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Book: The Color of Wealth

The Color of Wealth: The Story Behind the U.S. Racial Wealth Divide
posted by aniola on Dec 26, 2023 - 1 comment

Movie: Dog

Two former Army Rangers are paired against their will on the road trip of a lifetime. Briggs (Channing Tatum) and Lulu (a Belgian Malinois) race down the Pacific Coast to get to a fellow soldier's funeral on time. [more inside]
posted by Zumbador on Mar 30, 2022 - 4 comments

Movie: United in Anger: A History of ACT UP

United in Anger: A History of ACT UP is a documentary about the birth and life of the AIDS activist movement from the perspective of the people fighting the epidemic in New York, USA. [more inside]
posted by happyfrog on Mar 25, 2022 - 1 comment

Emily in Paris: Full season  Season 1, Ep 0

A young American woman from the Midwest is hired by a marketing firm in Paris to provide them with an American perspective on things. [more inside]
posted by elgilito on Oct 13, 2020 - 6 comments

Book: How to Be an Antiracist

Ibram X. Kendi writes part a distillation of the thesis from his 2016 Stamped from the Beginning previously and part personal memoir of his own journey through racist ideas to an antiracist perspective. [more inside]
posted by GenjiandProust on Jun 30, 2020 - 9 comments

Movie: Fahrenheit 11/9

Michael Moore's 2018 documentary explored two questions of the first Trump Era: How the fuck did we get there, and how the fuck do we get out? It's good/bad! to look back at the beginning of this cluster. A lot of his usual stuff, plus some original / new POV's, for those who didn't watch tv during that time.
posted by growabrain on Jun 7, 2020 - 1 comment

Mr. Robot: 409 Conflict  Season 4, Ep 9

fsociety v deus group [more inside]
posted by adrianhon on Dec 2, 2019 - 23 comments

Mr. Robot: 408 Request Timeout  Season 4, Ep 8

janice wants all the deets. elliot is shook. [more inside]
posted by adrianhon on Nov 26, 2019 - 10 comments

Mr. Robot: 407 Proxy Authentication Required  Season 4, Ep 7

I feud any data. [more inside]
posted by nequalsone on Nov 19, 2019 - 35 comments

Mr. Robot: 406 Not Acceptable  Season 4, Ep 6

vera tells a tale. darlene gets an xmas surprise. elliot goes rogue. [more inside]
posted by minsies on Nov 13, 2019 - 19 comments

Mr. Robot: 405 Method Not Allowed  Season 4, Ep 5

no xmas lolz for dom. darelliot gives a run-around. krista plays hookie. quiet pls, the show is on. [more inside]
posted by adrianhon on Nov 5, 2019 - 34 comments

Book: Sistah Vegan

Sistah Vegan: Black Female Vegans Speak on Food, Identity, Health, and Society (Lantern Books 2010) explores food politics, identity, sexuality, health, womanism, feminism, decolonization, anti-racism, eco-sustainability, and animal rights through the lens of the black female vegan experience in the USA. It is the first volume of its kind to address the racial and gender vegan experience in the USA. [more inside]
posted by aniola on Oct 12, 2019 - 0 comments

Book: Wood-Frame House Construction

DIY wood-frame house construction book. With diagrams, for example, on how to frame out a window. With tables, for instance, on what size header you need to span a certain width window gap. Published by the USDA's Forest Service. [more inside]
posted by aniola on Oct 3, 2019 - 1 comment

Special Event: The Oscar Nominated Short Films 2019: Documentary

ShortsTV presents a theatrical release of the five Oscar nominees for Best Documentary, Short Subject [more inside]
posted by Eyebrows McGee on Feb 15, 2019 - 2 comments

Book: Stamped from the Beginning

Ibram X. Kendi argues in Stamped from the Beginning, racist ideas in this country have a long and lingering history, one in which nearly every great American thinker is complicit. [more inside]
posted by soplerfo on Mar 22, 2017 - 1 comment

Interest in a nonfiction #resistance club?

I am toying with this idea, in part because of chainsofreedom's new fictional "in these trying times" club and Miko's excellent recent ask. Except these days, most of what I read is nonfiction. Anyone up for a nonfiction #resisting club tackling useful works to know about? I'm thinking a mix of history, maybe some political thought, maybe some sociology kinds of things. Suggestions inside the cut. [more inside]
posted by sciatrix on Feb 7, 2017 - 12 comments

Podcast: Radio Diaries: Ballad for Americans

In 1940, FDR squared off against Wendell Willkie. And during the campaign, the Republican, Democrat, and even the Communist parties all managed to agree on one thing: A song. [more inside]
posted by Cash4Lead on Nov 7, 2016 - 0 comments

Mr. Robot: eps1.2_d3bug.mkv  Season 1, Ep 3

Elliot decides to live a more normal life after his fall, but Mr. Robot reels him back in. Tyrell Wellick does some dirty deeds.
posted by Small Dollar on Jul 10, 2015 - 10 comments

Mr. Robot: eps1.1_one-and-zer0es.mpeg  Season 1, Ep 2

Elliot doesn't like Shayla's boyfriend. Elliot isn't sure about doing what Mr. Robot wants. Elliot may be losing his mind. [more inside]
posted by the bird at the bottom of the tree on Jul 1, 2015 - 20 comments

Podcast: Answer Me This!: The Best of AMT 2014

Listeners, thank you so much for contributing your attention, questions and eartime to us this year. What a year it has been! Relisten to the highlights – and lowlights, including such annual delights as the Parade of Melancholy Calls and the blooper reel – in The Best of Answer Me This! 2014. [more inside]
posted by ocherdraco on Dec 22, 2014 - 3 comments

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