hegemony rules http://www.hegemonyrules.net/ life after the phd en Copyright 2008 Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:38:58 -0800 http://www.sixapart.com/movabletype/ http://www.rssboard.org/rss-specification One of the more ironic things I've seen recently So, I'm sitting in my empty apartment watching bad TV after a long day of moving most of my worldly belongings into a pod for my move to Chicago. The "bad TV" in this case is the movie Fatal Attraction, which was being sponsored by...

wait for it...

eHarmony.com.

I'm at a loss. A loss!

]]> http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/07/#000305 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/07/#000305 pop culture random musings bad 1980s flicks irony marketing movies Fri, 18 Jul 2008 20:38:58 -0800 links for 2008-06-19
  • The Movie Review: 'The Happening'
    M. Night Shyamalan's latest movie, The Happening, is not merely bad. It is an astonishment, so idiotic in conception and inept in execution that, after seeing it, one almost wonders whether it was real or imagined.
    (tags: pop_culture film review the_new_republic criticism)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/06/#000303 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/06/#000303 Thu, 19 Jun 2008 06:30:34 -0800     Japan 2008


    Pictures from my Japan trip are posted on my flickr collections page. It was a good trip, but I'm still suffering from the 16 hour time difference and feeling a bit...off. My favorite description of jet lag comes from William Gibson's Pattern Recognition:



    "She knows, now, absolutely, hearing the white noise that is London, that Damien's theory of jet lag is correct: that her mortal soul is leagues behind her, being reeled in on some ghostly umbilical down the vanished wake of the plane that brought her here, hundreds of thousands of feet above the Atlantic. Souls can't move that quickly, and are left behind, and must be awaited, upon arrival, like lost luggage."

    ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/06/#000302 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/06/#000302 travel japan 2008 photos travel Mon, 02 Jun 2008 21:05:11 -0800     To do list


    Another in an ongoing song chart meme series.

    ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000297 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000297 music pop culture song chart meme Mon, 19 May 2008 22:30:29 -0800     More reasons to hate Crocs The second entry in an ongoing series.

    Oh my eyes and/or ears and/or brain!

    (via Slog)

    ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000296 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000296 general weirdness marketing pop culture random musings Fri, 16 May 2008 13:52:54 -0800     links for 2008-05-15
  • Stephen Colbert's Threat Down
    I'm beginning to think that he's funnier than Jon Stewart.
    (tags: humor stephen_colbert culture bears comedy)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000295 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000295 links Thu, 15 May 2008 06:31:54 -0800     links for 2008-05-09
  • cityofsound: Monocle: design notes
    Thoughtful and engaging article about the design of my new favorite magazine, Monocle.
    (tags: design magazine web print)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000294 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000294 links Fri, 09 May 2008 06:30:53 -0800     links for 2008-05-08
  • maps : Who's Your City? by Richard Florida
    Richard Florida's fantastic maps track everything from what cities have the most singles to which ones have the most introverted individuals. I especially like the "Mega Regions of NA," which leads to such names as "Char-lanta" and "Tor-Buff-chester."
    (tags: maps reference visualization culture society)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000293 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000293 links Thu, 08 May 2008 06:30:46 -0800     links for 2008-05-03
  • What I Can Tell You About Seattle Based on the People I've Met Who Are From There
    LIVING IN SEATTLE HAS A "REFRESHING" EFFECT ON WHAT BOOKS PEOPLE WRITE Currently I write short books about depressed people experiencing problems with human relationships while "fighting" "various things" like "meaninglessness" and "despair...."
    (tags: seattle humor the_stranger media literary)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000292 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/05/#000292 links Sat, 03 May 2008 06:31:13 -0800     links for 2008-04-17
  • Tim Robbins: The Power and Responsibility of our Nation's Broadcasters - Politics on The Huffington Post
    Imagine a new broadcasting industry aesthetic, that respecting the better nature of the American people, produces shows that promote strength instead of fear. That does not divide, but inspires, that does not promote hate, but unity, that will not tear th
    (tags: media entertainment humor NAB tim_robbins culture criticism)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/04/#000291 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/04/#000291 links Thu, 17 Apr 2008 06:31:18 -0800     Things you might like to do to me


    Things you might like to do to me, originally uploaded by tankgrrl.

    My first attempt at entering the song lyrics pool on Flickr turned out well, I think.

    ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/03/#000290 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/03/#000290 Sun, 16 Mar 2008 20:59:48 -0800     This is what democracy looks like

    Seattle caucus scene

    ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/02/#000289 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/02/#000289 politics Sat, 09 Feb 2008 13:29:49 -0800     Montel Williams tells the truth about the war on Fox News ...and Fox-owned stations effectively canned him.

    Sigh.

    ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/01/#000288 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/01/#000288 politics Thu, 31 Jan 2008 19:35:48 -0800     The Pirates' Dilemma
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  • I Can Has Rezearch Papar? by Cyle Gage
    "I have chosen the lulz as my main subject because it encompasses not just internet memes and norms, but also the culture and history surrounding them. I have chosen it because it is purposefully ambiguous, like many of the cultural phenomena it is applie
    (tags: lolcats reference article culture pop_culture)
  • With friends like these ... Tom Hodgkinson on the politics of the people behind Facebook | Technology | The Guardian
    "Facebook is a well-funded project, and the people behind the funding, a group of Silicon Valley venture capitalists, have a clearly thought out ideology that they are hoping to spread around the world. Facebook is one manifestation of this ideology."
    (tags: facebook sns news reference culture politics)
    • ]]>     http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/01/#000286 http://www.hegemonyrules.net/2008/01/#000286 links Wed, 16 Jan 2008 05:18:30 -0800