Aug
04
In an alternate universe version of Spiderman, Marvel Comics killed Peter Parker and made him into a half black, half latino character. Racists immediately lost their mind. I’d quote some of the things being said but don’t even want to dirty my fingers typing it. And I’ll type just about anything. People who hate this new character …
Aug
31
There’s some debate about whether the Christian Dior ad campaign Shanghai Dreamers is racist. It depicts tall white models against a background of “identical maoist robots.” I don’t really understand the debate. Of course it’s racist. Most advertising is. When it’s not out-rightly racist, sexist, classist, ageist and/or homophobic it often implies it. The industry …
Although Ryan Oakley began his career as a simple rake (drunk) he has since become Toronto’s most renowned flaneur (no car) and notorious dandy (overdresses). A misanthropic composer of psycho-geographical fictions (sci-fi), he is also a server of food, a tender of bar and a washer of dishes. While performing all these functions with efficiency and elegance (disdain and malice), he somehow finds the time to publicly criticize friends, strangers and cultural crap.
