Archive for February, 2011

Egyptian State TV and the Challenge Posed by Reality

February 3, 2011
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Egyptian State TV and the Challenge Posed by Reality

Trying to watch itself, Egyptian state TV has lost its collective mind. They have slid into a self-comforting psychosis. They don’t reject reality as much as they simply create a whole new one.
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The State of Reality TV: The Pain of Watching The Bachelor

February 2, 2011
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The State of Reality TV: The Pain of Watching The Bachelor

This season is painful to watch, but not in a fun, carnivalesque way. Rather, the pain seems to be much more serious and reveals the emotional trauma that we can experience when we blindly submit ourselves to normative ideas of patriarchy and the nuclear family.
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What Do You Think: Protests in Egypt

February 1, 2011
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What Do You Think: Protests in Egypt

Antenna asks for your take on the place of media in the events in Egypt.
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