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"..and it called for a ramification of power."

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Tue, 25 Mar 2008 07:30:57 -0700

Not surprisingly, panopticism renders a good deal of society powerless and incapable of resisting now codified power structures. As a social theory, it suggests that in order to maximize the power of punishment, prison's ought not adopt ...

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in short: we're more technologically advanced today than we were 100 years ago.

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Mon, 17 Mar 2008 21:29:23 -0700

"He sees you when you're sleeping, he knows when you're awake. he knows if you've been bad or good...by the phone calls that you make!" Thomas Campanella's piece, Eden by Wire: Webcameras and the Telepresent Landscape explores the advancem...

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"a real dangerous muthafucka in a white see-through silk shirt?"

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Mon, 18 Feb 2008 20:44:11 -0800

"The elegant male who is capable of killing is like the highly efficient secretary who takes off her glasses to reveal a passionate, gorgeous babe underneath: a species of tantalizing, sexy disguise." -page 198. I was so compelled by the ove...

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it's all about perception.

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 19:58:58 -0800

I initially created this blog for my English 102 class, and our first assignment is due at midnight tonight. It's going to destroy the ambiance of my blog, but it seems to be necessary for passing the course. "Ways of Seeing" by John Berger. ...

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28%. twenty-eight percent. veinte ocho por ciento.

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Sun, 27 Jan 2008 14:16:59 -0800

that's how much BARACK OBAMA won South Carolina by in the Democratic Primary yesterday. Yesterday was the craaaaziest day ever, starting at 8:30am. Staffers and volunteers across the entire state worked their butts off until the polls closed, ...

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HILLARY CLINTON SIGNS THE DARFUR PROPOSAL.

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 11:26:16 -0800

so this is what I woke up to this morning: "Hi, Kathryn. My name is Aura Siegel and I'm calling because President Clinton gave the proposal on Darfur to his wife and she signed it today. I can leave it for you in the Hilton if you want to come ...

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"bill c. is in starbucks."

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Fri, 25 Jan 2008 00:43:15 -0800

..and that's the text i received at 10:30pm tonight from my dog hans. and so we dropped everything we were doing and ran to starbucks to meet (former) President Bill Clinton. Somehow, I ended up standing on a chair in the very middle of the room....

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Obama for America.

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 09:27:40 -0800

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"i don't know if you've heard, but my husband is running for president."

nobody@vox.com(kathryn witzke) — Thu, 24 Jan 2008 08:44:09 -0800

welcome to my life. In order to preface this post, so as to not dissapoint or lose your interest, I find it important to note that: over the past several months (and even more over the next three days), my life revolves completely aroun...

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