Posted by phone monkey at 2cust12.tnt1.minneapolis3.mn.da.uu.net on March 16, 2002 at 01:25:13:
In Reply to: I'll try and stick with the theme of the thread... posted by TheMojoPin on March 16, 2002 at 01:03:44:
: ...my favorite sort of "social commentary" books...
Al Franken "Rush Limbaugh is a big fat idiot"
and "Why Not Me"
Jean Jacques Rousseau, "The Social Contract"
Elizabeth Wurzel, "Bitch"
Jack Weatherford, "Indian Givers"
Any of the Pantheon Documentary Comic Books (the "For Beginners" series)
: Moore's "Downsize THIS!"
: Kalle Lasn's "Culture Jam"
: Douglas Rushkoff's "Playing The Future", "Media Virus", & "Coercion"
: Naomi Klein's "No Logo"
: Patricia Hirsch's "A Tribe Apart"
: Russ Kick's "You Are Being Lied To"
: William "UPSKI!!!" Wimsatt's "Bomb The Suburbs!" & "No More Prisons"
: Susan Moeller's "Compassion Fatigue"
: Barry Glassner's "The Culture of Fear"
: John Seabrook's "Nobrow"
: Ann Powers' "Weird Like Us"
: Neil Gabler's "Life The Movie"
: Ralph Nader's "Crashing The Party"
: We'll tackle OTHER literary genres another time...
: -TMP