“I can't believe people got so upset at the sight of a single breast! America is so parochial, I may just have to move to Europe where people are more mature about things like that!” PeopleBelieveMayI CanBodyAmericaMovingTelevisionEuropeSightUpsetBreastsMature Author:Janet Jackson
“Unlike any other player on the board, the press has no oversight, no mandate, few penalties, and even fewer consequences. Because there are not enough reporters on the ground, too many bureaus have outsourced both their reporting and standards to third party stringers whose spectacular videos of explosions and inflated body counts have shown up on both jihadist recruiting sites and American television screens, simultaneously.” EnoughBodyPartyPlayerTelevisionStandardsConsequenceThirdsPressesScreensVideoBoardsFewerReportersSitePenaltiesExplosionsSpectacularMandatesOversightThird PartiesAmerican TelevisionOutsourced Author:Matt Sanchez
“Our media, which is like a planetary nervous system, are far more sensitive to breakdowns than to breakthroughs. They filter out our creativity and successes, considering them less newsworthy than violence, war, and dissent. When we read newspapers and watch television news, we feel closer to a death in the social body than to an awakening.” FeelsWarBodySocialWatchesCreativityViolenceMediaTelevisionNewsAwakeningNewspapersNervousSensitiveConsideringBreakthroughDissentBreakdownFiltersNervous SystemTelevision NewsNewsworthy Book:Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential Source: Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential
“New video gaming systems are coming out that track every joint of your body. It's basically going to become a normal thing for us to allow Microsoft to put a three-dimensional camera on top of your television set looking at you, which sounds like a Big Brother scenario if ever I heard one, but, still, it's what we're going to allow.” IfsStillsBodyBigsThreeSoundHeardTelevisionBrotherNormalCamerasTrackYour BodyVideoComing OutJointsScenariosMicrosoftGamingNormal Things Author:Jesse Schell
“Prejudice against womenis many, many times intensified against older women. You are viewed not as an intellect but as a body.... Astonishingly, even women's liberation has paid extraordinarily little attention to the older woman and to the fact that her job is limited because she is [older]. They say that women shouldn't be sex objects, but you damned well better be a sex object if you want to get ahead in television.” IfsWantWellsLittlesFactsBodyJobsSexAttentionObjectsTelevisionPrejudicePaidIntellectLiberationGet AheadOlder WomenAgeismTelevision News Author:Elinor Guggenheimer
“One thing about everything that I've done is it's so diverse and all over the place, from doing crazy stunts that I can't believe that I've done to launching professional skateboard leagues to all types of different business stuff and television shows. To me, I'm real proud of the body of work, that I've done as opposed to one thing specifically.” BelieveI CanDifferentRealDoneShowsBodyStuffOne ThingCrazyTelevisionTypeProudLeagueDiverseTelevision ShowsLaunching Author:Rob Dyrdek
“If you're going to do a guest spot on television, they need bodies on those procedural TV shows. You've got to keep working, and that's where a lot of the work is.” IfsNeedsShowsBodyTelevisionTvsSpotsGuestsTv Shows Author:William Mapother
“I grew up with a lot of body image issues - not just about my weight, but I would always see these perfect orb, domed boobs on television, and think, "Mine don't look like that." I thought there was something wrong with me.” ThinkingLooksBodyPerfectIssuesTelevisionMinesGrewGrew UpWeightBody ImageOrbs Author:Ronda Rousey