Dialogic Cinephilia - January 31, 2018

I just finished Elizabeth Varon's Appomattox: Victory, Defeat, and Freedom at the End of the Civil War  an essential history (one of many, also check out Douglas Blackmon's Slavery By Another Name and Carol Anderson's White Rage) for understanding the resurgence of racist ideologies in America, the rise of Trump, the battles over memorials celebrating traitors, and the recent violence and NAZI/confederate imagery at far-right demonstrations (like Charlottesville - Lessons from Charlottesville ).

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Alston, Philp. "Extreme Poverty in America: Read the U.N. Special Monitor Report. The Guardian (December 15, 2017) ["Philp Alston, the UN’s special rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights, has spent 10 days touring America. This is the introduction to his report."]

Bailey, Buckey, Rob Bilot and Joe Kiger. "DuPont vs. the World: Chemical Giant Covered Up Health Risks of Teflon Contamination Across Globe." Democracy Now (January 23, 2018) ["“The Devil We Know,” that looks at how former DuPont employees, residents and lawyers took on the chemical giant to expose the danger of the chemical C8, found in Teflon and countless household products—from stain- and water-resistant apparel to microwave popcorn bags to dental floss. The chemical has now been linked to six diseases, including testicular and kidney cancers. We speak with Bucky Bailey, whose mother worked in the Teflon division of a DuPont plant in West Virginia while she was pregnant with him, and who was born with only one nostril and a deformed eye and has undergone more than 30 surgeries to fix the birth defects; Joe Kiger, lead plaintiff in a class action lawsuit against DuPont, and a school teacher in Parkersburg, West Virginia, who suffered from liver disease; and Rob Bilott, the attorney that brought DuPont to court."]

Booth, Nathan. "The Power of Blackness: True Detective." The Other Journal (May 25, 2014)

Cooper, Carol. "In Celebration of Ursula LeGuin's Fantastic Legacy." The Village Voice (January 30, 2018) ["The late author was obsessed with the nuances of language, and how words can shape the beliefs and behavior of entire civilizations"]

Ebiri, Bilge. "Miranda July, Josephine Decker, and Helena Howard on Their Sundance Hit Madeline’s Madeline." The Village Voice (January 30, 2018) ["The beautiful thing about making art is the enormous possibility of failure."]





McCracken, Brett. "Wendell Berry is a Dandelion Man: A Review of Look and See."

Moreci, Michael. "Five Sci-Fi Books That are More Relevant Now Than Ever." TOR (January 31, 2018)

Wilferson, Jessica. "Feminism in the Coalfields: What Appalachians of the 1970s Can Teach Today’s Feminists." Rewire (January 26, 2018)