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I have only skim-read this paper on adve …

thabet — Thu, 06 Nov 2008 14:51:28 +0000

I have only skim-read this paper on advertising, mass media and identity formation in the US, but it seems worthwhile reading in detail, and thinking about how consumption and identity interact.

Where are the white heroes? US actor Da …

thabet — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 20:04:02 +0000

Where are the white heroes?

US actor Danny Glover, who plans an epic next year on Haitian independence hero Toussaint-Louverture, said he slaved to raise funds for the movie because financiers complained there were no white heroes.

“Producers said ‘It’s a nice project, a great project… where are the white heroes?’” he told AFP during a stay in Paris this month for a seminar on film.

“I couldn’t get the money here, I couldn’t get the money in Britain. I went to everybody. You wouldn’t believe the number of producers based in Europe, and in the States, that I went to,” he said.

“The first question you get, is ‘Is it a black film?’ All of them agree, it’s not going to do good in Europe, it’s not going to do good in Japan.

thabet — Sun, 17 Aug 2008 07:25:51 +0000

“Miniskirt Democracy”.

We have forgotten that ties of faith and …

thabet — Sat, 16 Aug 2008 08:27:47 +0000

We have forgotten that ties of faith and history have not been overwhelmed by modernity elsewhere, as they have been in America. The world is not a melting pot. Nor is every culture as frivolous and forgetful as ours [...] We shop for church experiences as we shop for everything else folding religion into our consumer culture.

Wearing hand-made threads and expensive …

thabet — Fri, 18 Jul 2008 10:52:25 +0000

Wearing hand-made threads and expensive gold artefacts, the Pope lashed out at greed and exploitation.

Fancy a holiday?

thabet — Tue, 06 May 2008 16:58:53 +0000

Fancy a holiday?

Why not visit Guantanamo Bay and get yourself a souvenir?