Little Wild Girl: Cari Ann Wayman
Perhaps one of the most alluring and misinterpreted books of the 20th century, Nabokov’s Lolita deconstructs the nature of desire, beauty, aestheticism and eroticism, particularly in the United States. In 1955, Lolita was a description of just how pornographic American culture was (and is), even before it fully developed into the Internet and the contemporary “Britneyfication” of tweens. America is one of the most apparent allegories in the book. What America stands for - consumerism, kitsch culture, desire, fetishism, mass media - are what Charlotte and Dolores “Lolita” Haze embody. And what drives Humbert Humbert insane about America and Lolita is, ...Read more
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Democratic Vistas: Keith Davis Young and Matthew Genitempo
Now, more than ever, our everyday lives and experiences are seen as fodder for digital display, archive and abstraction on the internet - Facebook, Twitter, Blogger, Tumblr, Flickr. This unmediated access is proof of the internet’s democracy; it allows a variety of participants to create and share their own content, relying on the virtue and quality of that content for it to spread. In essence, it’s a medium “Of, for, and by the people.” However, something like 95% of the web hosts in the world belong to less than 15% of the (richest) world population, ie: The West. One could say that the internet functions as a democratic mirror, reflecting the politi...Read more
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tags: Democracy Americana internet Flickr Keith Davis Young Matthew Genitempo film American Dream
Keiren at I Miss Mystery
& As late as this is, who isn't late these days. Plus, Denver gets influenced from the west coast, and they're always late too, that's why they speed and cut you off in traffic. but anyway, better late then never, or so i've heard. first off, Thank You to all who have given me a platform to comment and share ideas, those who also have given one certain Mario Zoots a platform to comment and share ideas. being that this is the first of my series of blog associated with illiterate magazine, i feel it necessary to clarify my objectives while also giving praise where praise is due. thank you to the members of the illiterate community, as well as all who were in attendence at the exhibit open...Read more