It is only fitting that an independent media outlet should be the one to promote the publicity of this coverage. The coverage being that the Washington Post's comments on the 'Occupy' movement have gone too far. Essentially, the Washington Post is over editorializing and is finally being called out on a blatant bias.
In this day and age, standing against the protests drawing crowds of citizens might not be the best plan of action. In any day and age, standing against or in support of protests as members of the press is problematic.
The Washington Post should be prepared that they will most certainly be under fire by the independent media when shooting down the "Occupy" movement. I am truly surprised they did not have more foresight. The Democracy Now blurb can be found here.
Friday, October 28, 2011
Thursday, October 27, 2011
God is What Happens When Humanity is Connected.
This striking phrase was brought up for reflection by a man who fought cancer 3 times and claims that the internet is his religion.
Jim Gilliam made the overall point that we are all interconnected. That together, the sum of all our parts, is creation.
He learned this lesson using a far more round-about system than most: the internet. The place where even as a 12-year-old he was judged for this mind and not his age. Through his struggle with three bouts of cancer, he found faith not in God, but in the internet. The interconnectedness of the net in fact, brought his a lung transplant and ultimately this points to the blatant truth that people around the world who we never really know can be the ones saving our lives. This truth is one that I am personally a fan of (it is highlighted in The Five People You Meet in Heaven, a quick read by Mitch Albom). I shared this video of Gilliam's empowered speech with the people I currently intern for at the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes.
He makes a good point- the internet has power beyond our belief. The proof? I'm completely blown away by a 15-minute clip found on the internet.
Jim Gilliam made the overall point that we are all interconnected. That together, the sum of all our parts, is creation.
He learned this lesson using a far more round-about system than most: the internet. The place where even as a 12-year-old he was judged for this mind and not his age. Through his struggle with three bouts of cancer, he found faith not in God, but in the internet. The interconnectedness of the net in fact, brought his a lung transplant and ultimately this points to the blatant truth that people around the world who we never really know can be the ones saving our lives. This truth is one that I am personally a fan of (it is highlighted in The Five People You Meet in Heaven, a quick read by Mitch Albom). I shared this video of Gilliam's empowered speech with the people I currently intern for at the Cancer Resource Center of the Finger Lakes.
He makes a good point- the internet has power beyond our belief. The proof? I'm completely blown away by a 15-minute clip found on the internet.
Wednesday, October 26, 2011
"I Can Haz Cheezburger"... the citizen journalist of Internet antics?
The article says it flat out: How can it be that an internet nerd out for a few laughs suddenly have a full time job because of it?
It is amateur in a sense, because it takes someone out of their element and instead throws them into a professional world they had no intention of ever entering. Citizen journalists are by definition people who aim to diffuse information only for the purpose of getting that information out. They have no intention of making a career out of journalism, or even pursuing it consistently. Our internet is pushing people into the spotlight who have no business being put there. Furthermore, do they really want to be?
And even if they want to be... can they handle it? Generally those thrust into the spotlight, cannot cope or keep up with the demands required, particularly when they transform from an internet-happy basement crawler to a spotlighted blogger.
It is amateur in a sense, because it takes someone out of their element and instead throws them into a professional world they had no intention of ever entering. Citizen journalists are by definition people who aim to diffuse information only for the purpose of getting that information out. They have no intention of making a career out of journalism, or even pursuing it consistently. Our internet is pushing people into the spotlight who have no business being put there. Furthermore, do they really want to be?
And even if they want to be... can they handle it? Generally those thrust into the spotlight, cannot cope or keep up with the demands required, particularly when they transform from an internet-happy basement crawler to a spotlighted blogger.
Thursday, October 6, 2011
Feminism Then and Now- in response to Chapter 4
Free love, according to Streitmatter, is a term first used to describe women moving out of marriages, and into new ones with ease. Ease, of course, does not truly mean without a care in the world. In that time, ease would have meant getting divorced with out fearing ridicule, slander, or perhaps worse.
The rights that the women fought for, at the time of Victoria Woodhull, were the rights to simply identify oneself without the authority of ones husband, or to get out of an abusive relationship. The rights Woodhull fought for, are the rights our generation is automatically entitled to. On the one hand, I am relieved to be part of this generation, where a woman's safety and happiness matters more than answering to her husband. On the other hand, would Woodhull herself be concerned that the feminists of 2011 have gone too far?
The issues feminists of her era fought for, are things even the most anti-feminist of women would advocate for today. However, I highly doubt Woodhull would've liked to see women trying to quell the differences between themselves and men, as much as some women do today. The right to "deny her body to anyone, including her husband" honors the fact that women's bodies are different, and that we as a sex are unique... Feminists of Woodhull's era still respected that. It seems now, feminists are trying to over-step and do away with our differences altogether.
The rights that the women fought for, at the time of Victoria Woodhull, were the rights to simply identify oneself without the authority of ones husband, or to get out of an abusive relationship. The rights Woodhull fought for, are the rights our generation is automatically entitled to. On the one hand, I am relieved to be part of this generation, where a woman's safety and happiness matters more than answering to her husband. On the other hand, would Woodhull herself be concerned that the feminists of 2011 have gone too far?
The issues feminists of her era fought for, are things even the most anti-feminist of women would advocate for today. However, I highly doubt Woodhull would've liked to see women trying to quell the differences between themselves and men, as much as some women do today. The right to "deny her body to anyone, including her husband" honors the fact that women's bodies are different, and that we as a sex are unique... Feminists of Woodhull's era still respected that. It seems now, feminists are trying to over-step and do away with our differences altogether.
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