What I’m watching – ‘My Digital Addiction’

How is our need to be constantly connected impacting our lives and could a digital detox be the solution?
Phil Lavelle is constantly connected, and can rarely be found without his face buried into one of his many mobile devices. He diagnosed himself as a digital addict – after researching the symptoms online, of course […]

Sex in Class: Liekens is right to teach teenagers about sexual pleasure

From the article :

“Goedele Liekens, a Belgian UN goodwill ambassador for sexual health, has waded into the UK’s debate about whether sex education should be compulsory with a new TV programme campaigning for a mandatory GCSE in sexual health. She believes teenagers should be taught about pornography, sexual pleasure and sexual agency, issues that she […]

They really are phone equipped cameras now…

Apple has been putting a lot of emphasis on the iPhone as a photography device, and that’s looking to take a step further with the iPhone 6s.

An employee of Foxconn, the Chinese manufacturing company that builds Apple’s iPhones, is claiming that the iPhone 6s and iPhone 6s Plus will have 12MP rear cameras and support […]

What Susan Sontag Teaches Us about Visual Culture and the Social Web

“Needing to have reality confirmed and experience enhanced by photographs is an aesthetic consumerism to which everyone is now addicted.”

From the article :

“Ever since its invention in 1839, the photographic image and its steady evolution have shaped our experience of reality — from chronicling our changing world and recording its diversity to helping us understand […]

Yes, you can actually be addicted to Tinder

While Americans’ excessive use of Tinder has become a public nuisance, it’s not entirely users’ fault. Tinder is designed to play off your brain’s internal chemistry and get you permanently hooked, according to experts—which is why it’s nearly impossible to quit.

We talked to neuroscience, psychology, and social-media experts, who revealed the real reasons Tinder […]

Cannes 2015: Women Warriors & Sexual Emancipators

From the article:

“Some of the other strong women characters in this year’s Cannes films have to fight their traditional cultures to affirm their sexuality. These women are warriors fighting for the right to be sexual, underscoring the variations in sexual mores in different cultures. This was highlighted for me by three tales of sexual emancipation […]

On Liars, Narcissists & Other Dysfunctional Social Media Archetypes

From article: The problem of truth in social media (rather the lack of) was revealed in the findings from the Datafication project shared at last week’s Over Anxious, Over Shared; Over Social, Under the Microscope – How Aussies Really Use Social Media event.

I was amused to find out that out of both genders, women […]

Robert Redford – ‘Speaking Freely’

Robert Redford interviewed about acting, activism and the First Amendment.

These are issues relevant to any creator today. Censorship and how it hurts us and the need to be really aware of where information dissemination is going.

Aren’t YOU concerned that we read about Kim Kardashian on the front page next to real news? What changed?

Amanda

 

Glamour magazine retracts embarrassing listicle: 13 Little Things That Can Make Men Fall Hard for you

From the article:

“You sometimes have to wonder whether relationship/sex advice from magazines is designed to help or humiliate.

Or, in the case of Glamour magazine’s latest efforts, hinder.

“The 1950s called; they want their advice back,” wrote one Twitter user, echoing the sentiment of hundreds of social media users, shocked at the suggestions to make him “a […]

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