[monochrom] Postmodern Racism

Zizek contends that today's racism is just as reflexive as every other part of postmodern life. It is not the product of ignorance in the way it used to be. So, whereas racism used to involve a claim that another ethnic group is inherently inferior to our own, racism is now articulated in ter

[monochrom] India's euphoria: "Aren't our slum people the world's best?"

India's euphoria at Slumdog Millionaire's Oscars reveals much about its national character. Link -- Posted By johannes to

[monochrom] Stephen Fry & Hugh Laurie: The Subject of Language

Link -- Posted By johannes to monochrom at 2/25/2009 04:04:00 PM

[monochrom] Burning Questions: What Does Economic "Recovery" Mean on an Extreme Weather Planet?

It turns out that you don't want to be a former city dweller in rural parts of southernmost Australia, a stalk of wheat in China or Iraq, a soybean in Argentina, an almond or grape in northern California, a cow in Texas, or almost anything in parts of east Africa right now. Let me explain.

[monochrom] The Long Story Of The Cardboard Box From The Sky / Part 4

It's really a long story. Link -- Posted By johannes to monochrom at 2/25/2009 06:46:00 PM

[monochrom] New Fish Species Bounces Like Ball On Seafloor

Members of Histiophryne psychedelica, or H. psychedelica, don't so much swim as hop. Each time they strike the seafloor they use their fins to push off and they expel water from tiny gill openings on their sides to jettison themselves forward. With tails curled tightly to one side –which