January 2011
8 posts
Riot Girl: still relevant 20 years on →
I miss Kathleen Hanna.
somesongsconsidered:
(via barthel)
A great piece in The Guardian on the legacy of Riot Grrl, with a particular focus on Marissa Paternoster from Screaming Females, Annie Clark (St. Vincent), and the Girls Rock music camps. A great read!
Social Animal →
We are living in the middle of a revolution in consciousness. Over the past few decades, geneticists, neuroscientists, psychologists, sociologists, economists, and others have made great strides in understanding the inner working of the human mind. Far from being dryly materialistic, their work illuminates the rich underwater world where character is formed and wisdom grows. They are giving us a...
Rape jokes: Still not funny, even with Pokemon →
fleish:
By no means am I dissing Pokemon fans here.
I get the impression that many Reddit users believe that the site’s content is exempt from the kind of scrutiny and criticism usually reserved for 4chan and Motifake.
Why? Because Redditors have the reputation of being kind and un-misanthropic netizens? Even if you think CP and bullying 11-year-olds aren’t OK, and you spend your time in a...
