Articles in Hearsay
In the aftermath of the Kony 2012 -White Saviourism-comes-undone period, this is the most ingenious counter-example that we’ve seen: Ghana Think Tank is purportedly “a worldwide network of think tanks creating strategies to resolve local problems …
In the aftermath of the Stephen Lawrence case verdict, London-based poet Dean Atta saw something that made him very angry. It was not so much an image than an idea that sparked him to pen …
Here is a response to the debut of TLC’s latest reality series - All-American Muslim. This show is certainly an ocean away from the ethno-stereotyping from reality TV shows such as Jersey Shore. However, does …
First it was Heavy Metal in Baghdad, now it’s Kabul Hard Rock. What do societies under military occupation, Rumi and computer-literate music producers have in common? Well, it’s a penchant for Western influenced and locally …
This New York Times story of a Pulitzer-prize winning journalist’s life as an undocumented migrant in America is chilling, not least of all because it represents the story of millions of others across America.
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From the blog Of Another Fashion , an important post on the consumerist culture of fashion - and it’s exclusive nature. Nice work!
Last month, The Sartorialist (Scott Schuman) relaunched his Vintage Photo series. The first …
As reality TV continues to prod the most perverse of human nature, one wonders - how much longer must we be subject to this?
This chart c/o of Vanity Fair draws out the latest trend in …
Teju Cole, Nigerian born - American based writer takes on the strangeness of “return migration” to a home unknown, and the act of inventing memories of exile in The New Yorker’s special issue on …
There is nothing unusual about poetry playing a galvanizing role in a revolutionary moment.
Day 14. Each day dedicated to a claim. To reprise the movement. Day 14 was the “Day of Martyrs”. Despite these bleak …
From our friends at ColorLines, a video by Jorge Rivas documenting “The Year in Race - Disasters, Deportations, and DREAMS Rising.” It’s a bleak portrait of the frustrations abound in 2010 from Tea Party antics …
