le grande silence
I read the paper pretty much every day. Ditto for listening to NPR on the radio for hours on end. I figure I'm pretty ahead of the game in terms of being news-saturated and media savvy. And yet it's a shock that it's been over 13 days of rioting in France (and now in a few other isolated places in the EU) and there is such a big....silence...in general. Don't get me wrong--on day 6 I heard my first broadcast of riots happening on the radio. What? Since then I've been trying to find better coverage on the issues and most of the US media has such meager coverage it's just appalling!
The Guardian UK has good coverage, however, with pictures, too. Color me paranoid and conspiracy-theory laden, but I can't help but wonder if so little US coverage of an overtly race-centered issue is a reflection of America's own embarrassment and willingness to put aside race and poverty concerns after being humiliated with Katrina.
General question: can someone recommend a good French blog (written in English) that is covering the topics on the ground? Hopefully one that is written by a so-called foreigner? It would be much appreciated!
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it's still a newspaper, but the washington post has the most extensive international news section of any paper i've seen. you may have already checked it out, but that's how i've been keeping up to date (along w/ npr). and by the way, let me just say how i love anti-factory and your blog for being socially aware. a lot of craft blogs are part of my dailies but yours is one that is definitely more entrenched in the world outside of me, you, and craft. and...i do love the shirts!
hi dawn, thanks! i'll follow up on the washington post lead...and i'm glad you appreciate the mix of socio-political with craft. i think sometimes it looks a bit odd and i'm sure i get people stumbling around wondering why the hell i mix it up in the same boat, but then again, we're all pretty complex human beings who have myriad interests, so why not?
i find it harder and harder to "segregate" issues these days!
again, thanks for the feedback and recommendation :D
i definitely think that the two worlds are more than linked, esp. fashion, in both the consumer aspect (buying/not buying from certain companies because of their labor/trade practices) and in art (fashion as social & polical commentary, etc.). and i'm sure a lot of people feel the same way!
What a strange coincidence! Just last night, I posted an entry about a blog, Black Looks, that has very good background on the issues.
Timely indeed. Here is a post from a knitter in France:
http://fidgetyknitting.blogspot.com/
Ive come to the same realization about US coverage on stuff ~ everytime Hiro and go to Japan their news is packed with what is going on EVERYWHERE!!! Literally, they cover countries ive never heard constantly, I do have to say though that my favorite coverage they do is of North Korea [which is also pretty frequent] I bet more than half of the American population has no idea what those people are like over there. :/ *scary stuff*
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