Tag Archives: Allan G. Johnson

liquid architecture

Posted on December 15, 2011 by Dave

Free and wild. A new frontier leaving strong emotional impressions. And for better or worse eschewing the middle-brow trap, that seduction of fantasy of liberal social and cultural improvement achieved at the expense of innovation and creativity. Face it, the … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Modern Arts/Craft | Tagged Allan G. Johnson, Anita Sarkeesian, David Bordwell, gilbert seldes, hal barwood, Henry Jenkins, warren spector | Leave a comment

emancipation: utopia is kind of boring

Posted on April 8, 2011 by Dave

Sigmund Freud even constructed an elaborate theory, based on the female’s discovery of her presumed anatomical deficiencies to explain why females manifest a submissive feminine personality. This theory has proven to be one of the most disposable portions of Freud’s … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media, Miscellaneous | Tagged Allan G. Johnson, Amanda Hess, Anita Sarkeesian, Antonin Artaud, Cosey Fanni Tutti, kate millett, margaret mead, Nancy Spero, Sigmund Freud, Warren Buffett | Leave a comment

An Oscar for the “male gaze”

Posted on February 26, 2011 by Dave

Since the first biblical patriarchs wandered out of Babylonia to the Egyptian Pharoahs and through the Greek theatre of Aristophanes to modern Hollywood, the male hero has been the center of the universe. Copernicus proved “man” was not the center … Continue reading →