Jen Angel's Blog, page 5
May 18, 2010
Facebook, Privacy, and Organizing
Dude. *Everyone* is freaking about about Facebook. Seriously. I mean, the NY Times is publishing multiple stories and info-graphics about it. People are attempting to delete their profiles. It's crazy! And while all this talk has caused me to question my participation in the social networking giant, there are two things I want to talk [...:]
May 10, 2010
I've Always Loved Dogs
Last week, The Guardian ran a slide show called, "Kanellos the Greek Protest Dog." One of 14 photos, the one featured here was taken by Aris Messinis. The story caption says, "A dog that has been seen at nearly every demonstration in Athens over the last two years has turned up again during the recent [...:]
May 5, 2010
How I Spend My Time
You might not know it from looking at this site, which seems to be all over the place, but I spend most of my time helping others, in some capacity, to promote their books and projects to the rest of the world, primarily through the publicity group Aid & Abet, which I coordinate along with [...:]
April 30, 2010
Food Revolution
My friend Arun Gupta wrote an article for Alternet called "How TV Superchef Jamie Oliver's 'Food Revolution' Flunked Out." and because I love food and because I read pretty much everything that Arun writes, I figured I better watch Jamie Oliver's show so I could have an informed opinion on it. You can watch full [...:]
March 1, 2010
The Future of Magazines
If you've ever been involved in a print magazine, you're probably sick of people asking you what is going to happen to print magazines, what with people reading all their content on the internet and new fangled technology like the iPad/Kindle/Whatever.
That, of course, is the 10 million dollar question. On Saturday, I had the pleasure [...:]
That, of course, is the 10 million dollar question. On Saturday, I had the pleasure [...:]
February 15, 2010
Aiding & Abetting
Well, it's finally time for me to make an update on all the things I have been doing in the last few weeks.
Although I often joke and say that I have 10 jobs, really my main job is to help awesome authors & filmmakers promote their work through events and other outreach. I work with [...:]
Although I often joke and say that I have 10 jobs, really my main job is to help awesome authors & filmmakers promote their work through events and other outreach. I work with [...:]
January 25, 2010
Mexico – A list of random things
I just returned from spending three weeks in Southern Mexico and Mexico City. It was my first time in Mexico, aside from once, more than 10 years ago, when I was in El Paso and I walked across the border to Juarez for an hour. I have a lot of mixed feelings about traveling internationally. [...:]
December 7, 2009
It's just money. Really.
Yes, every year I post about where I am planning on donating money and encourage you to donate as well. Here's my post from last year, where I talk about what the financial impact to social movements would be if people gave away just 1% of their income.
Today, I would like to reference, again, this [...:]
Today, I would like to reference, again, this [...:]
December 4, 2009
On Anniversaries, Part Two: Seattle
Last year on the anniversary of the 1999 Seattle anti-WTO protests, I wrote "Self-reflection is an important part of developing movements for social change, and I hope that as the 10th anniversary approaches, more long term activists will publish/post their reflections on this critical time." I am happy that many of them have, and quite [...:]
November 22, 2009
On Anniversaries
Thursday was the anniversary of my dad's death. Last year, I wrote a post about it a few weeks after he died and always intended to write more, and though I'm not quite sure I'm ready, I don't feel I can really let the anniversary go by without marking it.
So, on anniversaries. Taking time to [...:]
