The purpose at Harlot is to provide a venue for asking critical questions, not offering easy answers. The site is a platform and jumping-pad for provocative and playful discussions and conversations. Where else to do that, but the interwebs? A place where we can weave a network of endlessly generated, open-ended debates. A place full of artistic, analytic, creative, and rhetorical potential. With that in mind, a variety of interactive spaces are at your disposal and we encourage you to join one or all of these conversations.
- Reader-reviewed pieces: These featured articles, in whatever form creators choose (art, text, video, hypertext, etc., etc.), come to you after a careful review by the Harlot Consortium. Of course, in classic Harlot style, all submissions are reviewed by both academic and non-academically affiliated readers. We keep hoping a jets vs. sharks rivalry might unwittingly unfold (just to spice things up), but alas, they're all prodigiously intelligent and tend to come to a remarkably firm agreement on most pieces. They also provide invaluable feedback and responses to help creators revise their pieces towards publication.
- Blogs: Blogs will provide ongoing, open discussions of topics (ranging from celebrity rags to political gaffes) without the constraints of a quarterly publishing timeline. Posts by various contributors usually appear at least once a week. In the event of flu, existential crisis, or Armageddon, this may be pushed back.
- Wiki pages: Our wiki pages are open to anyone who wants to contribute. These pages may contain analyses of events (political, economic, social, etc.), important figures (leaders, celebrities, directors, authors, etc.), entertainment (film, music, art, etc.), and anything else you see fit to add. Want to talk about Arnold Schwartzenagger's film career? Or you'd rather discuss his govenorship? Go for it. We find both equally intriguing.
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