Heather Lusty
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Great post. I instantly
Great post. I instantly thought of Rosie, and how that appropriation of her image, which I know is meant to represent all factory women, really also excised her from the work and subsequent social issues that plagued women while they were propping up the ... -
Media's Spectacle
Very good post on the confluence of celebrity "causes" and the sideshow media circus. The spectacle of the media (what they covered, what they didn't cover, and the FB live streaming all played into the mismanagement of coverage. I can reme ... -
strategic spectacularization
Great post! It's been an interesting year for marches/protest spectacle. It seems as though the media apparatus will only cover mass protests as political resistance spectacles, rather than as issue-focused popular democratic participation. You note ... -
A little Walter B?
I think the fascination with technology and the occult goes back to the first tech advances in the late 19th c; Stoker presented "modern tech," like the telegraph, the steam launch, etc. as ways the more advanced, Western men could defeat and/or ... -
I think the focus is
I think the focus is contemporary has shifted from anti-war rhetoric of the 60s to the global spread of consumerism, poverty, inhumanity, political corruption. Allows for the same type of critique, but the targets have changed. I like your use of decoloni ... -
I’ll check out Montreal
I'll check out Montreal tonight. I think "doom metal" is pretty diverse in itself, and what Ghost is doing is a definite departure from the established schtick. I like the link to McLuhan; yes, the medium (music, occult, spectacle) influenc ... -
Ancient/Pagan medicine
My first thought reading this was of Medea (both the Euripides and Seneca depictions)- traditionally, botany based medicine was the realm of women (temple priests "prayed" over people as treatment). The Greeks revered Medea as a sorceress becaus ... -
This was an interesting
This was an interesting video. I wonder if there's a way to approach the symbiosis between ritual and the natural elements via Native American dancing (as a way to call forth the elements, talk to the gods, show respect for life forces)- which I know ... -
Michael - this is great. We
Michael- this is great. We don't see enough discussion of this approach in the U.S. (by which I mean, attention to the ways foreign governments are engaging disenfranchised youth via the same platforms). I think, at least on first approach, the gover ... -
Very interesting. This
Very interesting. This reminded me of Maoist use of film in the countryside, and I wonder if you're looking at (or considering) the state-sponsored propaganda potential (a la Martin Guerre by Eszter above). There seem to be multiple separate strands ...