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Astra Taylor

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Astra Taylor (born 1979) is a Canadian-American documentary filmmaker, writer, activist and musician. [1]

34 relations: Adbusters, Athens, Georgia, Brown University, Canadian Americans, Debt, Dissent, Dissent (American magazine), Documentary film, Examined Life, Filmmaking, Georgia (U.S. state), Jeff Mangum, Keith Gessen, London Review of Books, Manitoba, N+1, Neutral Milk Hotel, Occupy movement, Occupy Wall Street, Salon (website), Shuttleworth Foundation, Sociology, State University of New York at New Paltz, Sunaura Taylor, The Baffler, The Nation, The People's Platform, University of Georgia, Unschooling, Veganism, Verso Books, Winnipeg, Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary, Zizek!.

Adbusters

The Adbusters Media Foundation is a Canadian-based not-for-profit, pro-environment organization founded in 1989 by Kalle Lasn and Bill Schmalz in Vancouver, British Columbia.

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Athens, Georgia

Athens, officially Athens–Clarke County, is a consolidated city–county and American college town in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Brown University

Brown University is a private Ivy League research university in Providence, Rhode Island, United States.

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Canadian Americans

Canadian Americans are American citizens whose ancestry is wholly or partly Canadian.

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Debt

Debt is when something, usually money, is owed by one party, the borrower or debtor, to a second party, the lender or creditor.

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Dissent

Dissent is a sentiment or philosophy of non-agreement or opposition to a prevailing idea (e.g., a government's policies) or an entity (e.g., an individual or political party which supports such policies).

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Dissent (American magazine)

Dissent is a left-wing intellectual magazine edited by Michael Kazin and founded in 1954.

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Documentary film

A documentary film is a nonfictional motion picture intended to document some aspect of reality, primarily for the purposes of instruction, education, or maintaining a historical record.

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Examined Life

Examined Life is a 2008 Canadian documentary film about philosophers directed by Astra Taylor.

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Filmmaking

Filmmaking (or, in an academic context, film production) is the process of making a film, generally in the sense of films intended for extensive theatrical exhibition.

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Georgia (U.S. state)

Georgia is a state in the Southeastern United States.

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Jeff Mangum

Jeff Mangum (born October 24, 1970) is an American singer, songwriter, and multi-instrumentalist, best known for his work as the lyricist, vocalist and guitarist of the band Neutral Milk Hotel, as well as being one of the cofounders of The Elephant 6 Recording Company.

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Keith Gessen

Keith A. Gessen (born January 9, 1975) is a Russian-born American novelist, journalist, literary translator, and co-editor of n+1, a thrice-yearly magazine of literature, politics, and culture based in New York City.

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London Review of Books

The London Review of Books (LRB) is a British journal of literary essays.

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Manitoba

Manitoba is a province at the longitudinal centre of Canada.

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N+1

n+1 is a New York–based American literary magazine that publishes social criticism, political commentary, essays, art, poetry, book reviews, and short fiction.

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Neutral Milk Hotel

Neutral Milk Hotel was an American indie rock band formed in Ruston, Louisiana by singer, guitarist, and songwriter Jeff Mangum in the late 1980s.

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Occupy movement

The Occupy movement is an international socio-political movement against social and economic inequality and the lack of "real democracy" around the world.

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Occupy Wall Street

Occupy Wall Street (OWS) was a protest movement that began on September 17, 2011, in Zuccotti Park, located in New York City's Wall Street financial district, receiving global attention and spawning a surge in the movement against economic inequality worldwide.

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Salon (website)

Salon is an American news and opinion website, created by David Talbot in 1995 and currently owned by the Salon Media Group.

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Shuttleworth Foundation

The Shuttleworth Foundation was established in January 2001 by South African entrepreneur Mark Shuttleworth as an experiment with the purpose of providing funding for people engaged in social change.

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Sociology

Sociology is the scientific study of society, patterns of social relationships, social interaction, and culture.

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State University of New York at New Paltz

The State University of New York at New Paltz, known as SUNY New Paltz or New Paltz for short, is a public college in New Paltz, in the U.S. state of New York.

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Sunaura Taylor

Sunaura "Sunny" Taylor (born March 21, 1982) is an American painter and activist for disability and animal rights.

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The Baffler

The Baffler is a magazine of cultural, political, and business analysis.

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The Nation

The Nation is the oldest continuously published weekly magazine in the United States, and the most widely read weekly journal of progressive political and cultural news, opinion, and analysis.

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The People's Platform

The People's Platform: Taking Back Power and Culture in the Digital Age is a 2014 book by Astra Taylor.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public comprehensive research university.

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Unschooling

Unschooling is an educational method and philosophy that advocates learner-chosen activities as a primary means for learning.

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Veganism

Veganism is the practice of abstaining from the use of animal products, particularly in diet, and an associated philosophy that rejects the commodity status of animals.

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Verso Books

Verso Books (formerly New Left Books) is a publishing house based in London and New York City, founded in 1970 by the staff of New Left Review.

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Winnipeg

Winnipeg is the capital and largest city of the province of Manitoba in Canada.

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Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary

Woodstock Farm Sanctuary (previously Woodstock Farm Animal Sanctuary) is a farm animal rights and protection organization, founded in 2004.

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Zizek!

Zizek!, sometimes written as Žižek!, is a 2005 American/Canadian documentary film directed by Astra Taylor.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Astra_Taylor

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