Tag: culture
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[opinion] The Role of Art and Culture – Part 1
![[opinion] The Role of Art and Culture – Part 1](https://dappledthingscom.files.wordpress.com/2018/03/159258.png?w=780)
What is the difference between situation A and situation B? We are seeing two different depictions of two interactions. One is that of a consumer receiving (education, enlightenment, entertainment); the other is that of a consumer giving or responding (complaints, compliments). These pictures also depict the difference between two types of cultural productions: one in…
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[link] [YT] Wall Street Rule for the #MeToo Era: Avoid Women at All Cost
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2018-12-03/a-wall-street-rule-for-the-metoo-era-avoid-women-at-all-cost
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[opinion] The Activist Spectrum
Activism is all well and good, but, as with criticism, there is constructive and not constructive (what I will call destructive). I would argue that constructive and destructive activism are, perhaps, part and parcel of human activity and protest. Is any faction free from destructive activities or association with destructive activities? And if there is…
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[YT] Welcome to the Culture War, btw You’re LOSING (Timcast)
I’m with Matt Kern on this one. We need to create alternative Internet, alternative YT/FB/Twitter – and people need to make social sacrifices to move their platforms, so that the Regressive Left lose their power. #walledcity
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https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/one-group-that-definitely-faces-prejudice-in-college-admissions/2018/08/05/906095e0-9668-11e8-a679-b09212fb69c2_story.html?noredirect=on&utm_term=.9ad3e4fd98ef&wpisrc=nl_opinions&wpmm=1
– “One group that definitely faces prejudice in college admissions” by Jonathan Zimmerman
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[YT] “Robin Hood, King Arthur, and Hollywood’s Problem with Public Domain Properties” (Willems)
A challenging YouTube commentary! I would also add that both of these myths/legends – King Arthur and Robin Hood – evoke a joyful masculinity, which was lost after the World Wars. Not only did the ideals of honour and chivalry die but also the blind belief in the ability of man (both figuratively and metaphorically)…
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