In honor of the 10 year anniversary of its release, please enjoy this repost of a post about Dr Horrible. Joss Whedons’ Dr. Horrible’s Sing-Along Blog (2008) as an example of Reconstructivist Art To avoid[…]
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Wokepedia: Justice Trilogy
Fourth in my “Wokepedia” series of case studies of consciousness-raising Wikipedia edits. The Justice Trilogy: This week’s entry, the “Justice Trilogy,” is a little more involved, because it included not only creating a brand-new page[…]
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An Open Letter to Franklin Park Conservatory
To: Franklin Park Conservatory cc: Scotts Miracle Gro Foundation Columbus Underground Franklin Park Neighborhood Association Dear Franklin Park, How do you make a beautiful thing turn ugly? Put a fence around it. I think it’s fair to assume, when the Scotts Miracle-Gro Foundation contributed the money for Franklin Park Conservatory to build a wonderful new children’s garden, they[…]
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Wokepedia: Women Philosophers
Third in my Wokepedia series on consciousness-raising Wikipedia edits. Women Philosophers: There’s so much common wisdom, and so many authoritative sources that claim there are few to no women philosophers, so it was great to[…]
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WC Handy: That Random Minor Note Part II
Last time, we looked at Janelle Monae’s self description as “the random minor note you hear in major songs” and hinted that was somehow related to the artificiality of the even-tempered Western European scale. But[…]
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That Random Minor Note, Part I: Janelle Monae
In her excellent new song, “I Like That,” multi-talented singer and former android Janelle Monae refers to herself as the random minor note you hear in major songs. A commentator on Genius interpreted this as[…]
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Wokepedia: Mozart in the Jungle, Missy Mazzoli
Second in my “Wokepedia” series of case studies of consciousness-raising Wikipedia edits. Mozart in the Jungle This Netflix show about a hard-living group of classical musicians is a current favorite of mine, and stars Latino[…]
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Wokepedia: This is Us, Dudley Randall
The idea of Wokepedia is that ordinary people, working with intent, can make lasting changes to Wikipedia that will lead in more equable and less biased coverage of topics of minority interest, and promote a[…]
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I’m Not There: Film Review
Repost I knew even before the house lights went down that I needed to approach this film in the right frame of mind. I knew not to expect a rational or linear plotline, that my[…]
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Reconstructivist Art: Mona Lisa
Repost: Wyclef Jean’s Mona Lisa as an example of Reconstructivist Art Mona Lisa was a little noted deep-album cut from hip-hop impresario Wyclef Jean’s multiplatinum album The Carnival (1997). A radical reinvention of the remixed[…]
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