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] [404]
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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