One of the things new media critics point out is the way that new media technologies turn consumers into producers. Nowhere is this more true than in amateur porn production. I just read an article in Wired about how the porn industry is feeling the… Read more
My relationship with money is very strange. I’m constantly comparing myself to other people to see how I’m doing financially and I’m never satisfied with my status. I live in a shoebox of a little house, I drive a low end car, most of my “stuff” is… Read more
Last Three Movies I’ve Seen: 1. The Dark Knight 2. Hellboy II 3. Wanted Three things I don’t want to do this summer, but I have to: 1. Go to Disney (again). 2. Serve on search committees at school. 3. Read the new public speaking… Read more
From _French Theory_, by Francois Cusset (trans. Jeff Fort). The author is discussing the disdain that some French surrealists had for American culture, citing Andre Breton, who supposedly decried America’s “bargain basement pragmatism.” Isn’t that… Read more