Humbling footage of the tsunami in Japan
Posted by Simon in Internet, media on 15. Mar, 2011 | 1 Comment
We’ve all been watching the news. Earthquake footage, tsunami footage, fires, nuclear meltdowns, explosions and villages swept away. And yet there remains something distant about it. I sympathize, but I cannot begin to understand what people in Japan are currently going through. I can’t even imagine. So it’s with mouth agape that I watched this [...]
Changes at Flow 93.5
Posted by Anupa in Canada, media, Toronto on 02. Feb, 2011 | 7 Comments
Via Mark Strong – a former FLOW 93.5 staffer, host of The Morning Show – there are some changes coming ahead to Canada’s first commercial urban format radio station. If you didn’t know, the station was bought out by CHUM last summer. Keeping that power shift in mind and in the wake of the CKLN-cancellation [...]
Political ads suck—except when they’re like movie trailers
Posted by Anupa in media, Politics, Television on 25. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
Attack ads are stupid. I see them as an abomination of the political process; they’re deliberately anti-intellectual, designed to bring down an opponent by offering the least amount of information possible. Hacked-up soundbytes, quotes out of context, incomplete information… I wish most people could see through the crafty commercials and realize that politicians (or, their [...]
Spectacle: Crossing the Processing Line
Posted by Avril in Internet, media, Pop Culture, spectacle on 18. Jan, 2011 | 1 Comment
I’m a luddite, I’ll admit it. But it’s little alienating sometimes to realize I’m pretty much the only person alive without an iPhone. The thing shoots HD video, has FaceTime video calling… does just about everything except walk your dog and paint your nails. (And, patience friends—apps for that are in the works). The irony, [...]
Yale professor sets Chinese parenting back a decade
Posted by Simon in media, Race on 09. Jan, 2011 | 2 Comments
Apparently Macleans doesn’t have a monopoly on Asiancentric racially insensitive writings. Check out this op-ed piece from today’s Wall Street Journal written by Yale professor Amy Chua titled “Why Chinese Mothers Are Superior”. Unsurprisingly, the article (which espouses and celebrates the stereotypically strict parenting strategies that led to TOO MANY ASIANS IN UNIVERSITY) rationally defends [...]
