For those who’ve been following the recent announcement by Google to censor material on their new portal Google.cn specifically for China and at the behest of the Chinese government, Google has posted an extended post/article on its reasons for doing so over ...Continue
Building a bridge that might be cut short and left hanging (sic) is just so phallic, don’t you think? I can’t figure out the reasons for a “crooked bridge” though my esteemable father insists it’s to allow brisk trade along the Straits of Johor. I don’t quite know if the Straits are deep enough to allow vessels ...Continue
For those who’ve not visited this site, you should: sweet (I don’t believe I said that…). But go see anyway. (thanks for the link, luthien!) :) stickgal ...Continue
Reading a brief account of the East German Secret Police is like walking into a live set of Farenheit 451 or through the pages of 1984. I find it sometimes unimaginable how vulnerable the intimacy of the private can be; in the public sphere, you are socialized into wearing a certain identity for the consumption of everyone else, ...Continue