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Look at That Fucking Hipster

Look at That Fucking Hipster

Chapter 1

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In Look at That Fucking Hipster, Pierrot provides a history of modern subcultures and where the hipster phenomenon arose from to its peak to its eventual decline post-2016. The chapter explores … 25 $2.50 Add
Fundamental Law for Journalists
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Fundamental Law for Journalists

Journalists will come across many arcane and sometimes obtuse legal concepts in the course of their work. Law is not an intuitive thing. It has developed over a millennium, and its basic rules … 232 View
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Good Times' Coonfoolery

Good Times’ Coonfoolery

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson writes about depictions of African Americans on television, especially in shows written and produced by Norman Lear. 9 $0.90 Add
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Governance and Safety

Governance and Safety

Electromagnetic Explorations

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

Electromagnetic concerns receive little attention because indeed they are hard to present in lay terms. Here is my attempt. 13 $1.30 Add
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Governance Part One

Governance Part One

Self-Governance and the Rise of the Attention Economy

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

The biggest commodity of the digital age is not our money but our data. This is true, but the not-so-secret reason our data is so valuable is that it offers access to our attention. Attention is … 9 $0.90 Add
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Governance Part Two

Governance Part Two

Crossing the Floor and the Perils of Protection

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

It is more than likely that the majority of the brilliant minds of Silicon Valley, were completely unaware that their work would be, could be, weaponized. Many of these people including those who … 15 $1.50 Add
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Gregory Stewart's Mother
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Gregory Stewart’s Mother

From: The Trauma Beat

In this chapter, Cherry examines the limited, and sometimes non-existent media coverage of homicides in neighborhoods with low income and high crime rates. Cherry analyzes homicides ignored by … 18 $1.80 Add
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Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier

Harry Belafonte and Sidney Poitier

From: Uncle

In this chapter, Thompson examines the careers of several important Black actors whose characters were not "stranded in cinematic slavery." 8 $0.80 Add
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Hipster Fascism

Hipster Fascism

Chapter 3

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In Hipster Fascism, Pierrot focuses on the hipster subculture and its connections to fascism and white supremacy movements in recent years. As hipsters’ founding logic is based around … 33 $3.30 Add
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Hips Don't Lie

Hips Don’t Lie

Chapter 4

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In Hips Don’t Lie, Pierrot reflects on the present state of hipsterdom after the Black Lives Matter movement. Pierrot provides a call to action which must reflect on and move away from … 24 $2.40 Add
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From the Hip

From the Hip

Chapter 2

From: Decolonize Hipsters

In From the Hip, Pierrot explores the etymology of the word ‘hip’ and how it has been used over the centuries, before delving deeper into the larger history of white hegemonic culture … 32 $3.20 Add
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i-Addiction and i-Life

i-Addiction and i-Life

The Beginnings of a New World

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

The realm of i-tech is not just a new space that allows for the extension of boundaries of communication and the maintenance of distal relationships; it is a new space, or rather a new world, one … 18 $1.80 Add
i-Minds, 2nd edition

i-Minds, 2nd edition

How and Why Constant Connectivity is Rewiring Our Brains and What to Do About it

The way we use i-technology is affecting our health and happiness. While programs, devices, information, and constant connectivity can offer us ease, liberation, and efficiency, they can also … 528 View
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i-Tech and Healthcare

i-Tech and Healthcare

To Care or i-Care

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

It is time to have closer look at i-tech in caretaking, healthcare, and perhaps in caring in its larger sense too. Let’s start with healthcare. 4 $0.40 Add
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i-Trust and i-Privacy

i-Trust and i-Privacy

Social, Economic, and Political Manipulation

From: i-Minds, 2nd edition

A huge issue that permeates all angles of the i-tech industry is that of trust. Both primary branches — the entertainment branch (e.g., the gaming industry), the social communication branch … 26 $2.60 Add
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I’m Just So Tired of All These Star Wars

I’m Just So Tired of All These Star Wars

On Art and Nostalgia

From: On Nostalgia

Modern nostalgia in novel and flim is discussed, using examples of Ready Player One, Back to the Future, American Graffitti, Indiana Jones, and the introduction of prequels with Star Wars. … 22 $2.20 Add