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desayunoencama) wrote2009-04-14 02:49 pm
desayunoencama) wrote2009-04-14 02:49 pm
Two Amazonfail links
Over the weekend I spoke with Tracy Baim, publisher of gay Chicago print newspaper WINDY CITY TIMES about Amazonfail. The issue is now out, and the piece I'm quoted in is also online here.
How (and how fast) we get information is really changing, obviously.
A cogent post from Richard Nash, former publisher of SOFT SKULL:
"Not so long ago, gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and queer/questioning individuals had bookstores that functioned effectively as community centers—providing books, videos, bulletin boards, safe spaces, workshops, to the community. However, of the course of the past twenty years “mainstream,” heteronormative capitalism made social contracts with GLBTQ persons. We’ll sell you all that stuff, and we’ll give you discounts, and it’ll be even more convenient, and customer service will be more predictable. We’ll have shelves just for you, we’ll have categories and tags that will allow you to find all the stuff you need. (No, no one signed this contract—like the social contract that made democracy, it’s one you go along with, it’s not handed to you at birth, or on reaching the age of majority.)
Amazon breached that social contract."
How (and how fast) we get information is really changing, obviously.
A cogent post from Richard Nash, former publisher of SOFT SKULL:
"Not so long ago, gay, lesbian, bi, trans, and queer/questioning individuals had bookstores that functioned effectively as community centers—providing books, videos, bulletin boards, safe spaces, workshops, to the community. However, of the course of the past twenty years “mainstream,” heteronormative capitalism made social contracts with GLBTQ persons. We’ll sell you all that stuff, and we’ll give you discounts, and it’ll be even more convenient, and customer service will be more predictable. We’ll have shelves just for you, we’ll have categories and tags that will allow you to find all the stuff you need. (No, no one signed this contract—like the social contract that made democracy, it’s one you go along with, it’s not handed to you at birth, or on reaching the age of majority.)
Amazon breached that social contract."
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Hey, as someone who Lives in Europe, do you have any idea about the likelihood of "French language barrier" as a cause? The idea that queer = porn seems more American to me than French.
Er, I am asking you as a Token Expat, and please tell me if I am offending.