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Category Archives: Culture
Found Sentences: The Environmental Movement and Going Back to Green
When Cousin Nick wanted to make a documentary about me he wasn’t that impressed when he interviewed my friend Mento Wong. Mento was a biker friend of mine who’d spent his life railing against conformity and worked as an operator … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Climate Change, Culture, Environmentalism, Teaching, Writing
Tagged environmentalism, grammar, great depression, green, overpopulation, Searching for Bear Documentary
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Cultural Codes Case Study – Tom Waits’ “Small Change”
Much of the interpretative work that the reader is asked to do with this short text is in reference to their knowledge of cultural codes. One of the examples I continually return to when it comes to understanding cultural coding … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Education, Literature, Writing
Tagged .38, Cultural Codes, Saturday Night Special, Small Change, Tom Waits
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The Dunning–Kruger Effect
He didn’t mean to laugh, but he was easily overcome by the mangled sentences coming out of the man’s mouth. It was a kind of disorder, that he couldn’t control himself once someone was mangling their words so much as … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Internet, Media, Supernatural, Superstition
Tagged conspiracy, Dunning-Kruger, invisible man
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Hatred of Muslims and the Latest Red Scare
I had the pleasure of growing up in North America when the reigning hatred was of communists, although most people didn’t know what a communist was and—because of weak historical understanding—only vaguely associated them with the Soviet Union. Because I … Continue reading
Posted in Activism, Culture, Education, History, Media, News, Politics, Religion, Social Media
Tagged 1984, communism, George Bush, islam, islamophobia, muslim, Osama bin Laden, propaganda, Reagan, war
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Please Leave a Message
In the early nineties answering machines on phones were ubiquitous, which means that nearly everyone had left a message on one and therefore knew what to do upon hearing the greeting. For some reason, that didn’t stop people from leaving … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Internet, Social Media
Tagged answering machines, Facebook, technology, youtube
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A Response to the Signs
When a sign about the exploitation of children went up in my neighbourhood, I thought little about it, partly because it didn’t look professional enough to have come from the desk of an official service. Instead, it had more in … Continue reading
Colleen and the Church Lady
Church Lady: “So lovely to see you here today, girl. On Christmas Mass at least. You haven’t attended in months.” Looks significantly at Colleen’s mother. Mother: “She has school and lots of work.” Colleen: “Nice to see you too. It’s … Continue reading
Ignorance, Knowledge, and the Environment
We often presume that someone who doesn’t care about their environment is merely ignorant. They just don’t know, we say to ourselves when pondering the person throwing recyclables in the trash, or making arguments about buying a larger vehicle. If … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Change, Culture, Environmentalism
Tagged environmentalism, great depression, recycling
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The Cryptic Nature of Ghosts
Although sceptics around the world reject the existence of ghosts, there are also many millions of people for whom ghosts are either an uncomfortable and constant presence or a remote and threatening possibility. Those who claim to have seen a … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Supernatural, Superstition
Tagged Ghosts, human soul, spirit world, Supernatural, Superstition
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The Walmart Generation
My ex-girlfriend’s mother was a member of the Walmart generation, and when I first met her she showed us around the house. Part of this tour meant that she pointed out the new coffee table. I realize now that it … Continue reading
Posted in Culture, Environmentalism
Tagged consumerism, environmentalism, Minimalism, mother-in-law, waste
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