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OMG!! Marauders!! Now I am excited about the new Harry Potter movie.
Also, Veronica Mars, wtf? Looking back, I'd say they jumped the shark with the first episode of season two, but last night was like, jumping the entire ocean. And it reeked of behind-the-scenes animosity, and disregard for fans, and ... blech. So glad I'm pretty much over the show already.
And a link for you. Henry Jenkins had such a great post the other day about how fear drives political responses to pop culture. I just love Jenkins because he is so unapologetic about embracing the many good aspects of pop culture.
We need to stigmatize the politics of fear. We need to call it what it is -- not protection but fear mongering. We need to construct a counter-narrative in which fear-based politics is itself a threat to our families because it locks our young people out of access to knowledge, skills, and experience which they need to learn and grow and in many cases, because it prevents those kids who are most at risk from access to information that they need to pursue good jobs and educational opportunities in the future. Such bills are dangerous both because they undercut core constitutional rights and because they distract us from locating real solutions to the "problems" that they are allegedly designed to combat.
How can you not like this guy?
Also, Veronica Mars, wtf? Looking back, I'd say they jumped the shark with the first episode of season two, but last night was like, jumping the entire ocean. And it reeked of behind-the-scenes animosity, and disregard for fans, and ... blech. So glad I'm pretty much over the show already.
And a link for you. Henry Jenkins had such a great post the other day about how fear drives political responses to pop culture. I just love Jenkins because he is so unapologetic about embracing the many good aspects of pop culture.
We need to stigmatize the politics of fear. We need to call it what it is -- not protection but fear mongering. We need to construct a counter-narrative in which fear-based politics is itself a threat to our families because it locks our young people out of access to knowledge, skills, and experience which they need to learn and grow and in many cases, because it prevents those kids who are most at risk from access to information that they need to pursue good jobs and educational opportunities in the future. Such bills are dangerous both because they undercut core constitutional rights and because they distract us from locating real solutions to the "problems" that they are allegedly designed to combat.
How can you not like this guy?