February 2012
14 posts
Ellen Schinderman at FiberPhiladelphia →
Schinders is in a show called “Intimate Stitches,” March 2 - April 2, 2012 @ Kellijane (1721 Spruce Street, Philadelphia, PA, 19103). Reception: Sun, March 4, 11am – 4pm
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Jan Bernstein passed away; her “gentle” works persisit:
The gentle tales of Mama Bear, Papa Bear, Brother Bear and Sister Bear were inspired by the Berenstain children, and later their grandchildren. The stories address children’s common concerns and aim to offer guidance on subjects like dentist visits, peer pressure, a new sibling or summer camp.
The Digital Given →
From “The Digital Given: 10 Web 2.0 Theses” by Ippolita, Geert Lovink & Ned Rossiter:
Tag, Connect, Friend, Link, Share, Tweet. These are not terms that signal any form of collective intelligence, creativity or networked socialism. They are directives from the Central Software Committee.
¡Viva The Miracle! →
From The Miracle Bookmobile herself:
LA Folks: We made beautiful stops at Tranza and Zine Fest this month! We also received loads of new donations so we will be pulling up to the Southern California Library this Saturday, February 25, 2012 from noon to six. Hopefully you can spot us on Vermont, parked in front of the SCL.
Sexy Librarians in Books →
The Paris Review has a piece up about the history and current trajectory of library porn by prison librarian Avi Steinberg (Via Andrew Sullivan):
Existential anxiety has become the central theme of these books. In a 2010 book, Ava Delaney’s The Librarian’s Love—not to be confused with its precursor, Delaney’s 2011 A Librarian’s Desire—Erica, a weary librarian, suddenly encounters an...
January 2012
7 posts
"They Will Say We Are Not Here." →
A moving memorial of activist David Kato:
These are fragments of David Kato, glimpses of a Ugandan activist and friend who – one year ago today – was brutally murdered. These moments offer a perspective on the inner world that David shared with us, a world teeming with passion and relentless determination, good humor and vivid daydreams.
Up and down we go.: Dear Customer who stuck up for... →
This is so awesome. I hope there really is a sweet jock brother and helpful gamer chick somewhere out there sticking up for sissy kids.
sweetupndown:
you thought I didn’t really notice. But I did. I wanted to high-five you. Yesterday I had a pair of brothers in my store. One was maybe between 15-17. He was a wrestler at the local high school. Kind of tall, stocky and handsome. He had a younger...
December 2011
13 posts
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Facebook Is Making Us Miserable →
Via Andrew Sullivan. Andrew Gullati looks at the actual impact of Facebook on “hundreds of young businesspeople”:
So, what should we do to avoid these three traps? Recognizing that “quitting” Facebook altogether is unrealistic, we can still take measures to alter our usage patterns and strengthen our real-world relationships. Some useful tactics I’ve seen include...
November 2011
22 posts
WatchWell done, Stephen. A bit of “California Love” for the art school set. This film was played on the bus, as it traveled through the city to the locales depicted.
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Book Burning →
The American Library Association responds to the destruction of the People’s Library during the raid on Zuccotti Park:
American Library Association (ALA) President Molly Raphael released the following statement regarding the destruction of the People’s Library:
“The dissolution of a library is unacceptable. Libraries serve as the cornerstone of our democracy and must be safeguarded. An...
A Poem by Melissa Ginsburg
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I was in love in the library. I had a perch, and a future life in symbols. I’d been listening to the radio. The kitchen bubbled a bath of wilting leaves, a sauce thick with blood and a half spoon of vinegar. In the hall of books the swinging perch and doll eyes wobbled. A song came on. A dove song. Empty of bones full of liver without gall my heart open, the blood clot which forms in...
Are They Going to Dump Red Paint on Him Too? →
PETA says,
“When on a mission to rescue the princess, Mario has been known to use whatever means necessary to defeat his enemy — even wearing the skin of a raccoon dog to give him special powers.
Tanooki may be just a suit in the game, but in real life tanuki are raccoon dogs who are skinned alive for their fur. By wearing a Tanooki, Mario is sending the message that it is OK ...
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Speak, Sister →
What would banking look like if bonuses were eliminated? It would not be too different from what it was like when I was a bank intern in the 1980s, before the wave of deregulation that culminated in the 1999 repeal of the Glass-Steagall Act, the Depression-era law that had separated investment and commercial banking. Before then, bankers and lenders were boring “lifers.” Banking was bland...
Ravers and Time Travellers Re-Record History →
jockohomo:
“From roughly 1991 to 2000, untold young people across the country packed into nightclubs, warehouses, catering halls - anywhere that could hold a sound system and a few hundred sweaty teenagers - and danced through the night. The hallmarks of the scene were baggy trousers, brightly coloured, loose-fitting clothing, accessories like baby pacifiers and ski-goggles - and drugs.”