In the worlds of celebrity & entertainment, women are still judged harshly for their looks and their ability to corral said looks into idealized, hyper-feminine forms.
The real lesson of Rapa Nui
So…. I just watched a documentary on Easter Island… and I want to grab its makers and shake them, vigorously. Less of that for the …
Whiplash: it needn’t all be whip and lash…
First off, Whiplash is an awesome movie. I loved how different the story was, and I thought the casting was very apt (Paul Reiser as …
TEDx talk on telling the African Story
Good journalism on Africa on journalism mashup talk: Bit of a sprig off the ‘ole HTWAA meme…. Update / sad post-scriptum: Komla Dumor is… dead. …
Quantifying Occupy
In the ‘Supporting Occupy Toronto‘ segment tonight, Steve Paikin grilled – as nicely as pie – the young, well-meaning pinstriped lawyer dude who spoke in …
Umbilicus
There’s an organisation (whose name I’ve forgotten) doing the rounds with research-backed TED talks and whatever else… (can’t find ’em, my google-fu is weak today) …
The Jaron Lanier effect
The Jaron Lanier interference pattern was bound to ripple its way back into my awareness, sooner or later. I blame this squarely on how long …
Utility socialising : the future of social media?
Extrapolating from the ways in which social media has grown, what might a futurist’s view of things look like, given 5, 10 or 15 years …
“Animals, on the other hand, must be treated as well rounded, complex characters”
[updated 2014] Every once in a while I bump into a certain article (How to Write About Africa), and I recently got pinged with the …
Enoughness
[updated 2009-03-30].We don’t seem to have an intuitive grasp of the concept of how much ‘enough’ is. I think that when we succeeded in inventing …