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The Busy Signal is a contribution based website, established in March 2010. We regularly post new original essays, focused on issues of the day—politics, policy, culture (which, yes, includes TV) and ideas—that are either in short or long form, but with the intention to start a conversation. The website is run by three editors, J. A. Myerson, Henry Casey, and Julia Wentzel, and is supported by the contributions of excellent folks from near and far. You may reach the editors at thebusysignal@gmail.com. We’re only half a year old now, so we thank you again for visiting and watching the site grow. We appreciate it, and there is much more to come.
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The Busy Signal · 7M ago

Documenting The Occupation: A Call For A New Media

It has been twenty-four hours since the solidarity march left Duncan Plaza in front of the New Orleans City Hall and there is still no trace of local media coverage. The march was difficult to ignore, leaving as it did from the steps of City Hall, moving through the Central Business District, and ta
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The Busy Signal · 7M ago

Triumph In Zuccotti Park!

Apparently, “indefinitely” does not mean very long to Michael Bloomberg. Two days after the Mayor announced that Wall Street occupiers would be permitted to remain in Zuccotti Park indefinitely, he announced that they were to evacuate by the end of the week. The evacuation was allegedly intended to
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The Busy Signal · 7M ago

Who’s Afraid of Post-Blackness? A Book Review

Being born black in America is no easy thing to describe. I’ve been here nearly thirty years and I’m still not entirely sure what’s going on. If you’re interested in the subject, there is plenty of reading material. Fiction. Non-fiction. Poetry. Take your pick. Figuring out what it means to be black
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The Busy Signal · 7M ago

Occupying Together and Dispelling the Apathy Myth

Sitting in my holding cell after the Brooklyn Bridge arrests, I had ample time to think about what I would do when released. Like many protesters that day, I had not been fixing to get arrested, and was still wading into the Occupy Wall Street movement. We all entered that day with varying levels of
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The Busy Signal · 8M ago

Zooey Deschanel and the Appeal of the Girly Girl

There’s been a lot of ink spilled lately about actress Zooey Deschanel. After all, she’s pretty much the indie girl idol right now, what with her whole “quirky” new prime time television show and her (actually pretty great) music with M. Ward and her billboards and tweets and general ubiquitousness.
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The Busy Signal · 8M ago

Heterosupremacists and the Protection of Inequality

“We hold these truths to be self-evident,” wrote Thomas Jefferson in our nation’s Declaration of Independence, “that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” Well, apparently w
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The Busy Signal · 8M ago

A Decade of Imprecision: Reflections on America and Islam

Today marks the tenth anniversary of perhaps the most egregious, manipulative, and immeasurably dangerous linguistic crime in modern history: the equation of the words “Muslim” and “terrorist.” This irredeemable offense was perpetrated and perpetuated by both the United States government and the nat
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The Busy Signal · 9M ago

A President of the United States Must Acknowledge Evolution as Scientific Fact

In the 152 years since the publication of Charles Darwin’s On the Origin of Species, there have been veritable mountains of evidence supporting the claims therein. In addition to the fossil record that Darwin cites, modern science has witnessed the development of radiocarbon dating (which is used to
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The Busy Signal · 10M ago

Rhetoric Has Real Consequences: Reflections on Oslo

Like so many people around the world, I was shocked and deeply upset by the terrorist attacks in Oslo last week.  For me, my feelings were reminiscent of what I felt that crisp September morning my senior year in high school, when our futures changed and thousands of people died.  Even though the at
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The Busy Signal · 10M ago

The Four Fails Of Bicycling in a Big City, Plus: The Win Made of Fail

Some background: about a year ago, I threatened to be a more avid cyclist, a commuter. However, thanks to a pretty bad winter and a workplace that doesn’t really support cycling, I waved the white flag and continued my abusive relationship with the subway system of New York City, only using the bicy
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