Soaring out of the jungles on the southern border of Mexico, the Zapatista Air Force took flight. Almost exactly six years after the Zapatista Liberation Army (ELZN) first occupied the Chiapas in 1994 to oppose neoliberal and repressive government policies, they launched hundreds of planes over Mexican soldiers in the city of Amador Hernandez (Lane, 2003, p. 129). Throughout … [Read more...] about Cyber Sit-Ins: Grassroots to Gigabytes
Archives for 2012
Harry Potter and The Fandom Menace
by Maya Itah Have you read the Harry Potter series? Do you remember the part where Harry and Hermione decide to ditch Ron and get married? Well, that plot twist does not exist in J. K. Rowling’s Harry Potter—but it is present in many fan versions. Fans have taken great liberties with Rowling’s texts. They have written stories where Voldemort defeats Harry, Sirius returns to … [Read more...] about Harry Potter and The Fandom Menace
Pornographic Pilgrimage
Though many regard California’s San Fernando Valley as the birthplace of American pornography, one must actually search further back in the history books to the landing of the Mayflower in Plymouth, Massachusetts to discover its true origins. Established on the foundation of Puritan and Protestant beliefs, America has been grappling with its complex psychological makeup derived … [Read more...] about Pornographic Pilgrimage
(Blog Post) Love That Dirty Water: Trouble in Hotlanta
- by Megan Rilkoff NBA Playoffs 2012 are underway as of Saturday night and with 8 games in 2 days, they have been everything any basketball fan loves about the playoffs: intense rivalries, game-winning shots in the final seconds, and heated play. Highlights (or lowlights) include: Both Game 1 of the Clippers/Grizzlies and Thunder/Mavericks ended at 99-98, anticipating two … [Read more...] about (Blog Post) Love That Dirty Water: Trouble in Hotlanta
Earth Day with the Stars
-Andrew Ramirez * Among other’s—and the point of this isn’t just to name drop—this weekend I saw Red Hot Chili Pepper Anthony Kiedis; Jackass dude Johnny Knoxville; the T-1000 from Terminator 2 (or okay fine, Robert Patrick, but I swear he asked me if I’d seen John Connor); the guy who accidentally sent his girlfriend a sex tape instead of a love song in that movie with … [Read more...] about Earth Day with the Stars