Heath Ledger’s passing seemed to re-ignite a wide interest in the causes, treatment, and perception of suicide. Emerging research in the U.S. suggest the interest is long overdue and tremendously misunderstood.
Ledger, it has been revealed, accidentally overdosed. Nonetheless, he sparked a discussion and highlighted the media and society’s obsession with youth suicide.
However, new [...]
Suicide, middle age, and modern life 02.20.08
Guantanamo’s 6th Anniversary: January 11, 2007 01.11.08
Nowhere in the corporate news today, unsurprisingly, but today is the sixth anniversary of the U.S. illegal detention of men and boys, including Canadian citizens, at Guantanamo. Worldwide protests are going on today to mark it.
There’s a transcript and audio stream of an interview this morning discussing the anniversary and the protests at Democracy [...]
Canadian Indie-Rock not “African-American” Enough? 10.29.07
[Currently listening to: Arcade Fire's "Neon Bible"]
A New Yorker article, “A Paler Shade of White, How indie rock lost its soul,” was inspired by an Arcade Fire concert earlier this year. The writer, Sasha Frere-Jones, noted in the concert what she believed to be a wider phenomenon: a racial re-sorting of “rock and roll” music.
Sasha [...]
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