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theatlantic:

‘I Share My Body With 20 Personalities:’ A Poignant Look at Dissociative Identity Disorder 

Fourteen of whom are highly successful artists with distinct styles. It was — difficult — to accept.

Read more. [Image: Kim Noble]

wired:

Spanish photographer Oscar Monzón sees two contradictory worlds colliding in photography today. On the one hand, cameras and photos are everywhere thanks to camera phones. On the other, restrictions about where photos can be taken have only been increasing. (Look at the battle between the NYPD and photographers at the Occupy protest and the numerous photographers hassled by private security guards.) People have also become more guarded about protecting their digital image and often don’t want their picture taken unless they have control of it.

“When I raise my camera in public people immediately want to know what I’m doing,” he says.

It’s a phenomenon Monzón, 31, has decided to confront head on with his ongoing project Sweet Car.

In the project Monzón takes photos of people at night while they sit unknowingly in their cars at stoplights in downtown Madrid. Standing on a bridge or the street he zooms in with a telephoto lens and pops them with a flash.

Where do we draw the boundaries between private and public in the age of digital photography?

(Source: Wired, via wired)

theatlantic:

A Map of the World Based on Book Publishing

When it comes to book publishing, not all countries are created equal, as this distorted map of the world by the International Publishers Association shows. […]

As you can see, places like the U.S., Europe, and parts of Asia are engorged in illustration of their strong publishing industries. Meanwhile, Africa and the Middle East are tiny slivers, meaning that the number of books published in those places is extremely low compared to the rest of the world.

[Image: International Publishers Association]

Unequal book publishing an impediment to the global flow of information and knowledge?

breakingnews:

Studies more firmly tie sugary drinks to obesity

Several new studies strongly suggest that sugary drinks cause people to pack on the pounds, independent of other unhealthy behavior such as overeating and getting too little exercise, scientists say. Read more from AP.

Photo: Two-liter bottles of regular and diet soda are seen for sale on May 31, 2012, in New York City. (Getty Images North America)