Theorizing the Anthropocene – part 3
This is part 3 in a three-part post reflecting on the Anthropocene and some of my dissertation research. You can read parts 1 and 2 here. So this last post is trying to...
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Theorizing the Anthropocene – part 2
Ok, but as some have asked, what do the ideas of environmental risk or the Anthropocene have to do with zombies or monsters and popular culture? Here I will concede the links appear...
Post-racial US myths
Just some random examples I ran across recently debunking the idea of a post-racial US… Found while looking for inspiring political speeches on YouTube tonight. Found on the sidewalk in Greenpoint, Brooklyn this...
2016: Deconstructing Dinesh D’Souza’s Right Wing Fantasies
[Updated 9/25/12 with extended fact checking of film at end of post] This post offers a media analysis and political commentary on Dinesh D’Souza’s new movie 2016: Obama’s America. I had assigned both...
“You Didn’t Build That” – Perpetuating the Myth of American Exceptionalism
Andrew Cline had a recent article in The Atlantic where he attacks Obama for a recent campaign speech where Obama made the following remark: “If you’ve got a business — you didn’t build...
Cyborgs Like Us
It appears we’re one more step closer to the long-held human dream–or nightmare–depending on your take, to more human-like robots, with the announcement by an Italian team of scientists at the University...
