Posts Tagged: Selfie
The Storming Bohemian Punks the Muse #7: The Art of the Accidental Selfie
One recent hot weekday afternoon, I told my partner—the guy who created the “Punk the Muse” logo and draws its cartoons—that I wanted to get out and about. We’d been sitting at home too long. Moon’s Handbook for Northern California revealed an abandoned mine, with a ghost town and an old Western cemetery, a half […]
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Kahlo vs. Kardashian: The Subversive Potential of the Female Self-Portrait
Where does the line between the self-portrait and the selfie fall?
...moreSelfies at the Cemetery
There are lots of inappropriate places to take selfies. A cemetery is usually one of those places. But in her monthly column for Catapult, “No Filter,” writer and artist Kate Gavino talks about her parents and their odd penchant for what she calls “cemetery selfies,” and discovers they might not be so unusual after all.
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You’ve Got Mail and the Internet of Ordinary People
You’ve Got Mail was one of the first movies to depict the Internet as it affects the lives of ordinary users.
...moreAn Acceptance Speech by Selfie
“…there were some great words this year. I mean, I did this the hard way though, with dedication and God. Not all of us can say that. I’m looking at you, Twerk.” What was your reaction to ‘Selfie’ winning word of the year? Shock? Disgust? Begrudging acceptance? Whatever it was, Selfie is taking the acceptance […]
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