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TEACHING: Video Killed the Lecture
Just a quick update to bookmark a couple videos here for possible inclusion in my fall course on the transnational politics of clothing and fashion. First up, a 2001 undergraduate student documentary...
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Conferencing Fashion Blogs
This has been making the rounds of late, and it seems like a good moment to revisit Minh-Ha’s three-part series on the phenomenon of the fashion blog (which begins with this introduction). Presented...
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New Wave/New Look
The staples of my graduate student wardrobe were striped t-shirts, black skate shoes, a red Members Only jacket, and a haircut given to me by a middle-aged Korean lady who didn’t much flinch when I...
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Wired for the Weekend: Become the Machine
I can barely see because allergies are destroying my eyes, damn these industrial agro-business corn and soybean fields. My life would be so much more improved right now if I were made of machine parts....
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Wired for the Weekend: Learning to Tightrope
In the spirit of Mimi’s Weekend musical interlude, I want to add Janelle Monae’s video to the mix. (I know I’m late to the party on this but can’t help sharing it anyway!) I have a wedding to go to...
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Wired for the Weekend: MIA “Born Free” / Suicide “Ghost Rider”
MIA has released “Born Free,” the first single from her as-yet untitled third album (due June 29), which samples “Ghost Rider,” by no wave legends Suicide (below the sweat-suited MIA). My mind is blown.
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LINKAGE: T-Shirts, “The Colour of Beauty,” Fatuosity, American Able, Tavi vs....
These first few links are for Hoang, who responded to a query on our Facebook and requested that we consider the function of the t-shirt in politics. Hoang is specifically thinking about the thousands...
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