Humans try to camouflage their atrocious behavior toward their planetary cohabitants. The experimental videos of Pawał Wojtasik explore the consequences of their exploitative entanglements.
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The Failures of Post-Roe Mainstream Media
The mainstream media have failed the public in their coverage of the historic overturning of Roe v. Wade. They have buried the lead and mislabeled the positions of the so-called warring sides. Here are some recent headlines: From a local CBS affiliate in Illinois,...
Aria for Cindy and Lament for the Post-Roe United States
On Friday, June 24, in a 6-3 decision, the U.S. Supreme Court overturned Roe v. Wade. This day also marks exactly four months of fighting in Ukraine. Both are wars, entangled and unsettled. These conjunctions offer a way to fashion a mosaic of connections, rather than...
Damn the Court; This Is Not What Democracy Looks Like
I could wait to fully try to clear my head and calm my heart but that might not happen soon enough, and this moment “we” are in is urgent. For friends who say they have lost hope I am reminded of what I have said too often in these last few years. Hope is not an...
Tears of Joy and Hope Turn to Tears of Despair
Nearly 30 years ago, I was in the kitchen on the phone with my obstetrician. My husband, Tim, on the other side of the house, heard me scream with joy. Life-altering news made me cry. I was going to be a mom to a daughter. And the baby, yes, at that point it was my...
Normal Does Not Exist
The concept of normality, favored by so many executives and administrators, is like a mantra attempting to stave off the grieving for the end of our lives as we lived them in 2019.
Is China Going to Invade Taiwan?
Only if the U.S. tries putting missiles or a Navy base on the island. I’ve never wanted to be a war correspondent. The closest I ever came was working as a reporter for Business Week based in Hong Kong during the mid ’90s, when I was dispatched by the magazine to...
What’s in the US’s Massive Military Aid Package to Ukraine
The colossal $40 billion Ukraine military aid package passed by Congress is not all for weapons. Still, even $17 billion buys a hell of a lot of destructive and deadly weaponry.
The COVID 10 Million
Around May 15, 2022, depending on whether you doomscroll the New York Times or the Center for Disease Control, the United States reached one million COVID deaths. Silences wrapped around COVID’s epic global story have been normalized.
Cannes, Zelenskyy, Social Media, and the Mise en Abyme of Independent Media
“Hundreds of people are dying today. Is cinema going to stay out of it?” demanded Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy.