Your profile photo on Friendster could be art.
Digital self expression
Submitted by Rhea Saran on February 21, 2006 - 2:55pm. Artspy: Developments in the artsLicense to play
Submitted by Rhea Saran on February 21, 2006 - 1:08pm. Artspy: Developments in the artsIt's not just the little guys. Established artistes are also being cheated by big corporations.
And so goes the life of the photographed humans...
Submitted by Alexis Dahan on February 21, 2006 - 10:21am. Considerations on the 7th ArtWhen they are all together, they meet, make out, get married, get divorced, and one day when nobody talks about them anymore, they die (their last headline).
The bitter truth about fructose
Submitted by Jennifer Huang on February 21, 2006 - 3:29am. Food PoliticsThe beverage and corn industries would have us believe that high fructose corn-syrup is no better and no worse than sugar a.k.a sucrose. However, scientists have found a strong causal link between consumption of fructose and obesity.
Clearly you must be joking
Submitted by Matthew A. Stern on February 21, 2006 - 12:01am. Digital Right and Digital WrongsThinking about releasing your band's live album? If Clear Channel has anything to say about it, you won't be able to do it without forking out money to them first.
Is religion a mental virus?
Submitted by Daniel L. Sorrell on February 20, 2006 - 9:27pm. Religion and the Public SphereCondescending to the believers is counterproductive and just plain mean.
High-end girls for a high-end label
Submitted by Katharine Jones on February 20, 2006 - 7:45pm. The Sport of FashionMaybe the Olsen twins are a natural choice for luxury advertising, but as a champion of cheap-o shopping, I feel a little betrayed.
What makes a man attractive?
Submitted by Lauren Berger on February 20, 2006 - 1:30pm. The Unnatural BodyMore and more men from around the world are going under the knife to achieve that perfect look, but their ideas about masculinity and beauty could not be more different.
Do we have to go through this again?
Submitted by Vi Landry on February 20, 2006 - 12:21pm. The New New OrleansIt looks as though the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers may be putting lives on the line again as they reconstruct the levees out of what is reportedly inferior soil.
Hand off the iPods
Submitted by Matthew A. Stern on February 20, 2006 - 2:03am. Digital Right and Digital WrongsThe RIAA is trying to swing it so that you can't legally copy CDs you've purchased to your iPod. Huh?! No, seriously.
GMHC doing its best
Submitted by Jacqueline Schneider on February 19, 2006 - 8:34pm. LGBTQ Media VisibilityThe Gay Men’s Health Crisis paired with the AIDS Project Los Angeles to create a several hundred-thousand dollar website addressing drug use and unprotected sex among the gay and M-T-F community, as reported in The Gay City News.
The need of luxury
Submitted by Janet Mock on February 19, 2006 - 5:14pm. Cut On the Bias: The Fashion BusinessThe author examines consumers’ sense of comfort that propels the luxury market
What came first, the conservative chicken or the conservative egg?
Submitted by Jacqueline Schneider on February 19, 2006 - 4:38pm. LGBTQ Media VisibilityMaybe the problem isn’t that the Voice merger will make it conservative, maybe it’s that the city’s current population is too conservative to notice.
What's that burning smell?
Submitted by Lauren Berger on February 19, 2006 - 3:55pm. The Unnatural BodyYou know that girl whose skin radiates a frighteningly orange glow? Or that woman whose face seems to be made of leather? Both are the result of far too much time spent tanning, but recent medical research shows that these women may not be in control of their excessive behavior.
On Writer's Block
Submitted by Orli Van Mourik on February 18, 2006 - 5:30pm. Neurontic - Psychology for the Modern MindNeurologists believe that when you're in the throes of writer's block, your facility with language decreases and your ability to assign meaning is amplified. Consequently, you end up producing less material, but your “inner critic†is more powerful than ever.