links vom 01.10.2014
theatlantic.com: The Illusion of "Natural“ #
eula biss:
Our breast milk, it turns out, is as polluted as our environment at large. Laboratory analysis of breast milk has detected paint thinners, dry-cleaning fluids, flame retardants, pesticides, and rocket fuel. “Most of these chemicals are found in microscopic amounts," the journalist Florence Williams notes, “but if human milk were sold at the local Piggly Wiggly, some stock would exceed federal food-safety levels for DDT residues and PCBs."
im prinzip sind wir so neurotisch und ängsterfüllt vom unsichtbaren, wie unsere vorfahren vor hunderten von jahren. unsere ängste nennen wir jetzt nur anders:
Fear of toxicity strikes me as an old anxiety with a new name. Where the word filth once suggested, with its moralist air, the evils of the flesh, the word toxic now condemns the chemical evils of our industrial world. This is not to say that concerns over environmental pollution are not justified--like filth theory, toxicity theory is anchored in legitimate dangers--but that the way we think about toxicity bears some resemblance to the way we once thought about filth. Both theories allow their subscribers to maintain a sense of control over their own health by pursuing personal purity. For the filth theorist, this means a retreat into the home, where heavy curtains and shutters might seal out the smell of the poor and their problems. Our version of this shuttering is now achieved through the purchase of purified water, air purifiers, and food produced with the promise of purity.
wunderbarer text, aus dem ich absatzweise zitieren wollen würde, der versucht uns wenigstens ein bisschen zu erden und uns unsere diversen aberglauben von „natürlichkeit“, „chemikalien“ und „giften“ zu nehmen.
netzpolitik.org: Digitalkommissar-Kandidat Oettinger will eine Aufholjagd. Und sich dafür Zeit lassen. #
gute überschrift und gute zusammenfassung von anna biselli zur befragung von EU digitalkommissar-kandidat günther oettinger. etwas meinungsfreudiger war christian stöcker auf spiegel.de.
time.com: Celebrity Leaked Photos 2014: Harvard Sex Blogger on Her Revenge Porn #
lena chen:
The nonconsensual posting of my photos was a terrorizing invasion of privacy that altered my reality and irrevocably changed the way I live, think and write
twitter.com/samuel_wade: Sad to see HK protesters resorting to violins. #
Sad to see HK protesters resorting to violins. pic.twitter.com/17cGBXHeRO
— Samuel Wade (@samuel_wade) September 29, 2014
hauckundbauer.blogspot.com: Ist es nicht ein Glück...? (FAS, 28.September 2014) #