Tag Archives: Barbara Ehrenreich

happy faces: necessary delusions

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave

Maybe it is better to go through life with an upside down smile. And maybe not always choose the sunny side of the street. It is a critique of the multi-billion-dollar positive-thinking industry which runs the entire gamut of books,seminars, … Continue reading →

Posted in Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion, Marketing/Advertising/Media | Tagged Barbara Ehrenreich, Deepak Chopra, dr. ruhab shah, Elmer Gantry, Eric Idle, George Clooney, Harold Bloom, jenni murray, lucy ellmann, mary baker eddy, Monty Python Life of Brian, napoleon hill, norman vincent peale, phineas parkhurst quimby, reverend ike, rhonda byrne, Ronald Reagan, Sarah Palin, zig ziglar | Leave a comment

evil genius as madly creative

Posted on December 24, 2011 by Dave

Is creativity always beneficial? Does it always lead to good outcomes? The study was called the dark side of creativity: original thinkers can be more dishonest. No, it was not written by Edgar Allan Poe, but it would make a … Continue reading →

Posted in Cinema/Visual/Audio, Feature Article, Ideas/Opinion | Tagged Barbara Ehrenreich, Bill gates, claude rains, dan ariely, Derrida, emmanuel levinas, francesca gino, Fritz Lang Metropolis, H.G. Wells, Hannah Arendt, jared harris, lorraine gammon, Marquis de Sade, Michel Foucault, Sigmund Freud, Simon Houpt, Slavoj Zizek | Leave a comment

HEY Playboy! SPREAD or go DEAD: Go #@+* Participation…

Posted on December 8, 2010 by Dave

In Barbara Ehrenreich‘s book, Hearts of Men, she talks about the launching of Playboy in 1953. At that time, a man who stayed single was suspected of homosexuality. The idea of being straight, of sound mind and body, and unmarried … Continue reading →