In the following assessment, each of the presented blogs have Social Media outlets of Facebook, Twitter, or linked connections to blogs within their area of presented information. Whether it be photography, interior design, fashion design, music, online literary publications, or restaurant reviews, each site has accurately accessed outlets such as Twitter and Facebook to hone …
Category Archives: Global Culture
Tibi: Getting Somewhere
Does Amy Smilovic know best? With ultra-femme colors of pastel pinks and sparkly accents, Tibi’s tomboy-ish style has a crisp delivery through simplistic forms; from trousers to evening-wear, the line can be dressed up or dressed down to wear from the market to nightlife. Strong-detailed collars allow for a modern rendition of the Baroque age …
Short Blog #5: Feed Them to the Wolves
Short Blog #5: Woolf, Wolf, and more Feminism 1. Blogging Woolf: Virginia Woolf may have stolen my heart in a lesbian-continuum sort of way. She is the modern Sappho, and her diaphanous language is unrelentingly inspiring. A fellow WordPress site, Blogging Woolf is a wonderful blog that unites Woolf fanatics from the UK to the …
Blogging Hegemonies: Panopticism, Lacan, and Authoritative Commands
“Communicative Capitalism: A Change to the Symbolic” “Communicative capitalism is that economic-ideological form wherein reflexivity captures creativity and resistance so as to enrich the few as it placates and diverts the many” (Dean 4). What would you say if I proposed that the Internet was of Bentham’s panoptic design? “Contemporary communications media capture their users …
Langston Hughes: The Weary Blues (1923)
The Weary Blues by Langston Hughes (1923) Droning a drowsy syncopated tune, Rocking back and forth to a mellow croon, I heard a Negro play. Down on Lenox Avenue the other night By the pale dull pallor of an old gas light He did a lazy sway. . . . He did a lazy sway. …
A Weekend of Film
“When fashion fans talk about street style these days, they’re likely to drop the names of Scott Schuman, Yvan Rodic aka The Facehunter or Garance Doré . But most of them forget about a true pioneer in this field, 80-year-old New York Times photographer Bill Cunningham, who now gets the credit he deserves in new …
Short Blog #4: The Literary Blog Analysis
After hours of searching for a discussion-worthy blog, I can’t say that I’ve hit the spot of my hunger. Today, of all days, is Valentine’s Day; everyone, even the finest literary mogul, is posting either the stinkiest of gruyere-filled quotes or hate mail to Saint Valentine himself. Sifting through this selection, as well as a …
The Atlantic Monthly: Is Paris Still a Moveable Feast?
“What is more relevant to our times, though, is that the rich of today are also different from the rich of yesterday. Our light-speed, globally connected economy has led to the rise of a new super-elite that consists, to a notable degree, of first- and second-generation wealth. Its members are hardworking, highly educated, jet-setting meritocrats …
