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Gary Hall
Gary Hall
@garyhall@hcommons.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

The print copes of Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal arrived today:

https://www.mediastudies.press/defund-culture-a-radical-proposal

The #book is published by mediastudies.press, and is available #openaccess under the CC4r (Collective Conditions for Re-Use commitment), so you don’t need to pay to download and read a copy.

It's also feels particularly timely in light of recent discussions around #class and #representation including the Class Ceiling report that came out the other week:

https://www.riseassociates.co.uk/downloads/ClassCeiling-Digital.pdf

And the #BBC review by Anne Morrison and Chris Banatvala, which highlight how it remains London-centric and skewed towards #middleclass

https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/thematic-review-of-portrayal-and-representation.pdf

#culturewar #classwar #ClassCeiling #DefundCulture
#ArtsAndCulture #WorkingClass
#media #london #universities
#he #academic #academia

Book cover, consisting of a photo of London's South Bank Arts Centre area.
Book cover, consisting of a photo of London's South Bank Arts Centre area.
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Gary Hall
Gary Hall
@garyhall@hcommons.social  ·  activity timestamp yesterday

The print copes of Defund Culture: A Radical Proposal arrived today:

https://www.mediastudies.press/defund-culture-a-radical-proposal

The #book is published by mediastudies.press, and is available #openaccess under the CC4r (Collective Conditions for Re-Use commitment), so you don’t need to pay to download and read a copy.

It's also feels particularly timely in light of recent discussions around #class and #representation including the Class Ceiling report that came out the other week:

https://www.riseassociates.co.uk/downloads/ClassCeiling-Digital.pdf

And the #BBC review by Anne Morrison and Chris Banatvala, which highlight how it remains London-centric and skewed towards #middleclass

https://www.bbc.co.uk/aboutthebbc/documents/thematic-review-of-portrayal-and-representation.pdf

#culturewar #classwar #ClassCeiling #DefundCulture
#ArtsAndCulture #WorkingClass
#media #london #universities
#he #academic #academia

Book cover, consisting of a photo of London's South Bank Arts Centre area.
Book cover, consisting of a photo of London's South Bank Arts Centre area.
Book cover, consisting of a photo of London's South Bank Arts Centre area.
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gittaca
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@gittaca@chaos.social  ·  activity timestamp 3 months ago

What the #MiddleClass probably knows instinctively, explained explicitly: #USPol

> At $40,000, you are drowning, but the state gives you a life vest. At $100,000, you are drowning, but the state says you are a “high earner” and ties an anchor to your ankle called “Market Price.”

https://www.yesigiveafig.com/p/part-1-my-life-is-a-lie/

Would be interesting to learn, whether this pattern/problem occurs in Germany as well.

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Dan Gillmor
Dan Gillmor
@dangillmor@mastodon.social  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago

The mutant version of capitalism we have now -- overwhelmingly tilted toward financial looters and their cartels -- is destroying community after community. This is deliberate, not an unintended outcome. Local hospitals are just one notably egregious example.

https://www.motherjones.com/politics/2025/07/the-landlord-gutting-americas-hospitals/

Preston MacDougall
Preston MacDougall
@ChemicalEyeGuy@mstdn.science replied  ·  activity timestamp 6 months ago
@dangillmor If we think the exploitation of the #poor and #MiddleClass is #unsustainable now, wait until the #billionaires rewrite laws to ensure they get the #ROI that #entitlements during the next fiscal year!

#Resist the #oligarchs in #USpol.
#ElbowsUp is not just for #Canada , eh!
🇨🇦 🇺🇸 💪

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