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...brands like Miracle Whip, Virgin Mobile and Diet Coke in the video medium. The pieces of corporate sponsorship are not snuck-in and normalized, but focal points. Similarly, the self-awareness of multi-lingual subtitles and the reference to rumors of Gaga’s male genitalia are post-modernity??s most glamorous public manifestation in their use of the discourse around the text being part of the end product. And like the prevalence of Urban Outfitters and American Apparel as purveyors of the Hipster v-neck t-shirt, the video and celebrity are the beneficiaries of corporate...

Author: By Zachariah P. Hughes | Title: A Revised Portrait of the Hipster | 3/30/2010 | See Source »

Armstrong explained fundamentalism as “a religious reaction against secular modernity?? that uses fear to control its adherents. She said that extremists like Osama bin Laden skew Islamic history and give it a violent past to justify their terrorist activities...

Author: By Rina Fujii, CRIMSON STAFF WRITER | Title: Panel Finds Few Answers in Discussion of Islam | 10/17/2001 | See Source »

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