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NYT: South Koreans Struggle With Race
Well, yes. I do have to say, though, that the only time I've ever faced any kind of hostility in Korea was when I was acting irresponsibly. Of course, I'm largely moving in some pretty privileged circles, but we take public transit all the time and have never had a problem.
korea  bodypolitique  kultur  language  daehanminguk 
november 2009 by Urbanscale
Relevant History: Happy 30th, Ellen Ripley
"Alien is a rape movie with male victims," explains David McIntee, author of the Alien study Beautiful Monsters. "It is a film that plays, very deliberately, with male fears of female reproduction."
bodypolitique  sf  film 
october 2009 by Urbanscale
Jim Mielke: Digital Tattoo Interface
Like you didn't see this one coming. A provocation, but only just.
interface  everyware  ubicomp  tattoo  bodypolitique 
june 2009 by Urbanscale
Book Review: The Bathroom
Oh come on, Kira haters: how can you deny that this sounds AWESUM? I LOL'd three times even reading the review.
books  alexanderkira  hygiene  bodypolitique 
march 2009 by Urbanscale
Wikipedia: r/K selection theory
Watts uses these tropes over and over again, generally as a (cynical and defeated?) way to describe flirting, banter and sexual display in social settings.
ecosystems  strategy  bodypolitique  peterwatts 
february 2009 by Urbanscale
NYT: Germany Abuzz at Racy Novel of Sex and Hygiene
"A provocative female rapper in Germany, Lady Bitch Ray, who runs her own independent label, Vagina Style Records, grabbed headlines when she accused Ms. Roche of stealing her explicit form of empowering raunch."
bodypolitique  germany  commendedasstronglyvaginal 
june 2008 by Urbanscale
Obama Practices Looking-Off-Into-Future Pose
If only J.G. Ballard were alive to see this day. Oh, wait, he is...
fun  gobarackgo  bodypolitique 
june 2008 by Urbanscale
Practically Lactating
Hullabaloo's digby utterly nails the underlying premise of Republican attacks.
bodypolitique  gender  politics  fear 
may 2008 by Urbanscale
MetaFilter: Abortion as Art
Jack Womack called it eighteen years ago.
art  bodypolitique  jackwomack 
april 2008 by Urbanscale
Blackbeltjones/Work: Fortress of Amplitude
"Imagine designing a system, a city - of engineered environments *and inhabitants*." Not so crazy about being an engineered anything, but sure does look rad.
architecture  sidewalking  parkour  bodypolitique  urbanism 
august 2007 by Urbanscale
PLoS Medicine: HIV Denial in the Internet Era
V. cogent piece on the psychology and tactics of diehard HIV deniers. Amazing, now, to think that Celia Farber was ever a friend - as well as painful.
medicine  science  bodypolitique  bodies 
august 2007 by Urbanscale
Reuters: Japan's lonely hearts turn to dolls for sex, company
Not sure a few asocial dudes make a trend. And it's far from a Japan-only thing - haven't they ever heard of Real Dolls? Nevertheless, watch out if these go animatronic. Called that a long time ago.
japan  bodypolitique  interestingtimes 
july 2007 by Urbanscale
Public Shaming of Prostitutes Misfires in China - washingtonpost.com
My god, it's like an argument out of "Discipline and Punish" come to life...
china  ethics  sexindustry  foucault  bodypolitique  kultur  law 
december 2006 by Urbanscale
Demimonde
To all appearances, anyway, a superpremium international escort service (!) whose associates all seem to blog fairly literately. Either a fantastic put-on, or a business model whose time has come. (And come again?)
bodypolitique  branding 
november 2006 by Urbanscale
Connecticut Bob: "Lieberman vs. the Day After Pill"
Using online maps to make a pungent (but sadly necessary) political point. Oh, and: fuck Joe Lieberman in the eye.
maps  bodypolitique 
may 2006 by Urbanscale
Pam Noles: Shame
Race and color, in written sf and its voyage to the silver screen
bodypolitique  ethics  publishing  sf 
february 2006 by Urbanscale
A Piece Of Blue Sky
Reasonably complete reference on Scientology
bad  bodypolitique 
june 2005 by Urbanscale
English Cut
Notes of a bespoke Savile Row tailor, fascinating
fashion  bodypolitique  craft  personal 
march 2005 by Urbanscale
NEJM: Caring for the Wounded in Iraq
New England Journal of Medicine photo essay, quite graphic
bodypolitique 
december 2004 by Urbanscale
Bizarre reactionary screed on Kinsey and his methodology
"Pimps, pedophiles, pederasts, rapists...and God knows what other categories of unearthly human flotsam"
bad  bodypolitique  gender 
november 2004 by Urbanscale
Atlas of genital malformations
WARNING: not for the faint of heart, almost certainly NSFW!
bodypolitique  gender 
october 2004 by Urbanscale

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