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The word as virus: Myth-making in the syndication age Submitted by GMason on Sun, 03/18/2012 My general theory since 1971 has been that the Word is literally a virus, and that it has not been recognized as such because it has achieved a state of relatively stable symbiosis with its human host…
The unprecedented Academy award victory capped a perfect storm of French culture, Hollywood nostalgia and the “Napoleonic” tactics of U.S. producer Harvey Weinstein. The triumph of The Artist, the French black-and-white, almost completely silent film, is unprecedented — and almost sure to never be repeated. The success of Michel Hazanavicius’ film lies in…
Sami Khedira Girlfriend Lena Gercke Tunisia (AP) — A court has released the publisher of a Tunisian newspaper accused of violating public morals by publishing a photo of a naked woman, pending a verdict in the case. The Attounisia daily printed a photograph of German-Tunisian football player Sami Khedira of Real Madrid dressed in…
The red and white boxes are the first thing you see. They’re stacked by the hundreds, the thousands, on shelves, floor to ceiling. The whole warehouse appears to be stocked with nothing but these boxes, which contain “Plumpy’nut” – a peanut paste that aid organizations distribute to malnourished people. The paste contains ingredients the…
It is the revolution of fighting the patriarch. By Mona Eltahawy The Guardian There’s a thin line between sex and politics, and it is nonsense to keep repeating the mantra that Egypt’s revolution “wasn’t about gender”. What revolution worth its salt can be fuelled by demands of freedom and dignity and not have…
“I call it a sexual revolution: a Catalan boy meets a Flemish girl, they fall in love, get married — and they become European, just like their children.”
The man who broke the Bank of England George Soros. He’s the investor’s investor—the man who still holds the record for making more money in a single day’s trading than anyone. He pocketed $1 billion betting against the British pound on “Black Wednesday” in 1992, when sterling lost 20 percent of its value…
Argentine-born Lionel Messi has just been named FIFA’s player of the year for the third year running, further proof that the 24-year-old Barcelona striker is already a living legend It’s next to impossible to think of something original to write about Lionel Messi, who at just 24 years of age has…
Demand For Sex : hidden in plain sight To guard their investment, super nightclub owners take their female employees’ passports and lock the doors of the hotel between 5 a.m. and 1 p.m. Lebanon — Twenty minutes north of Beirut, in the Christian heartland of Lebanon is Jounieh, the country’s little…
Chicks: Raising Hens At Home Is Newest Organic Trend In French Capital Getting your own fresh eggs for your morning Parisian omelette doesn’t necessarily require a trip to the local market. More and more French urbanites are finding space for a hen or two in their own homes. PARIS –…