AltWeeklies Wire
The End of the Hipsternew
Dragged into the daylight, the youth culture that would not be named has finally been named, branded, marketed, and sold. Time to move on? Whatever.
NOW Magazine |
Joshua Errett |
12-12-2008 |
Culture
Tales from Craigslistnew
Wherein I celebrate Halloween by messin' with people on the internet's most popular classifieds site.
San Diego CityBeat |
Enrique Limon |
10-29-2008 |
Culture
The Human Life Extension Movement Sees a Glorious Future for Us Allnew
People involved with the loosely connected movements of life extension, transhumanism and singularitarianism think we're soon going to be able to extend our lives almost infinitely. And they're working feverishly to survive into that golden age. They're willing to pop pills and radically reduce how much they eat just to live a bit longer.
New Haven Advocate |
Adam Bulger |
08-12-2008 |
Culture
Forget Murky Coffee Dates -- Romantic Evasiveness Has Peaked Onlinenew
The entire discourse of "dating" today reminds me of what Roland Barthes said of text when he proclaimed the death of the author: "Everything is to be disentangled, nothing deciphered; the structure can be followed, 'run' (like the thread of a stocking) at every point and at every level, but there is nothing beneath."
NOW Magazine |
Jacob Scheier |
07-28-2008 |
Culture
