…
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Erin Rose’s Tech Links
This software can tell you how dramatically a photo has been digitally altered. The editors of fashion magazines are shaking in their boots. Apparently your printer could be hacked and set on fire. Facebook’s about to go public. The British…
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TIME Difference
Americans are oftentimes painted as ethnocentric and unaware of global issues, and this interesting photo, comparing cover images of Time Magazine for U.S. residents versus the rest of the world, isn’t helping.