James Deen wearing Google Glass.
This is Rhizome Today for Tuesday, December 23, 2014.
Rhizome invited a few of our collaborators to submit a few of their favorite links of 2014. These are published as part of Rhizome Today, a series of "ephemeral" blog posts which are taken offline within a day or so of publication.
Ann Hirsch:
- Sophia Katz's story "we don’t have to do anything." Of course, this story initiated "Tullygate" as well as many other women speaking out against men in the alt lit community re: sexual assault/culture of misogyny, which I think was really valuable. I just also loved this story as a story. I think it captured that consent "grey zone" really well and highlighted why sex should be fully consensual as opposed to something obligatory. Also, she captured well what it means to be a young woman navigating that terrain and how older men will take advantage of a young woman still "figuring it all out".
- 2014 was the year of the shitty "which/what _____ are you quiz?" spurred by Buzzfeed and let me tell you, I took them all! I love learning about myself. Here is one of my favs.
- Molly Lambert's weekly mad men recaps. The world has been waiting for a pop culture critic as amazing as Molly and her Mad Men recaps are truly pop knowledge at its finest and most beautiful.
- James Deen on Bret Easton Ellis’ podcast. This isn't your Grandma's James Deen ladies! James Deen has revolutionized porn for women by being an actual likable, interesting person. This podcast is proof. Also, I agree with Ellis' read on Gone Girl at the top.
Los Angeles-based artist Ann Hirsch's Rhizome-commissioned play Playground showed this year in London, and was described by Morgan Quaintance in Art Monthly as a "landmark for internet-aware art."