Mastering Modernity

"On the one hand, you know, coming from rural America, I think, oh, all right, now we're getting some attention in national discussion. But the hell of it is, it's often, from my view, the wrong attention, framed the wrong way, asking the wrong questions, and making the wrong assessments. I'd almost rather just be left alone. So we've sort of moved from a sense of invisibility to a stunning, broad stereotype casting millions of Americans as somehow a political and cultural monolith. It seems to me that what's going on right now is the scapegoating of a group that I know in some pockets to be very progressive, and is not at all represented by the media attention that's going on right now." - Sarah Smarsh, Heartland: A Memoir Of Working Hard and Being Broke In The Richest Country On Earthinterviewed for NPR

Americans Think Jobs Are The Answer To Poverty. They're Not. from NY Times

The Productivity - Wage Gap, from the Economic Policy Institute Happy Labor Day, proletariat! Workers of the world unite!

Allegory of Fame after Death by Hendrick Hondius I, 1610 via @sexdeathrebirth

Portland's Art Scene A Hidden Weapon Of Economic Development, via OregonLive

Eminem Drops Surprise Album, Kamikaze! Let's see how this goes!

Looks like Terribly Human Beings wasn't just a name. The Orwells have broken up due to sexual abuse allegations. Via Pitchfork.

Emmy Rossum Is Leaving Shameless, via Variety

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