{"id":17249,"date":"2013-05-24T08:25:36","date_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:25:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17249"},"modified":"2013-05-24T08:25:36","modified_gmt":"2013-05-24T15:25:36","slug":"link-farm-and-open-thread-stars-and-glasses-edition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/amptoons.com\/blog\/?p=17249","title":{"rendered":"Link Farm and Open Thread: Stars And Glasses Edition"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gGLavCC9H5E\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li>If the above video isn&#8217;t showing, it&#8217;s because the heirs of David Foster Wallace have used a copyright claim to have it taken down. Read more about it, and sign the petition asking them to reconsider, <a href=\"http:\/\/petitions.moveon.org\/sign\/david-foster-wallace.fb28?source=c.fb&amp;r_by=3470\">here<\/a>.<\/li>\n<li>Rob Tish at Waking Up Now did <a href=\"http:\/\/wakingupnow.com\/blog\/?s=+Brandon+Vogt&amp;submit.x=2&amp;submit.y=14\">an extraordinary series of posts<\/a> responding to a Catholic blogger&#8217;s list of anti-marriage-equality arguments. If you have a bit of time and want to read some excellent pro-SSM argumentation, pull up a chair and start reading.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.technologyreview.com\/view\/514861\/its-time-to-talk-about-the-burgeoning-robot-middle-class\/\">How will a mass influx of robots affect human employment?<\/a> The answer is, it&#8217;s up to us. If we want, we can have a Star-Trek-like paradise where all basic needs are met and humans live lives of chosen work and leisure. But I suspect that we&#8217;ll just have gated communities for the rich and misery and starvation for everyone else.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/opinionator.blogs.nytimes.com\/2013\/05\/05\/how-social-networks-drive-black-unemployment\/\">How Social Networks Drive Black Unemployment &#8211; NYTimes.com<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.the-beheld.com\/2013\/04\/wearing-stigma.html\">Beauty, and What It Means: Wearing Stigma<\/a> &#8220;It\u2019s impossible to think of the performance of femininity without considering the ways that the performance is an exercise in stigma management. And it&#8217;s impossible to think of the ways women manage the stigma of their bodies without looking at fashion and beauty.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/slatestarcodex.com\/2013\/05\/12\/overheard-in-the-box\/\">QUOTE<\/a>: &#8220;When I was little, I thought the stars were a metaphor, something poets wrote about to inspire people. It wasn\u2019t until I got glasses in second grade that I realized they were actually up there and everyone could see them.&#8221;<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/literaryreference.tumblr.com\/post\/50677204942\/why-do-men-keep-putting-me-in-the-girlfriend-zone\">Why Do Men Keep Putting Me in the Girlfriend-Zone?<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cato-unbound.org\/issues\/january-2008\/can-marriage-survive\">January 2008: Can Marriage Survive? | Cato Unbound<\/a> An interesting essay by Stephanie Coontz and response essays by various folks.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/international\/archive\/2013\/05\/the-flaw-in-many-humanitarian-arguments-for-war\/275961\/\">The Flaw in Many Humanitarian Arguments for War &#8211; Conor Friedersdorf &#8211; The Atlantic<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/fozmeadows.tumblr.com\/post\/46763449398\/on-writing-while-privileged\">On Writing While Privileged<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/researchtobedone.wordpress.com\/2013\/05\/02\/having-chronic-pain-is\/\">Having Chronic Pain Is\u2026<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theatlantic.com\/national\/archive\/2013\/05\/social-power-and-the-central-park-five\/275552\/\">Social Power and the Central Park Five; Should a prosecutor be held responsible for locking up five innocent boys be training future lawyers at Columbia?<\/a> There&#8217;s so much good in this Ta-Nehisi Coates post that I&#8217;m tempted to just quote the whole thing.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.fastcoexist.com\/1681677\/a-new-map-of-the-us-created-by-how-our-dollar-bills-move#1\">1 | A New Map Of The U.S., Created By How Our Dollar Bills Move<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/why-news-is-bad-for-you\/\">Why Reading Or Watching News Is Bad For You<\/a><\/li>\n<li>Patrick Buchanan says that Christians will respond to gay marriage <a href=\"http:\/\/buchanan.org\/blog\/is-christianity-homophobic-5534\">with civil disobedience.<\/a> What on earth would civil disobedience look like, in this case? I mean, it&#8217;s cool if Pat wants to boycott attending gay weddings, but frankly I doubt he&#8217;s getting many invitations.<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/theweek.com\/article\/index\/243002\/the-new-anti-urban-ideology-of-ruralism\">The new anti-urban ideology of ruralism<\/a>, followed up by <a href=\"http:\/\/www.theamericanconservative.com\/dreher\/ruralism-urbanism-suburbanism\/\">Ruralism, Urbanism, Suburbanism.<\/a> If returning to small-town roots is the right way to live, what should folks from big cities be doing?<\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/mondediplo.com\/2013\/05\/04income\">An experiment in paying villagers in one of India\u2019s poorest states an unconditional basic income has been successful enough to change the government\u2019s thinking.<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/lovejoyfeminism\/2012\/10\/how-i-lost-faith-in-the-pro-life-movement.html\">How I Lost Faith in the \u201cPro-Life\u201d Movement<\/a> Long but excellent post.<\/li>\n<li>I saw the new production of &#8220;Pippin&#8221; on Broadway. I wouldn&#8217;t say it was deep, but it was pretty spectacular.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/kI7SZnwRCJI\" frameborder=\"0\" width=\"600\" height=\"338\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>If the above video isn&#8217;t showing, it&#8217;s because the heirs of David Foster Wallace have used a copyright claim to have it taken down. Read more about it, and sign the petition asking them to reconsider, here. 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