Before you run off to do good, it’s worth stopping to consider some ethical basics.
Archives for August 2011
Aviation Urination
Is there anything more horrifying than having to urinate on an airplane and having no access to the lavatories?
Just a Matter of Context
Do you ever look at your children and wonder how they were ever sweet, cute, and innocent?
The Slob Thing
Q: What happens when a man puts a fresh roll of toilet paper onto the holder? A: Nobody knows; it’s never happened. Or, if you don’t like that joke, there are about a fucking billion exactly like it. Turn on your TV to check if you want: three seconds should do it. It’s taken as…
Comics: Ultimate Spider-Man’s New Powers Revealed? [#milesmorales]
New preview pages seem to imply there’s more to Miles Morales than meets the web.
Why We Need to Talk About Race
“Deliberate economic prohibitions were placed as obstacles in the path of those seeking lawful, gainful employment.”
#whodwin Wednesday: Issue #5, “Black Reign” [Fan-Decided Character Battles]
Hardware vs. Iron Man! Thulsa Doom vs. Darth Vader! Automan vs. M.A.N.T.I.S.! Norman Osborn vs. Lex Luthor! Find out who fans favor!
‘Whiteness Is Not the Absence of Racial Identity, Any More Than Maleness Is the Absence of Gender’
It’s not us versus them anymore.
Respect: Happy Birthday Ava DuVernay [@avadva]
The anniversary of Ava DuVernay’s birth is reason to celebrate, as the lauded hyphenate continues to create.
The 10 at 10
Good drivers are bad drivers, the Internet is older than college students, and the earthquake destroys something in D.C.
Technology: Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson Explains NASA’s Importance [@darrylzero]
Dr. Neil DeGrasse Tyson tells you why NASA matters. Listen.
News: Technophilia from August 21, 2011
Apps and code, hard drives and speedy processors, Technophilia gives you details on technology and the future.
Someone Asked the Dalai Lama What Surprises Him Most. This Was His Response.
Man, because…
The Last Po’ Man, Turn Out the Light
In Todd Mauldin’s view capitalism works the same way anarchy does: only in a perfect world where everybody cares about everybody else.
The Opposite of “Man” is “Boy,” Not “Woman”
Masculinity is a performance, Hugo Schwyzer writes, in which men differentiate themselves from boys.
Ten things I've learned from being published on openfile.ca today!
I just got published on openfile.ca, and you can read my article here. I don’t really have ten things to say about it, but I will write one sentence as a list to stay true to the format, like so: Yay! It’s fun being published because it makes you feel like all of this writing…