Entries (RSS)Archive for 'Culture'
From “Superchill” to Boston Bomber
Viewed purely in terms of dramatic potential, doesn’t Dzhokhar Tsarnaev’s story contain far more human interest than the stories of his victims — who are, after all, only part of the story by tragic accident, rather than through choices they themselves made?
Posted by Marcel Côté on 18 Jul 2013 at 19:16 under Culture, Media, Psychology.
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Moment of Rupture
“When I see the pictures of Kyenge I cannot but think of…the features of an orangutan.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 17 Jul 2013 at 08:24 under Culture, Media, Politics, Race.
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Model Women
Model women across the oceans and the ages.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 08 Jul 2013 at 00:36 under Culture, Personal, Travel.
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Nostalgia, Excuses, and Starting Over
I want to express my intention to do something different, and strike off in a new direction. And in this, I hope you will help me.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 01 May 2013 at 20:45 under Anarchy, Culture, Media, Morocco, Personal.
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Let’s Evolve
“Let’s invent our cultural revolution right now, without waiting, as a matter of urgency…. The great work of thought, reflection and culture must get started as soon as possible.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 19 Oct 2011 at 09:19 under Anarchy, Civil Rights, Culture, Politics, Tunisia.
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The Orientalist and the Local
An orientalist in pith helmet, jodspurs, and riding crop, carrying a manual in his hand, tours an eastern city. He meets a local man in traditional dress.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 16 Sep 2011 at 19:48 under Culture, Personal, Psychology.
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Note to Sixteen Year Olds
Have you heard that slogan from the 1960s, “Never trust anyone over thirty”? Well, it’s still true. Why? Because people over thirty have a stake in the system, and they are more interested in preserving it, than in sharing it with you. Either that, or they have no clue what’s going on, but they need […]
Posted by Marcel Côté on 02 Nov 2010 at 07:10 under Culture, Personal.
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Strong Measures
“At the time described in this book, in fact, to put a Congolese to work or to get him to work, it was necessary to use a stick. Today, in certain environments, to send children or adults into the fields, it is necessary to do it with strong measures.”
Posted by Marcel Côté on 22 Oct 2010 at 05:48 under Culture, Imperialism, Race.
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Run and Tell That
Doesn’t Antoine Dodson speak for all of us, and our sense of powerlessness in some way? Don’t we all somehow feel under assault after a decade of economic crisis and war, with no end in sight? Antoine at least did something. He stopped a rapist, he protected his family, and he spoke up as we’d all like to do.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 14 Aug 2010 at 11:19 under Culture, Economy, Media, Race.
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Fame = Existence
We live today in a society where it is necessary to see yourself, or your likeness, in the media as confirmation of your existence.
Posted by Marcel Côté on 18 Jul 2010 at 07:41 under Culture, Media, Radiant Days.
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