When I started writing Remembrancer I was intrigued by cyberpunk, post-modernism and transhumanism. I still am, and I know that the future will be nothing like we imagine, but I still keep postulating. One of the reasons I started reading the Neurophilosopher’s Blog is I was interested in how our brain capacity might evolve and [...]
What? Microbes don’t have feelings too? The site sells: …stuffed animals that look like tiny microbes—only a million times actual size! Now available: The Common Cold, The Flu, Sore Throat, Stomach Ache, Cough, Ear Ache, Bad Breath, Kissing Disease, Athlete’s Foot, Ulcer, Martian Life, Beer & Bread, Black Death, Ebola, Flesh Eating, Sleeping Sickness, Dust [...]
Salon has a new article called “The Littlest Shoppers” by Helaine Olen about the way marketers target the under three-year-old demographic. I think Olen’s point is refreshing: The “intensive parenting” trend is not only driving Generation X parents off the deep end, but it’s also not the answer, that just being with our kids is [...]
This week’s Danger Gal and Female Gaze installments are related: Tomb Raider 2′s Lara Croft and her love interest/partner/sidekick Terry Sheridan. Gerard Butler’s character of Sheridan is, much to many a female’s delight, objectified but not emasculated. In fact, the Female Gaze celebrates ultra-masculinity while at the same time valuing the character’s emotions. Sheridan first [...]
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