Reading Lately

Feminism, Art, Theory, Ed. Hilary Robinson -- comprehensive study of women's art movements 1960-now
A doorstop, but an anthology, and thus dippable.

Generation Debt, by Anya Kamenetz -- no you are not a slacker. The economic order Is, in fact, stacked against you and in favor of Boomers. "Kristof is right. Instead of saving for their own retirement, let alone our future, the Boomer are going into deeper debt than any generation before them. Becuase of their projected retirement expenses, the entire nation is essentially bankrupt with a total accumulated funding gap in the federal budget that's greater than our national net worth. Whose going to be around when that bill comes due? Young people. (Gen X and the Millennials that is). // Add to these material debts the ominous global legacy our parents and grandparents have left us ... and the smugness [of labeling us slackers and "adultescents" and buying H2s] starts to look downright cruel." (xiv) -- Read this book. Think you're the only one not "on schedule"? Oh no. There is a structural problem here, not just a personal/familial matter of responsibility (though there is that too).

The Medium is the Massage, by Quentin Fiore and Marshall McLuhan, produced by Jerome Agel -- graphics to match the message about the total media environment in which Generations Debt swims like guppies and brought to you by... the Boomers. (yeh, i've been a little peeved with you Age of Aquarians).

Scroll down. Buy some damn books for the kids whose reading room got robbed. Do it now.