This is the first time there has ever been a war–or an anti-war movement–in the Internet age. Witnessing wars through the prism of new media isn’t new to the American public. In Vietnam, it was television, with the continuous broadcast of casualties spurring an unprecedented peace movement. In the Gulf War, it was CNN, with […]
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… And Chapel Hillians speak out
If the TV news is keeping you up at night, it might be time to turn it off and talk to your neighbors instead. That’s the impetus behind the Town Hall Meetings on Iraq. The two-event series was organized by three local women and sponsored by the Orange County Peace Coalition. Vivian Phillips, who initiated […]
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Bucking Broncs for God and Country
The smell of horse poop greets us as soon as we walk inside the Governor James B. Hunt Indoor Horse Complex Arena, the site for the annual Cowboy Christmas Championship Rodeo at the State Fairgrounds. Since the rodeo’s Web site features a picture of Santa on a bucking reindeer, I’m not really sure what my […]
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Playing in the dark
If the dread ice storm of ’02 spared you any serious injury or property damage, then you might agree that one of the worst things about the experience was the boredom. The scariest thing was the four-way stops that everyone suddenly forgot how to maneuver. But the boredom was teeth-gnashing in its own way. Sitting […]
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Fighting back for abortion rights
Last month the National Abortion Rights Action League, or NARAL, officially re-launched its affiliate in North Carolina. With a fraction of the budget of most Washington “special interest” groups, it’s the biggest, most effective pro-choice lobbying group in the country. After this election, the group has its work cut out. While most people are aware […]
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The Talking Trampoline
Book tours are boring. That’s why author Sheila Heti came up with something different. She’d been hosting a lecture series–with a twist–at Cameron House, a historic Toronto bar. In the “Trampoline Hall Lectures,” people speak about arcane or silly topics they’re not experts on–in front of an audience free to smoke, drink and throw out […]
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Tossed and Found
Ever wondered what to do with that love note you discovered in an old Goodwill coat? Those ancient family vacation pictures you uncovered at a garage sale? Here’s a thought: Publish them. Found Magazine is entirely made up of its namesake: random items readers find, with explanations of how they came across them. The resulting […]
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A Community in Fear
About 10 minutes before the show starts, the horror film crowd begins to gather in the lobby of Durham’s Carolina Theatre. Not quite the audience you might expect: no goths, just folks in their 20s and 30s, some college students, some younger. Tonight’s offering is a double bill: Sissy Spacek in Carrie and Alfred Soles’ […]
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S&M & Rock & Roll
Though S&M has been mainstreamed into pop culture as a joke and a cliché, Secretary treats the topic with a compassion–and a silliness–that are both extremely original. Instead of whips and chains, the twisted law office where the film occurs is stocked with red pens and corrector fluid. These and other variations ultimately make Secretary […]
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The Fearless, Po-Mo, Grad School Vampire Slayers
“This show is quintessential postmodernism,” says Karen Francis-McWhite, a fourth-year graduate student in the Literature program at Duke. Be advised: she’s talking about Buffy The Vampire Slayer. The potentially scary thing is that she’s not the only one who thinks so. About 25 people converged on the John Hope Franklin Center for Interdisciplinary and International […]