A week ago I found myself in a two day free-to-attend ‘festival’ hosted by the Malaysian Ministry of Finance and organized in collaboration with the Central Bank of the country – Bank Negara Malaysia. Titled LIFT, an acronym whose expansion stood for Literacy in Financial Technology and Living in Future Times, the event purported to … Continue reading HOW TO DO NOTHING: RESISTING THE ATTENTION ECONOMY – JENNIFER ODELL
Day: January 5, 2020
Men Explain Things To Me – Rebecca Solnit
In the year 2006, activist and sexual harassment survivor Tanana Burke took to Myspace, an American social networking website, for empowering vulnerable women, especially from low wealth communities. Ms. Burke pioneered a ‘culturally informed’ curriculum to discuss sexual violence within the Black community and in society at large. For furthering such an endeavor, she employed … Continue reading Men Explain Things To Me – Rebecca Solnit