Empires Never Use Condoms: Iraq and Deuteronomy
Race, Rape, and Rights: Sacred Cows in Hip Hop
Requiring a woman to adopt an "understanding" attitude in order to approach a text saturated with male aggression is to perpetuate male aggression. For it forces her, as a first step, to submit by placing "him" first. [...]
Allegory as the Proclamation of the Other
Being divorced from context, allegory is free to proclaim; it is bound only by the convention of speech, which can only ever bind it to text.[...]
Forgetting how to Die
As a culture we've forgotten how to die.[...]
David Bazan and the Edge of Faith
"You were too busy steering the conversation toward the Lord to hear the voice of the spirit saying, "Shut the fuck up." You thought it must be the devil trying to make you go astray Besides, it couldn't have been the[...]
Obama’s First Press Conference: Or, If We Ever Needed Di-lithium Crystals…
The first press conference of president elect Barack Obama has come and gone. The blogosphere appears nonplussed. [...]
Free Obama-Victory Songs (Nas, Yorke, Common)
Grab a track and celebrate along . . .[...]
Human Nature, Socialism, and The Neocons
However, I do know one thing: we let the last eight years happen. We stood back and let the Neocons take away our freedoms, take us to war, and take up the weapon of torture.[...]
Emergent Socialism
When my interest intersects your interest--whether we agree or disagree--we are faced with the specter of socialism. [...]
Election Night
Here's some time-lapse photography of our election night shindig.[...]
Culture, Le Quotidien
Disneyland Republic
Should I vote or go to Disneyland? Both are exercises in facade, at least that's what it feels like. This election, this country, politics in general--it feels like I'm living in a theme park. Now entertain me.
