Clothing, among other things, was a subject of close scrutiny last week over at In Media Res, a Media Commons forum that bringsMore…
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“Why I Am Not Protesting”
Ayesha Kazmi of the blog American Paki explains why she is not protesting at Occupy: Over the past decade, theMore…
Tidal, a Journal of Theory and Strategy for the Occupy Movement
Just out: the inaugural issue of Tidal, a multidisciplinary journal of occupation theory and strategy, edited by a group ofMore…
Rethinking Community and Homelessness in the Wake of Occupy Philly
Paul Klemmer writes that Philadelphia’s homeless face two closely-related crises in the wake of their eviction from “Camp Liberty,” the small camp underMore…
You Can’t Evict An Idea
Early this morning, Saturday, December 10, Occupy Boston was evicted from Dewey Square. But, as thousands gathered in the squareMore…
Occupy and the Creative Power of Language
On NPR’s Fresh Air, linguist and UC-Berkeley professor Geoffrey Nunberg names Occupy his 2011 Word of the Year. It wasMore…
Changing the Conversation?
Less than three months into the Occupy movement, its effects on public discourse are already being debated. Is Occupy changingMore…
Thinking Big
David Palumbo-Liu reports back from the November 30 public sector workers’ strike in Oxford, England, noting its connections with uprisingsMore…
Social Text on Occupy Wall Street
Continuing a series of shout-outs to interdisciplinary journals hosting content related to the Occupy movement on their blogs, it is timeMore…




