The Virginia Quarterly Review » A National Journal of Literature and Discussion
april 2008 by mottram
Excellent magazine, going by the pieces I've just read on HIV/AIDS in Jamaica, evangelist Pat Robertson and Ezra Pound's unlikely stint as a foreign correspondent.
culture
essays
journalism
literature
magazines
media
april 2008 by mottram
Orange Cone: Sympathetic Magic and the Substance of Style
april 2007 by mottram
I'd never thought of fashion and taste choices as sympathetic magic, but it's an absolute fit.
magic
fashion
culture
april 2007 by mottram
Brazen Magazine - Home
november 2006 by mottram
Free Glasgow arts mag, by ex-Glasgow University Guardian folk (like me). Never seen it in the wild, though.
magazine
free
glasgow
arts
culture
glasgowuniversityguardian
november 2006 by mottram
Pulse Laser » Blog Archive » 3C products
november 2006 by mottram
"Gen C is a generation of people defined not by age but by activity. The story of how I heard of it has involved two appropriate C-words already: Community; Connectedness."
culture
community
genc
generationc
november 2006 by mottram
Kevin Kelly -- Street Use
august 2006 by mottram
"This site features the ways in which people modify and re-create technology... a collection of personal modifications, folk innovations, street customization, ad hoc alterations, wear-patterns, home-made versions and indigenous ingenuity."
tools
culture
modification
customisation
august 2006 by mottram
Comment is free: Let football eat itself
august 2006 by mottram
"The 'beautiful game' can play a valuable role in society, but today's diving championships and media matches do no one any favours."
football
culture
patakane
august 2006 by mottram
Glaswegians
july 2006 by mottram
"This is the online edition of the Glaswegians Photo Archive. You will find a selection of images from 30,000 photographs taken between 1989 and 1992." - amazing.
glasgow
photography
history
culture
july 2006 by mottram
Thames town
july 2006 by mottram
An authentic British town. That happens to be in Shanghai.
weird
culture
architecture
places
shanghai
july 2006 by mottram
Camp Records
february 2006 by mottram
"Almost nothing is known about the mysterious 60's record label Camp Records. They released an album and 10 45 rpm records of gay parody songs, most done with effeminate voices. I believe they were issued in the early 60's, as they all appeared in an ad i
queer
gay
history
culture
february 2006 by mottram
Trends in Japan
january 2006 by mottram
"At elementary schools, kindergartens, and preschools all across Japan, kids are losing themselves making hikaru dorodango, or balls of mud that shine."
japan
games
play
education
culture
january 2006 by mottram
No Garlic Please
january 2006 by mottram
By the lady behind We Make Money Not Art, and not dissimilar, but with more of a fashion/design focus.
design
art
fashion
culture
cool
weblogs
january 2006 by mottram
BBC - Liverpool - Voices - The origins of Scouse
january 2006 by mottram
It's a relatively new accent/
scouse
accents
speech
culture
uk
liverpool
merseyside
january 2006 by mottram
uncarved.org blog » Blog Archive » Pseudo Skins!
october 2005 by mottram
"Pulling on the boots and tightening up the laces Shaving their heads and strapping on the braces"
skinhead
culture
weetabix
fashion
1980s
1970s
1960s
october 2005 by mottram
The New Yorker: The Critics: A Critic At Large
october 2005 by mottram
" Was Jackson Pollock a weapon in the Cold War"
art
history
politics
culture
october 2005 by mottram
Britain, UK news from The Times and The Sunday Times - Times Online
september 2005 by mottram
"A UNITED Nations report has labelled Scotland the most violent country in the developed world, with people three times more likely to be assaulted than in America."
britain
culture
violence
scotland
september 2005 by mottram
At one Swedish library, you can borrow books%u2014and a lesbian | News | Advocate.com
august 2005 by mottram
A Swedish library, realizing that books are not the only things being judged by their covers, will give visitors a different opportunity this weekend%u2014to borrow a Muslim, a lesbian, or a Dane.
culture
news
politics
sweden
august 2005 by mottram
miaminewtimes.com | News | Myths Over Miami | 1997-06-05
august 2005 by mottram
Bloody Mary vs. the Blue Lady in the myths of Miami street kids.
children
folklore
culture
homelessness
august 2005 by mottram
Harry-Go-Round -- Stuff by Harry
august 2005 by mottram
"Charlie Brown and Lucy fall out of a comic strip and into the arms of some unspecified dude who proceeds to give them a tour of the [newspaper] offices and printing plant."
advertising
comics
culture
journalism
august 2005 by mottram
Boo hoo, said the crocodile from Observer Blog
april 2005 by mottram
Er, hasn't everyone been using the term 'grief porn' for years? I know I have, and a quick Google throws up references from 2003.
grief
porn
media
culture
observer
coinages
neologisms
april 2005 by mottram
Stanford: Wednesday, December 1 (Aaron Swartz: The Weblog)
february 2005 by mottram
American University traditions are really strange. All we ever did was get drunk, take drugs and go out to the dancing. No paper diapers required.
america
culture
society
university
weird
funny
february 2005 by mottram
Midwest.org.uk - Catalysts for creative thought
january 2005 by mottram
"A new web resource to support collaboration and communication between artists, spaces, projects, initiatives, organisations and interested parties at a global level."
art
web
culture
organisations
january 2005 by mottram
The princess and the plea - [Sunday Herald]
december 2004 by mottram
Leon on Britney: "Rather than tackle the very real questions involved when dealing with the transformative effects of teenagers’ own sexual identities, the culture we have finds it easier to sell them a plastic, denatured image of it..."
culture
lenny
pop
social
society
writing
december 2004 by mottram
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