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   CULTURE/TRENDS
         Updated  Sunday, July 21, 2002


Who Wants to Be a Pauper?Pitch for new reality show redefines "bottom of the barrel."

Collection of Media Pundits Quotes About the War -- Kinda makes ya sick

TV Addicts in New Delhi :  Millions of Indians got the No-Baywatch Blues

UN Study: Anti-Woman Bias Deeply Rooted in Cultures

Hollywood's White Inner Circle
New informal study finds that 97 of top entertainment industry leaders are white. 

Parents Flip Over 'Foul' Furby 
This cute little thing says, "Hug me" . . .  or does it?  

Study Finds Sex & Violence Not Good for Business:  Contrary to popular belief, most folks prefer family fare.

Hey Kids! It's Death Row Marv:  Another electric chair toy, this one marketed by Todd McFarlane

Death Row at the Arcade:  Simulated execution game

The Allure of Money: Findings of the recent AARP Poll

EVOLUTION VS. CREATION: 'Missing Link' Dinosaur is Two Animals

Video Game Liability Suit Tossed Out

Cyber Culture & Counter-Culture: Today's activism is increasingly directed at hi-tech

"New Sciences" Threaten End of Humanity: by Sun Microsystems chief. How's that for credibility?

TV Ad Time at Record Levels: Your suspicions confirmed

The Rise of Integral Culture:  Why we should be optimistic about the future

Americans Bathing More, Watching Less TV:  From the Gallup Poll

I'm OK, You're Selfish:  New poll results from the New York Times

Looking Forward, Looking Back: Michael Albert on the future of activism

Mother Jones, Todd Gitlin, & Kosovo: Response by Michael Albert, Z Magazine founder

Susan Faludi's Look at Men:  Review and discussion of her new book "Stiffed"

A Rival to 'Das Kapital'?:  Learn about the economics text that is setting Europe afire

Janice Radway:   Romantic Fiction and Female Readers: An excellent summary of Radway's groundbreaking ethnography

Culture Jamming:  The Information War of 1990s:  What it is, how to do it, and whether it works or not.

Panic Ads:   Advertising as Religion:  Describes how consumerism has become the unofficial deity of the Western hemisphere.


Up From the Apes:  Newest Research on Human Evolution

Textbook Commercialization DebatedShould corporations be allowed to advertise in textbooks?

Poll on school violence by the Associated Press:  Notice what parents named as the best counter-measure.

Inside the Bohemian Grove:  The Article People Magazine Doesn't Want You to Read:   A behind the scenes look at the secret society in Northern California that includes in its membership Alan Greenspan, ex-president Bush, and members of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

A Thought on TV Violence:  An industry insider poignantly recalls the lasting effects of a music video he saw years ago

Darwin's Truth, Jefferson's Vision-- Sociobiology and the Politics of Human Nature-- Outstanding article on how we can simultaneously acknowledge our evolutionary roots, and yet not be content with it, devising social and political structures to help us become better creatures.  By Melvin Konner.

Interview with Noam Chomsky about Microsoft:  Uncovers the dangers of unbridled corporate power and Microsoft's newest projects.

 


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