Neil Kramer
wrote some insightful
essays back in 2007 about how television targets women that's
relevant for today and worth re-visiting.
He makes some astute
observations that will make you stop and think.

I grew up watching
television. My Dad likes to tell the story about when I was 6 months
old....he got me out of the crib to watch Neil Armstrong walk on the
moon. In retrospect that seems to be the only thing that was really
worth watching when I think of the hundreds of hours I wasted over the
years.
I knew for a long time it was
bad for my brain, but I still went back for more, rationalizing how
entertainment like the History channel or Discovery was somehow immune
to the mind numbing effect of the more low brow stuff. It wasn't until I retreated back to the woods of rural
Appalachia that I finally woke up and saw the ugly truth behind
everything the television spews.
I
still enjoy the occasional movie, but sadly most of what Hollywood
chooses to create is unfit for my eyes and ears. This would be a good
time to mention Steve Willner and his fascinating work with
synchromysticism at his website Labyrinth of the
Psychonaut. Mr Willner
and his associates have created some compelling videos that carefully dissect some of the
more sinister motives behind the imagery and symbolism that dominates
both the big and little screen these days.
Jay
Weidner said recently:"If a picture is worth a thousand words, then
a symbol is worth a thousand pictures."
Image credit goes to trashyourtv.com for the
picture of a smashed tv in the desert.