Category: Politics
How the police took Occupy’s privacy away
| November 16, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Politics |
With just a few hours remaining until its forceful eviction, the scene at Occupy Wall Street bordered on the serene. An unusually mild November evening had brought protesters out of their tents and into the open, blissfully unaware that the New York Police Department was actively preparing to descend upon and shut down the Zuccotti Park encampment. Despite weeks of preparation involving hundreds…
Occupy Netflix
| October 12, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Business news, Internet culture, Politics |
At first glance, two of today’s biggest ongoing news stories seem to have nothing in common. On the one hand there’s the Occupy Wall Street movement, a growing series of protests aimed at calling attention to social and economic inequality, among other issues. On the other hand, there’s Netflix, a video-streaming and rental company whose recent series of announcements has attracted widespread criticism…
Judge protesters by their values, not their clothes
| October 3, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom, Politics |
“Dissent is patriotic” “People over profit” “Debt is slavery” Despite the omnipresence of powerful homemade signs and slogans, many people took notice of something completely different at the ongoing Occupy Wall Street protest: their tattoos and beards. One blog called the protest a “gathering of unwashed, parasitic hipster douche bags.” Another proclaimed it consisted of “angry actors, graphic designers and various other hipsters,”…
A beautiful anarchy
| September 28, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Internet culture, Politics |
Whether they’re occupying Wall Street, revolting in Egypt, or rioting in Greece, the galvanizing ground for the recent uptick in worldwide protests is the same: the internet. More than just a place to spread ideas and sort out logistical issues, the internet itself has changed the way we view politics. As a new article by the New York Times points out, today’s youth…
From Che to V
| September 17, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Politics |
Propelled into popularity by the film “V for Vendetta,” a new article by The Guardian points out that the Guy Fawkes mask has lately become an international symbol of rebellion. As recognizable now as images of Che Guevara and the hippie “peace” symbol before it, the new vanguard of political rebellion has adopted the mask as its own emblem du jour. Euclides Montes…
Me-wear vs. Eyewear
| September 17, 2011 | Posted by Sophy Bot under Hipsterdom, Politics |
The economy. Poverty. Fashion accessories. White House press secretary Jay Carney recently fielded a question about his new “hipster glasses,” triggering a 2,000-word article in The Washington Post examining the history of thick-rimmed eyewear (and ultimately deciding that they’ve gone “from geek to chic to weak”). The Atlantic was quick to point out that the author of the article has himself been photographed…
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