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Are you worried that your three-year-old is too active? Little Tikes has the solution for you. For only $2,599 – that’s right, $2,599 – you can unleash your child’s inner Dilbert with the Little Tikes Young Explorer workstation, complete with an IBM computer. The Young Explorer’s cubicle design keeps tots’ eyes glued firmly on the 19-inch flat screen monitor by eliminating pesky distractions, like the outside world. Little Tikes markets its cubicle to daycare centers as “a hallmark way to set you apart from other childcare facilities.” You know – those passé facilities where kids are running around and having fun! (via CCFC 2010 TOADY Award)
Posted on April 28, 2010
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Tim Wise on White Privilege | Media Education Foundation
hmm, im not sure how i feel about his argument. its valid on the surface but its pretty extremeist. maybe i feel weird about it because he is all about investigation of whiteness which is something that makes white people squeamish. he does equate being white and poor with being a minority which is something i completely agree with. “who do you have more in common with if you are white and poor, the black and poor or the white and rich?” it is a very working class organizing point of view. how much of his argument is truth and how much is white guilt?
Posted on April 13, 2010
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Posted on April 13, 2010
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Posted on April 13, 2010
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Posted on April 13, 2010
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Media Education Foundation : Killing Us Softly 4
Posted on April 13, 2010
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My Favorite Book Is Facebook: Kids' Classics Updated For The MySpace Generation
Posted on February 28, 2010
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ChatRoulette, from my perspective
danah boyd, doing her thing. quite wonderful tangent on the role of the stranger in society.
Posted on February 28, 2010
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What would baudrillard say about adult leagues for childhood games? Think of his analysis of disney and adults as children.
Posted on February 12, 2010
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The Tyranny Of Sexy: Female Werewolves In Pop Culture - Werewolves - Jezebel
very commcult but its gotta start somewhere…
Posted on February 4, 2010
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I'm interested in the interactions of mediated culture and psychological constructions of the self, obsessed with mental disorders and psychology while being painfully aware of my own inadequacies. I am a prototypical non-conformist with a vaguely leftist doctrine of beliefs. I'm guiltily self-absorbed and I quietly compete with others for brief moments of self-aggrandizing brilliance. I'm a slave to the capitalist dogma I spend every moment of my waking life bitching about. Also, I'm an up-talker?
Currently, I'm a graduate student in the Department of Telecommunications at Indiana University. My research interests encompass many areas of media studies and psychology:
- the role of the internet on everyday life
- the way increasingly mediated lifestyles change social relations
- psychosocial uses and effects of media on identity construction among adolescents and young adults
I graduated with honors from the University at Buffalo in 2006, receiving a BS in Psychology and a BA in Film Studies. I used to work as Project Director for a youth media program and as Senior Research Analyst for a couples study.
In my spare time, I can be found making all sorts of crafts and listening to music.
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