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A carnivorous truth

Saturday, March 17, 2007

I just finished up watching Al Gore’s An Inconvenient Truth. I was torn between feeling disgusted at the human race at large, disturbed by our inability to change things, and–ultimately–a little bit pissed off. I went to the official website of the movie after viewing the film, curious to see what they advised [...]

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Diversity: what is it good for?

Sunday, February 25, 2007

The inclusion of a number of disadvantaged or otherwise excluded groups from all walks of difference is a hot button issue for us good, liberal-minded folks. It seems that the inclusion of people that are unusual within any given group because…well…why is it a good thing to associate people into the woodwork? It’s [...]

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Passive aggression versus aggressive passivity

Monday, February 19, 2007

I attended a small talk this evening on Slavoj Zizek, a Slovenian cultural critic that has been getting a lot of attention lately for his views on postmodernism, politics, subjectivity, Lacan, and a number of other things that only theorists could be interested in.  (In addition, Zizek has written on some rather engaging subjects, like [...]

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