Tag: subversion

  • Bad publicity, confused gender.

    (This post originally appeared in May 2008 but was lost when the server was hacked in 2015. This is a recovered version.) Well, it had to happen. Here’s the blurb...

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  • Brutal irony

    Saturday was Buddha Pūrṇimā, the international holiday that celebrates the Buddha’s birth, enlightenment and passing. The UN Secretary General issued a message calling for solidarity and the alleviation of suffering....

    By Events, Fomenting, people

  • Stan Freberg to the (sardonic) rescue

    In my youngest daughter’s school they celebrated the visit of Green Santa, who was into Repair Reuse Recycle sort of prezzies. I like that. Stan Freberg, 50 years ago, took...

    By Fomenting

  • Bad publicity, confused gender.

    Well, it had to happen. Here’s the blurb for a film in which a Yeti is the horror interest. Probably a male monster. Contrast this to Herge’s poignantly misunderstood beast...

    By animals, Fomenting, glaikit, Himalayas

  • Subversion, Conversion and so forth:

    I’m on the train home after an intense conference on using anthropological and design tools to thwart planned obsolescence. Another view of the conference used ThoughtMesh to build a picture...

    By Events, Fomenting