Peter Alilunas
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Wounds
Terrific piece, Kaelin, and thanks for sharing this multimedia project. I'm struck by your note in the comments section here about "tending to wounds rather than disavowing them," which seems to be an important insight into the deeper ge ... -
Commodification
Great post, Dave-- I've been mesmerized by Porter's remix (both audio and visual) of Offer's already bizarrely watchable infomercial from the first time I saw it, and your comments here opened up a new way of understanding the layers of mea ... -
Manvertising
Great comments. Dave, I think you make an excellent point about the particularities in each ad, something I could have stressed more clearly. I would still argue, though, that the differences in are located more in tone rather than underlying ideology. ... -
Pornography
I agree-- terrific find. What stood out to me here was the alignment of the phenomenon alongside pornography, which takes the discourse to a different realm entirely. As you point out, Robert, that turns the behavior into an erotic object of the male g ... -
Watching the Watchers
Thanks for bringing this phenomenon to light, Ethan. I had no idea it existed until now. I really like Dave's final thought that it will be interesting to see how long it takes before this unpredictable, unregimented activity becomes predictable and ...