About kugelgirl

kugelgirl

You can only not like kugel if you're not sure what it is ;P

Location:

Santa Barbara (USA)

Joined on:

11/28/07

Occupation:

Media & Special Events

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  Culture

  response to  Jason Jude Chan's post Capital Emo(scow)

  First they came for...

  What are they going to do take these kids out to those bears holding scientists hostage? The thing about enforcing regulations against what started as an underground culture, is that they will just get pushed further underground. It's not like the Emo kids will organize and fight for rights, that is too conventional and mainstream. They'll rock out at home behind closed doors with eyeliner and dark nails, like my friends and I did back in Catholic school (which was a little like a former Communist regime itself).

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  Commented on July 26, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  Living

  response to  Dan Heath and Naz Sahin's post Save the Earth with Dirty Towels

  Saran Wrap and Peeps

  I'm not sure how biodegradeable saran wrap or peeps are, but this was funny. You have to draw the line somewhere, and I appreciate that you guys are into doing good without taking youselves too seriously. Maybe the Provications icon guy above should be winking, to note satire. As I commented on The New Yorker issue, I think you need to give a disclaimer before venturing into satire.

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  Commented on July 26, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  response to  Patrick James's post Overlooked Records Of 2008

  Chrisette Michele

  Does Chrisette Michele's record count? She made VH1 artist of the month a while back (that is a best of list) but since then she seems to have fallen off the face of the Earth. I don't hear any of her songs on the radio, even internet radio. Her album "I Am" is awesome, soulful and inspiring. I hope she has a great long career.

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  Commented on July 22, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  Culture

  response to  Patrick James's post Cassettes Aren't Yet Dead, Or Deadly

  A Deadly Cassette?

  Perhaps you could unravel the tape and trick a guard into lending you a pencil to rewind it? I agree that if you had enough time on your hands you could figure out a way to make a cassette into an intimidating weapon. McGeyvor could probably come up with something right off the bat.

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  Commented on July 22, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  Politics

  response to  Andrew Price's post Does The New Yorker Cover Offend You, Yeah?

  More Vague Than Their Usual Cartoons

  I'm a bigger fan of The Economist than The New Yorker (of course you guys are my favorite though) and I think The New Yorker should have followed their style on this cover. If they wanted to bombard people from the newsstands with all these rascist images in the name of satire, they should have expained the context of the images with a headline of "How Rove Would Paint the Obamas" or something similar.

  I am sure the editorial team of the New Yorker only wished to make an elitist statement as opposed to a racist one, all in the name of stirring up controversy and drumming up much interest in their magazine. (Note to GOOD, please don't ever do this! You can't, you have to stay "good" remember. If you do anything similar make sure you have a headline explaining the context of your controversial cover image to save your ass.)

  What I found even more offensive than the actual cover was the attude taken by The New Yorker that followed, this sense that if you're offended you don't get the joke because you're not as smart as us here at The New Yorker. I am smart and well educated and I have high enough self esteem to admit that I don't always "get" the vague humor of the cartoons in The New Yorker, but this one I got and simply felt was in terrible taste, with the punch line fumbled.

  I would find it hard to believe they could increase revenue or circulation with this event. Sure it gets people talking, and doing satire of Obama is trickier than satire of a white male candidate since you have to be careful with how stereotypical the cartoons look, but who is saying "Yes, this is my kind of magazine" after this issue?

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  Commented on July 20, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  Environment

  response to  Maywa Montenegro's post Black and Green

  Brown Green Movement

  This is a great story about a very inspirational man. At our Casa de la Raza Center we have a long history of standing up for the rights of Latino workers and environmentalism at the same time. We have a "Green Gardener" program, which teaches the techniques of green gardeing and makes the services of the gardeners who take the classes more marketable. Another program my friend started there is a self-sustaining bike repair center at for people who use it as their main source of transportation. That program is really thriving. Our center is in the industrial area of town and the environmental issues there have a big impact on the health of the people who live and work here, so I really appreciate the work of people like Jones, and groups like GOOD who promote what he and the Ella Baker Center are doing. Thanks guy!

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  Commented on April 9, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  Culture

  response to  Zach Frechette's post Project 010

  Good idea outsourcing

  I'm curious how much this project stems from genuine curiosity at what we'll send in, and how much of it is a creative block on the GOOD staff's behalf. If it's mostly the latter I applaud you on your positive marketing of project idea outsourcing.

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  Commented on April 9, 2008 by - kugelgirl

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  Media

  Invest in Media

  I really liked this article and I whole heartedly agree with the sentiment. I used to work for an online encyclopedia (not the free one everyone knows of, hence the used to work for...) and we switched from using AP wire feeds to one based in Korea to cut costs.

  It was very strange to see headlines poping up on breaking news at the New York Times and BBC and be told to wait for the story to be reported on in South Korea so we could spend the least amount of time on adapting the story before posting it on our site. When we did get the wire story it was often filled with sentences like "according to the New York Times," or "it was reported by the BBC" so it felt silly waiting for someone elses' report on the same article I read hours ago, but I knew they were getting the report cheaper from Korea.

  Any way, I agree that a lot of the news that the average American sees on TV or hears about on the radio is such a tiny fraction of what is being covered by international media groups. Many U.S. media companies don't seem to think we'll pay to find out about other parts of the world. It's not that they don't thnk we can handle too much more information. If so they wouldn't run the ticker headlines, ball game scores and stock report during an exclusive interview with whoever is big at the moment.

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  Posted on April 9, 2008 by - kugelgirl

• Invest in International News

  Authored by Alisa Miller - 4 votes