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madmen
  • February 14, 2014

Career Lessons from Don Draper

“You are too young to be counting your ideas” “Everything is an opportunity to you” “… that’s what the money is for!” Mad Men is gold.  

inequality
  • February 11, 2014

Philanthropy by the Wealthiest

Fact: The richest eighty-five people in the world have the same combined wealth as the poorest half of the population. (source: Oxfam report) With wealth distribution so perversely skewed, does philanthropy by the most affluent among us make up for the negative consequences of inequality? Peter Buffet, Warren Buffet’s son, wrote: As more lives and […]

equal
  • February 8, 2014

Does a More Equal Marriage Mean Less Sex?

A very interesting piece on the power dynamics of modern relationships. Isn’t it intriguing that the things that contribute to a progressive (i.e. more equal and balanced, or the so-called ‘peer marriage’) relationship are often inconsistent with what drives our libido and makes our knees weak with desire for our partners? On an emotional level, “kindred […]

The DWYL-inspired apartment of designer Jessica Walsh.
  • January 30, 2014

Do What You Love?

  Interesting piece in Slate.com: In the Name of Love DWYL is a secret handshake of the privileged and a worldview that disguises its elitism as noble self-betterment. […] DWYL is, in fact, the most perfect ideological tool of capitalism. If we acknowledged all of our work as work, we could set appropriate limits for […]

inequality
  • January 29, 2014

Exceptionalism

When second chances are only handed to the exceptional few, it exacerbates inequality and creates resentment. We are witnessing this more often than we care to admit: Ivy leagues, Wall Street and increasingly, Silicon Valley. William Deresiewicz, a former Yale faculty member, explains the difference in culture between elite private schools and more open public […]

twitter
  • January 26, 2014

Twitter, in short

It feels as if we’re all trying to be a cheeky guest on a late-night show, a reality show contestant or a toddler with a tiara on Twitter — delivering the performance of a lifetime, via a hot, rapid-fire string of commentary, GIFs or responses that help us stand out from the crowd. We’re sold […]

father
  • January 25, 2014

World’s Best Father

This series of picture is priceless! Can I hear an awwwwwwwwww? (source)  

beyonce
  • January 19, 2014

Bottom Bitch Feminism

  An interesting alternative view to the more mainstream sentiment of Beyonce as the embodiment of Black feminism. The problem with Beyhive Bottom Bitch Feminism The coontocracy of assimilationist corporate negroes is in full effect, riding for patriarchal capitalist agendas and having us believe that somehow Beyonce’s success is a step toward some dystopic vision […]

hadfield
  • January 15, 2014

Astronaut Chris Hadfield

I can’t believe it took me so long to discover Chris Hadfield. During his time at the International Space Station, Commander Hadfield went from being an obscure space commander to an orbiting rockstar, thanks to his hundreds of inter-galactic updates on social media channels like Twitter and Facebook, which generated a lot of attention and […]

doris
  • January 13, 2014

Doris Lessing

via Amorous Musings “What’s terrible is to pretend that second-rate is first-rate. To pretend that you don’t need love when you do; or you like your work when you know quite well you’re capable of better.” Doris Lessing, born in Iran – then known as Persia – and brought up in the African bush in Zimbabwe, a […]

matt
  • January 12, 2014

Where the Hell is Matt?

A simple, almost comical, idea turned big. Also, his About page made me smile.  

photo-day
  • January 10, 2014

Christmas Reading

I spent a huge chunk of my xmas break on Chris Arnade’s tumblr page. He is a wall street banker turned photographer. He photographs addicts and prostitutes in Hunts Point, New York. It left me feeling simultaneously sad, indignant, baffled and mostly incredibly grateful for my own fortunate life. One thing that stuck with me after […]