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Geena Davis: Hollywood Still Typecasting Women [VIDEO]
“We know that the more hours of television a girl watches, the fewer options she thinks she has in life,” she said. “So there’s clearly a very, very strong message coming through — that boys are picking up too, by the way — that girls can’t do as many things as boys can.”
gender  culture  media 
september 2011 by amy
Buzz by John Blossom
RT : Will Fluid Flow to Reality? " Some thoughts about , a backed startup
media  from twitter
march 2011 by amy
Op-Ed at 40 - Interactive Feature - NYTimes.com
New York Times Op-Ed section turns 40. Very cool interactive highlights feature:
#media  media  from twitter_favs
october 2010 by amy
Race in Film: Tammy & the Bachelor : Mirror: Motion Picture Commentary
Remember Tammy and Debbie Reynolds? There were slave quarters out back the house.
movies  race  culture  media  from twitter_favs
july 2010 by amy
Gene Weingarten - Gene Weingarten column mentions Lady Gaga.
An awfully good and funny piece about the news business, as it was and as it is.
journalism  media  news  from twitter_favs
july 2010 by amy
The IT Crowd - Behind the Scenes - The IT Basement 360° Panorama - Channel 4
By the way, on the IT Crowd panoptic pic, you gotta go fullscreen. It's a TRIP, man!
geekery  amusements  media  from twitter_favs
june 2010 by amy
The WebM Project : The WebM Project : Welcome to the WebM Project
The WebM project is dedicated to developing a high-quality, open video format for the web that is freely available to everyone.
google  media  video  web_dev 
may 2010 by amy
Chronicling Science as Journey - Dot Earth Blog - NYTimes.com
On the merits of chronicling science as a journey, not a set of "facts":
#wjchat  #media  wjchat  media  from twitter_favs
may 2010 by amy
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...and here's a classic Mary Tyler Moore from DL http://bit.ly/sESPs (via @the_No_Show)
("CHUCKLES BITES THE DUST")
twitter_fav  @Glinner  media  amusements  culture 
november 2009 by amy
Zulkey.com
The Jad Abumrad Interview: Just Under Twenty Questions
radio  interviews  media  science 
march 2008 by amy
Math Trek: The Grammy in Mathematics, Science News Online, Feb. 9, 2008
Mathematician nominated for award for restoring the only known recording of a live Woody Guthrie performance
audio  news  music  media  history  math  cool 
february 2008 by amy
The Atlantic Online | January/February 2008 | The Angriest Man In Television | Mark Bowden
How David Simon’s disappointment with the industry that let him down made The Wire the greatest show on television—and why his searing vision shouldn’t be confused with reality
media  culture 
february 2008 by amy
Virginia Heffernan - The Medium - Sesame Street - Television - Internet Video - Media - YouTube - New York Times
According to an earnest warning on Volumes 1 and 2, “Sesame Street: Old School” is adults-only: “These early ‘Sesame Street’ episodes are intended for grown-ups, and may not suit the needs of today’s preschool child.”
ack  media  culture 
november 2007 by amy
Refresh Austin
Refresh is a community of developers, designers, usability experts and other new media profesionals working together to refresh the creative, technical and professional aspects of their trade and help foster new ideas in the Austin area.
austin  web_dev  web_design  media 
november 2007 by amy
» Google: Does it have to be all FUD all the time? | Rational rants | ZDNet.com
four of the last five press releases from Google have amounted to “me and my friends are going to…” beat a major competitor or rule a marketplace based on pre-announcements without a great deal of substance or products that can be seen and used toda
google  media 
november 2007 by amy
BBC/OU Open2.net - Discovery of Science - What did Gutenberg invent? - discovery
Using computer software, Blaise Aguera y Arcas and Paul Needham analysed Gutenberg's work to try and identify the tools he used to create them. To their surprise, they discovered every letter was different, casting doubts on his methods.
history  media  books  science  typography 
july 2007 by amy
Guardian Unlimited: Arts blog - art: The worst cultural offenders of the last 60 years
These are the artists, movies, bands and TV shows that I reckon have impacted on our culture in the most malign way.
amusements  culture  media  music 
june 2007 by amy
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