Literally, “to make the curious talk”—the French’s notorious explain-all reason given to account for why things are the way they are, without really explaining anything. Often used as a snappish comeback to questions posed by inquisitive children who just won’t shut up. Generally emphasized with a shrug and at least one contemptuously raised eyebrow.

6.14.2005

Amazonian shame

Whenever you select a product on amazon.com, a search engine pulls up more products and/or websites that you, as a customer, might be interested in based on your current product choice. While doing some research for a works cited page I came across a book titled Korean American Women by Young I. Song and Ailee Moon. Here is a selection from the Book Description section: "Twenty-one selections examine the collective experience and Western feminist issues from minority feminist perspectives. The content is interdisciplinary and raises many thought-provoking, seldom-discussed issues. This book will be of interest to students and faculty in sociology, feminist and women's studies, ethnic studies, and Asian studies." Pretty heavy stuff.

However, scroll down a bit and you will find the following under the section titled "Customers interested in Korean American Women may also be interested in…"

2 Comments:

Blogger RJW said...

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8:04 PM

 
Anonymous Anonymous said...

goddamn it! I fucking hate amazon so much.

12:00 AM

 

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