February 2012
5 posts
this one's for the vacant: it makes me want to... →
oldtobegin:
what, i’m supposed to go through the process of paying my dues all over again at 28 because some dude who thinks he isn’t pompous won’t read anything written by anybody who isn’t internet famous? no. it’s become increasingly apparent to me that the large majority of cultural commentators have zero interest in learning from other people (there are notable exceptions)
THIS. And...
Epic and Trenchant LIS Student Rant on Mefi →
We need to do something which I’ll admit is ill defined and perhaps impossible: we need to become the center of civic engagement in our communities. We’re one of the few places left in our society where a great cross-section of people regularly interact, and also one of the few places that is free and non-commercial. Even museums, to bow and scrape to the master of Austerity, have...
