Real/Society
href.coolI have no idea what we’re experiencing. Maybe these links can help.
The extreme encounters of a lesbian cable tech. I like this diary because, despite
the pulpy tone and the moments of horror, I don’t sense any misanthropy from the
writer. This is just how people are. (Similar: Naming the Unspoken Thing,
a window into SF’s underground clambakes.)
www.huffingtonpost.com
“Friend every poet you can on Facebook, goodreads.com, porn sites—”
Jim Behrle’s gentle rant on self-promotion, from a poet’s view. A realization that
Jewel is the all-eclipsing poet of the now. Reminiscent of Bill Hicks’
New Kids bit. (A different
perspective, but related: “How Do We Write Now?”
by Patricia Lockwood.)
www.poetryfoundation.org
I love this—maybe we’re all anarchists! (By way of ‘direct action’.) Well, I’ll
take any window I can get into the underground, into transformative and/or
fruitless movements—I have no clue what’s going to happen next, but I am glad I found about the
Clandestine Insurgent Rebel Clown Army.
It’s like free v-bucks for me. (See also: The Anarchist Library.)
newleftreview.org
Interviews with all kinds of subcultural figureheads—from pseudonymous dominatrices
to Communist podcasters and all the most devoted Twitter trolls. This seems like a directory
to mental dumps. In a way, you can’t be sure what’s ‘real’ here—but it all certainly
resonates as ‘real’. It might be better than ‘real’.
www.youtube.com
The blog of Pinboard’s creator Maciej Cegłowski. Thought-provoking articles and
slides. If you read blogs, well, read this. (Maybe try: this talk.)
www.idlewords.com
A materialistic view of the 20th Century. Often revisits lost corners of history
or lost villages. Always eye-opening.
www.messynessychic.com
Right, okay—a link to The New Yorker? What can I say—if a story gets to
me, then what can I do? This has a strong scent of this society of ours. I felt a
similar ding! ding! reading George Saunders’ “Sea Oak”.
I’m not looking down on society here—I absolutely revel in it. I think I get to
be part of this, too.
www.newyorker.com
A survey of photo clichés from the Instagram world.
www.instagram.com
“Can I help you?” I know, I know—this is terrible, yes. Feels like an unprecedented
cinéma-vérité documentary as well.
archive.org