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...deluge of previously private information: our generation’s culture revolves around the process of painstakingly constructing, dismantling, and constructing again the identities that we present for public consumption via facebook.com and MySpace. For many, the motivation seems to be to create an identity that appears more complex, serious, or just more likable than the real person behind the curtain. After all, when people quote John Stuart Mill in their profiles, list “The Art of War” as one of their favorite books, or oh-so-subtly write things like...
...coincidentally” decided to go commando, leave little to the public imagination. However, when they aren’t busy with these vital activities, famous millenials have turned television and magazine interviews into their makeshift facebook profiles, and take every opportunity to try to convey how complex they truly are. But did anyone buy it when Hilton told the British edition of GQ that she’s “very shy” or when Lohan discussed the complicated emotional introspection that she hopes to convey through her music in Vanity Fair? Or, as with...
...Because they’re constantly in flux, the “identities” that we think we’re creating in these public spaces are ultimately meaningless. If one day you’re telling the world your life story, and how emotionally complex and introspective you are, and the next week you’re saying, “I’m a really laid-back kinda guy who likes to party—get at me,” ultimately you’ve shown everyone nothing, except perhaps that you?...
Despite his obsession with the band, Spitz refuses to glorify his subjects and portrays them in a strikingly truthful and complex light...
...Harvard.The group of about 30 residents, organized by the Charlesview Tenants’ Association and accompanied by around 10 Harvard students, announced their opposition to the swap, which would give Harvard the five-acre plot on which Charlesview currently stands. In return, Harvard would build a new affordable housing complex on a 6.5-acre site further southwest in Allston.Protestors criticized the Board for what they alleged as insufficient consultation with residents during negotiations with the University.“The board that runs the place won’t let us sit in on the meetings. It?...