On AlterNet: reality

Stories, blog posts, and videos tagged as "reality"

How I Came to Terms With My Boyfriend's Infidelity -- and My Own

Katie Crouch, Salon. January 11, 2012.

Bestselling novelist Katie Crouch tells her own story of monogamy and adultery.

How the Occupy Movement Helped Americans Move Beyond Denial and Depression to Action

Bruce E. Levine, AlterNet. December 5, 2011.

The spirit of liberation psychology--a tradition from Latin American protest movements--has been embraced by U.S. Occupy participants.

How Television Can Make You Believe Things That Aren't True

Tom Jacobs, Miller-McCune.com. October 12, 2011.

Newly published research suggests nuggets of misinformation embedded in a fictional television program can seep into our brains and lodge there as perceived facts.

Bill Moyers: America Can't Deal With Reality -- We Must Be Exposed to the Truth, Even If It Hurts

Bill Moyers, AlterNet. February 14, 2011.

Many people inhabit a closed belief system on whose door they have hung the "Do Not Disturb" sign.

We Are Living in a Screenworld -- Reality Isn't in the Real World Anymore

Michael Ventura, Psychotherapy Networker. May 28, 2010.

Has our new definition of "life experience" rendered tangible interactions irrelevant?

Coen Brothers Direct New Ad Slamming 'Clean Coal'

Isaac Fitzgerald, AlterNet. February 26, 2009.

Sadly, no coal execs get stuffed into a wood chipper ...

The Great Porn Misunderstanding: Pornography Is Mostly About Fantasy, Not Reality

Michael Bader, AlterNet. October 28, 2008.

A response to Robert Jensen's recent AlterNet article, "Porn's Dirty, Dangerous Secret."

Lakoff: Palin Appeals to Voter Emotions -- Dems Beware

George Lakoff, AlterNet. September 1, 2008.

The initial Democratic response to Palin indicates that many Democrats have not learned the lessons of the Reagan and Bush years.