Sometimes you have to be a little bit bad-ass – just to be a decent person, and do what must be done to help and protect others. Gandhi was right: cowards can never be moral. Moreover, it is true: the world is a dangerous place, not because a few
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PostArctica: That 9/11 Picture
People who worked at Open City at the time might recall Vladimir doing a lot of work with this image, yea, it was iconic, too real, way out there…because it is us barenaked with everything reduced to the pure moments before death, a trajectory of beauty and crippling fear, a
Continue readingDead Wild Roses: You Can Draw Female Superheros Without a Boob Window? Unpossible.
I guess it is possible. Pandering to the male-gaze has been the industry standard for all too long. Time to shake things up in my honest opinion. Filed under: Culture Tagged: Boob Window, Female Objectification, Heroes, Male Gaze
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: He Was Supposed to Live Forever – And He Will
You can read more about Pete Seeger on the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page website.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: He Was Supposed to Live Forever – And He Will
You can read more about Pete Seeger on the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page website.
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: He Was Supposed to Live Forever – And He Will
You can read more about Pete Seeger on the Pete Seeger Appreciation Page website.
Continue readingPolitics and its Discontents: Here There Be Heroes
No matter what age we may attain, I doubt that we ever lose our need for heroes. Certainly, as we grow up, the definition of hero must mature, changing from someone with superpowers who fights evil and injustice, to someone who looks very much like we do, has no special
Continue readingTHE FIFTH COLUMN: South March Highlands Mountain Bikers – Unlikely Trail Heroes
Unlikely, because more often than not the stereotypical view of mountain bikers is more likely to be as trail villains rather than trail heroes. First, we have the well meaning but uninformed view of many who call themselves environmentalists that mountain biking damages trails, when the vast majority of the
Continue readingthe woodshed: One of my biggest heroes
Get comfortable and open your ears real wide and listen to one of my favourite people anywhere, anytime. The film doesn’t begin to capture Seeger’s enormous personal charisma. He has a power over crowds that his hard to explain. Thank FSM he’s on our side. Tweet The Rev. Paperboy Feed
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