Author Archives: Ralph

Even in the dead of night, long gas lines in NY, NJ

http://twitter.com/#!/Vicehc/status/264289037714612224 Damage from Hurricane Sandy has disrupted fuel deliveries and forced many gas stations in New Jersey and New York to close. The result: ridiculously long lines at those gas stations that remain open. Insane line of traffic waiting for gas on 44th & 10th. Backed up to 37th. #sandy instagr.am/p/RgkY6KK4s0/ — James Sims (@SimsJames)…

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‘WTF is that last one?!’ Delightfully baffling Sochi bathroom rules [pic]

http://twitter.com/#!/blazerrose/status/430927721565143040 You can sit on the toilet, but no sprinkling while you’re tinkling and … no praying to the porcelain god? http://twitter.com/#!/SebToots/status/429546115604938752 Canadian Snowboarder Sebastien Toutant shared that pic of bathroom rules at the Sochi Winter Olympics and it’s been racking up the retweets ever since. While the Internet was most intrigued by the “no…

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‘My bow makes my d*ck hard’: Did Idris Elba ‘release the beast’ on Twitter? [pic]

http://twitter.com/#!/Therealvichick/status/419637817006759936 So … did he or didn’t he? Inquiring minds wanna know. At least some of them do. British actor Idris Elba, who frequently appeared on “The Wire” and stars in “Luther,” may have been feeling extra-frisky last night, as the following message was sent out via his official Twitter account: http://twitter.com/#!/idriselba/status/419636942893240320 Oh, my. Was…

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American Media and Mass Culture

On subjects from Superman to rock ‘n’ roll, from Donald Duck to the TV news, from soap operas and romance novels to the use of double speak in advertising, these lively essays offer students of contemporary media a comprehensive counterstatement to the conservatism that has been ascendant since the seventies in American politics and cultural…

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