online archive
5:00PM
FEB 22 2008
Female film audiences' consumption of Sylvester Stallone
From Particip@tions, Ian Huffer (Sussex): ''I wanted to be Rocky, but I also wanted to be his wife!": Heterosexuality and the (Re)construction of Gender in Female Film Audiences' Consumption of Sylvester Stallone; a review of Pimps Up, Ho’s Down: Hip Hop’s Hold on Young Black Women by T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting; and a review of Fans, Bloggers and Gamers: Essays on Participatory Culture by Henry Jenkins. Hasta la vista, baby: From Mclean's, a special report on the long life and brutal times of the world's last true communist dictator. From TAP, Matthew Yglesias on Kosovo and the rise of the Humanitarian Hawks (and more from Prospect). Confounding all predictions, the Pakistani people have clearly demonstrated that they want to choose their own rulers and decide their own future (and more from Prospect). From New Statesman, a look at why democracy at work ought to be a human right. From The Smart Set, Frida Kahlo of the paintings has The Look; Frida Kahlo of the photos does not — why? A European language: Football can help nourish a European sense of identity. From Smithsonian, here's a brief history of chocolate. From TNR, Gabriel Sherman goes behind the McCain bombshell in The New York Times. God and The City: King's College's tall order — making an evangelical haven in the heart of NY.
1:00PM
FEB 22 2008
The seven steps to revolution
From Global-e: A Global Studies Journal, David Jacobson and Ning Wang (ASU): The Intellectual Foundations of Global Studies; and Edward A. Kolodziej (Illinois): What Should Be the Central Concerns of Global Studies? From Inside Higher Ed, international educators discuss the state of the "emerging field" of global studies. When change is not enough: An article on the seven steps to revolution. Transforming the liberal checklist: It's time for progressives to demand a bolder, "transformational" politics. Thirty-two years after the war, Communist Vietnam is a bustling market economy awash in foreign capital and consumer goods; so was the war necessary? Tom Hayden wants to know. From The Economist, Hollywood is doing its best to ignore the internet — that is a big mistake; and a look at how the internet could be a boon for Hollywood—but only if it can conquer its fears. From The Atlantic Monthly, using militias and marketing strategies, Christianity and Islam are competing for believers by promising Nigerians prosperity in this world as well as salvation in the next (and an interview); and Walter Russell Mead on how America’s evangelicals are growing more moderate—and more powerful. Ultrasound nails location of the elusive G spot, and the discovery that most women don't have a G spot is a liberation for those who can't orgasm to order.
9:00AM
FEB 22 2008
Reassembling the social
From The Open Political Science Journal, Joao Ricardo Faria (NTU): Public Support and Terrorism: The Putin Paradox. From The Nation, a review of books on Hugo Chavez and Venezuela. Michael Kinsley on defining victory downward: No, the surge is not a success. The first chapter from Moral Markets: The Critical Role of Values in the Economy. From The New York Observer, Arianna climbs into the top tier with "that Man", Drudge; and did Rolling Stone tumble down-market with Britney Web teaser, and did they tumble far enough? A review of Finding Moonshine: A Mathematician’s Journey Through Symmetry by Marcus du Sautoy. Research reveals that viewers can be influenced by exposure to racial bias in the media, even without realizing it. A review of The Metaphysics Within Physics by Tim Maudlin. A review of Bruno Latour's Reassembling the Social: An Introduction to Actor-Network-Theory. Howard Gardner on how reading will never disappear, but it may well change beyond recognition. Where we can read, we don't, but where reading is forbidden, people are willing to suffer just to open a book. A review of 9/11: The Culture of Commemoration by David Simpson. From TBC, the force of Ubuntu: An article on Barack Obama, fractals and momentum in politics; and is Obama on the "down low" with the LGBTQ community?
