El Oso » Cosmopolitanism

Posted 2 years, 1 month ago around lunchtime by oso

Whether Avatar is racist is a matter for debate. Regardless of where you come down on that question, it’s undeniable that the film – like alien apartheid flick District 9, released earlier this year – is emphatically a fantasy about race. Specifically, it’s a fantasy about race told from the point of view of white [...]

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Posted 2 years, 7 months ago in the early morning by oso

Let’s take female genital cutting (or female genital mutilation or female circumcision depending on your bias) as an example. Amnesty International estimates that over 130 million women worldwide have undergone some form of female genital cutting, with over 2 million procedures being performed every year. If you are a supporter of the practice, writes Kwame [...]

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The Sleepless and the Stressful - I have always been shit at falling asleep. Ideally I would fall asleep at 11 p.m. every night. Instead, this is typically when I sit back down at my computer to read all the open tabs and unread emails that have accumulated throughout the day. The I check Twitter one ... - #

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@barefoot_techie @stevesong I suppose I tend to have higher expectations for academics than public officials, but I should know better. # 13 hours ago