Posts by Keir Leslie
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OnPoint: What Andrew Geddis Said, But…, in reply to Rich of Observationz,
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Erm. Sort of --- see Whitlam.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?,
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Hamish Keith does have a cheek running his mouth about the arts establishment in NZ given that he himself is a substantial chunk of it.
Also, as far as Labour’s arts policy goes, here’s the draft Platform, which has a chapter on NZ Identity etc. If you want to go have a look at that and feedback on it, I’m sure the Party (ahem) will take it seriously.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?,
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I actually kinda don't agree with Hamish Keith there. Anyway, must dash, Physics Room opening (Gavin Hipkins) in 10 minutes.
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Hard News: A Golden Age for the Arts?,
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Actually it kinda is a pretty good time for the arts in NZ. There's a bunch of Clark era good stuff floating round still, and while Finlayson has been meh at best, lots of things have been just quietly continuing.
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The problem is that the unwashed masses of NZ don't particularly want 'no threshold', and it's a bit problemy to force that onto them.
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Hard News: Competing for Auckland,
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Track record doing what?
You know, I think that unless you chaired a national organisation protesting apartheid, it's probably best not to quibble with Minto's activist credentials. Sure, I disagree with him about a huge amount. But you have to respect the guy.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Stephen Judd,
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Pierre Bourdieu stays in your head for ever and ever and ever, and sometimes you just have to share.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Martin Lindberg,
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The images are predominantly young, pretty, white, middle-to-upper class etc. This is problematic for obvious reasons.
It's also a predominantly bourgeois imagining of clothing: as something you have control over, that you are able to vary as you like. (Even the idea of "special clothing" is quite revealing: special clothing is clothing that is not the bourgeois standard, which (like whiteness) is treated as a default.)
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to George Darroch,
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Oh yeah, I cycled to work over in summer in steel caps and fluoro vest, because that was what I had to wear. I mean that things like "Copenhagen chic" often brush over issues of clothing as class signifier in a rather frustrating way.
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Hard News: Dressing for the Road, in reply to Stephen Judd,
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And, er, predicated on working a job where you can wear what you like. It’s a fundamentally bourgeois/professional conception of clothing. If you work a job where you have to wear steel caps, or overalls, or a uniform, this kind of discussion is quite different.