I was walking around the mall yesterday when I saw a t-shirt with ‘Free Paris’sprawled across it. I sincerely hope it’s not making many sales, but I am thinking of making my own shirt: ‘Throw away the key’ and I shall commence wearing it on the 5th of June when her sentence begins.Last night watching [...]
I’ve been thinking a little about this lately – in particular the nature of those who volunteer and give. What makes people choose to volunteer themselves for something? Does there needto be something in it for the individual other than the knowlegde and satisfaction that you might make a difference? What makes a person give [...]
I went to a great lecture today by a visiting American academic named Brenda R. Weber. The title of the lecture was ‘Makeover Nation: Constructing the Neo-Liberal ‘American’ Citizen’ and was about how makeover shows help foster neoliberal ideology of homogenised, privileged citizenship. Such that if you are willing to change to adapt the look [...]
Paul raises some excellent points about what employers look for in new recruits in the journalism/publishing arena. You need to be young, tech-savvy, self-taught and ambitious. (You still, of course, need to be able to write too.)
However, his statement “That’s why I tell students that the only clips I want to see are the ones [...]
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