Very good talk on men and feminism by Jackson Katz at a TEDx on women. He needs to slow down and take a breath, but in general this is fantastic.
Jackson Katz on feminism and men
May 6, 2013
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Whither Moral Courage? By Salman Rushdie
May 2, 2013
Tower of Babel
April 27, 2013
Tower of Babel, 1563 by Pieter Bruegel the Elder. Bruegel painted a series of three pictures of the Tower of Babel; one, on ivory, is lost.
‘Come, let us build ourselves a city, and a tower with its top in the heavens, and let us make a name for ourselves; otherwise we shall be scattered abroad upon the face of the whole earth.’ (Genesis 11:4).
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Waterfall
April 25, 2013
It is hard not to view this frozen waterfall as an artwork, but it only functions as art inadvertently. Its effect is quietly visceral, though, a response I don’t have to art often enough.
Thank you, Mr Grant
April 24, 2013
Voice from my childhood, though when I hear Ed Asner’s voice I hear him as Lou Grant from the Mary Tyler Moore Show.
Mary Richards: Mr.
Whoop de do (guns!)
April 22, 2013
Artist Jeremy Deller’s 2001 “Battle of Orgreave” – restaging a violent clash of the 1984 UK miners’ strike
April 15, 2013
In 2001 UK artist Jeremy Deller restaged the Battle of Orgreave, a violent 1984 clash between Yorkshire miners and police during the UK miners’ strike, and one of the many dark events of the Thatcher years.
Glenda Jackson on Thatcherism, “The Hour” and Abe Lincoln on money and corporations
April 12, 2013
Glenda Jackson criticizing the legacy of Margaret Thatcher and Thatcherism in the UK House of Commons this week, during a debate on tributes to Thatcher. For those who don’t think now is the time for this statement, I would refer you to this Guardian article on death and etiquette.
B.C. Coast First Nations post anti-pipeline video
March 26, 2013
Produced by the Coastal First Nations. Paul Simon gave permission for the use of The Sound of Silence in this video.
“Christy Clark just wants your love”
February 27, 2013
It might be hard to fully appreciate the brilliance of this performance unless you’re familiar with the vocal mannerisms of British Columbia’s Premier Christy Clark. But this mimicry is easily as good as Tiny Fey doing Sarah Palin.
