Ah now this I find a bit problematic.https://twitter.com/wellerstein/status/662701271938396163 …
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@wellerstein well sure, but the medium is the message, after all, and I think you picked a problematic medium.
@AnnaNReser Surely true — but there is little to do with nukes that is not problematic in one way or another.
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@wellerstein eh, that's a cop out. If you of all people aren't going to be critical about representations of nuclear history, who is? -
@AnnaNReser I think it's a fairly complex little piece of cultural work if I do say so myself. I do put thought into these things. -
@wellerstein I see what you're getting at - it's a good impulse I just don't think you can overcome the banality of the calendar format. -
@AnnaNReser My major efforts are always about riding that line, because it's the only way anything gets beyond academic circles. -
@wellerstein no objection to your intent here. Just as a design person, I think the calendar form works against your purpose. -
@wellerstein the form itself is about being noncontroversial and pleasing to look at. -
@AnnaNReser@wellerstein sorry to butt in but I too blinked @ the calendar medium. I had more of an issue w fetishism than contextualization -
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@AnnaNReser@wellerstein calendars often fetishize bodies & equating the image of nuclear weapons w this platform is troubling - 9 more replies
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