June 2011
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Sociological Images: Are we born gay? And if we... →
An excellent piece on the misinformed opinion that one can be, as Lady Gaga puts it: “born this way.”
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“It is not unrealistic to regard freedom as analogous to a commodity under...”
– Noam Chomsky Quotes: Buying freedom
(via jonathan-cunningham)
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“Millions of girls will grow up thinking that this is the right way to act. That...”
– Lisa Simpson, Lisa vs Malibu Stacy (via zealoussoul)
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“It is one of the big differences between the propaganda system of a totalitarian...”
– Noam Chomsky - Democracy’s Invisible Line (via noam-chomsky)
This point is an important one, and one that seems to often be pushed aside for more pressing concerns. If one thinks about the type of political discourse that exists within a country — something that will vary significantly...
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“When you look at a corporation, just like when you look at a slave owner, you...”
– Noam Chomsky - The Corporation (via noam-chomsky)
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“The material force of the ideological notion of ‘free choice’ within capitalist...”
– Slavoj Zizek, Against Human Rights (via woundedgalaxy)
Good points, but essentially ones that reflect an orthodox historical materialist viewpoint — which I agree with, for that matter. As the general mode of production transforms (the base) due to myriad factors (computer technology, the...
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“When you spend so much time looking at stars you tend to notice a lot more about...”
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I really like this quote. It reflects my own thoughts on the universe and the way in which I confront sociological practice. Below is an answer to the question “What truly interests you?” that I posted in an online teaching seminar:
What truly interests me?
At my deepest...
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Watch“Free to Choose” by Milton Friedman.
Neoliberal propaganda in documentary form. Can you imagine if there existed similar documentaries on PBS stating the theoretical rationale and benefits of Communism?
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“the human essence is no abstraction inherent in each single individual. In its...”
– Karl Marx, Theses on Feuerbach (via digitalpidgin)
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So Michel Foucault and Jeremy Bentham walk into an... →
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“A handful of social and biological scientists over the last 50 years have...”
– Gunnar Myrdal (via fuckyeahanthrotheory)
And this is why I respectively disagree with Dr. Feynman (see below).
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Generation Gaps.
Following from the Adam Curtis video posted below: I’m curious as to whether anyone else has noticed a particular decline in the amount of discourse surrounding so-called ‘generation Y?’
It seems to me that when the American economy (and by extension, the world) began its recession there was a fair amount of discussion regarding the apparent apathy of generation Y, and the...
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Anonymous asked: Hey man, Kev here. Just thought of something while reading your post on cities. Ever heard of the idea of cities as a resource? As in, corporations see cities as a resource mine, a place where they can extract the resource (our capital). I'm sure you are, it's been awhile since we discussed it in class, just an interesting thought. Also, I really liked this article and thought you might...
