Author: Anne Ishii

8 Questions

Jul 30, 2012

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The last time the US hosted an International AIDS Conference was in 1991, before President Reagan banned HIV-positive foreigners entry into this country. Since Obama lifted the ban and became the first sitting president to announce support of gay marriage, public discourse on AIDS and the gay community appear to have transformed here, since its...

On Beauty

Jul 24, 2012

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From The New York Review of Books: There has long been a tendency to see the most important innovations of Modernism as arising directly from progressive causes. War, in this view, was considered a limiting if not wholly destructive force that stymied civilian architecture in favor of retrogressive military structures. But in his groundbreaking recent book...

On Beauty

Jul 24, 2012

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I don't need to tell you how popular bikes are [on Broome Street in SoHo I counted no fewer than three non-bike stores with bikes in their storefront display] but bike accessories are a bit wanting. It's just expensive bike saddles and Danish baskets. This is an expired Kickstarter for a brilliantly simple bike-carrying solution, but...

Editorial, Information

Jul 10, 2012

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Comic-Con International, effectively known as "San Diego" in the comics industry, officially opens its doors tomorrow. The pedestrian traffic and blistering heat+synthetically conditioned air can make this ostensible publishing convention a do-or-die ordeal. Here are some tips on how to survive. 1. Be prepared to walk at a snail's pace and don't get upset when a...

Information

Jul 10, 2012

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There's a thoughtful interview with Spike Lee in this week's New York magazine, wherein he takes down Hollywood (superhero obsessed), Brooklyn (gentrified beyond repair) and the Education system (inadequate). Oh, and he's promoting the latest chapter in his Brooklyn Chronicles, "Red Hook Summer." As a one-time interloper in the borough's most misunderstood neighborhood, I know I...