Digital Culture Studies

• Via Spiral Scratch, a discussion of ‘persona blogging‘. See also here. Would people be as upset if the persona blogging being discussed was not a business model?
• How have I never heard of the Bechdel rule before today? Thanks, Anomie, for pointing the way.
• Garfield, minus Garfield. Its astonishingly bleak and disturbing.

I watched the opening ceremony, and like everyone else, was stunned at the visual effects, but I was also amazed at how poised the little singer was when she walked out. But maybe that poise was because she wasn’t singing at all - the singer was removed for the offense of ‘not being flawless’. She got the dubious honor being allowed to be the voice of the pretty girl, recording her song behind the scenes for another, prettier girl to get credit for. how lucky for her!

Something about TV is fascinating me lately. I don’t have anything smart to say about it yet, but there is something about how TV gets aggregated online that fascinates me. As does this clip below.

Ms. Hilton responds to John McCain’s latest advertisement. I love her energy policy!