The Dangers of the Internet – Narrated by Alain Botton
Ironic, isn’t it that you are watching this on my blog, via Youtube?
Have a good day!
Amanda
Online Dating… self-commodification or self-manipulation?
Slavoj Zizek Explains What’s Wrong with Online Dating & What Unconventional Technology Can Actually Improve Your Love Life…
Perhaps you’ve tried online dating — a practice that, given the increasingly thorough integration of the internet and daily life, we’ll probably soon just call “dating.”
Perhaps you’ve had positive experiences with it, perhaps you’ve had negative ones, […]
David Lynch In Conversation – Brisbane Australia 2015
David Lynch In Conversation with David Stratton.
On Saturday 14 March 2015, in this exclusive to Brisbane, David Lynch shared insights into his life, his work and his many passions – painting, film, music and meditation. 
Pirelli Calendar 2016 given feminist makeover
“A white, able-bodied cis-gendered woman being naked is just not revolutionary anymore. I don’t think anyone is going to be like, ‘Damn, I wanted those naked chicks’.”
Amy Schumer
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/lifestyle/celebrity/pirelli-calendar-2016
The evolution of the smile captured in 100 years of yearbook photos
We take it for granted that, when someone takes our photo, we should smile for the camera. But if Instagram had existed a century ago, it’s highly likely that stone-faced selfies rather than the beaming faces would dominate our photo feeds.
The smiles we turn on for the camera today are roughly 10 times bigger than […]
Guess the Film: 13 Minimalist Movie Posters That Will Perplex Then Amaze You
Nowadays, the trend in movie posters seems to be “more, more, more:” more characters, more color, more explosions and scantily-clad heroines, more activity, even, thanks to a rash of motion posters. But there’s one group who’s going the other way with things, stripping classic movie posters down to their most singular elements.
[…]The Difference Between Porn Sex and Your Sex, According to Adult Star Jessica Drake
From article:
A few months back, I was listening to Slate‘s (excellent) “Working” podcast, on which people in various professions—from screenwriter to refrigerator repairman—explain in detail what they do and what a typical day’s like. I found most of them fairly interesting, but I was particularly struck by an episode featuring Jessica Drake, a top adult actress and director who […]
In Praise of Melancholy and How It Enriches Our Capacity for Creativity
“One feels as if one were lying bound hand and foot at the bottom of a deep dark well, utterly helpless,” Van Gogh wrote in one of his many letters expounding his mental anguish. And yet the very melancholy that afflicted him was also the impetus for the creative restlessness that sparked his legendary art.
In […]
