anthony bourdain – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net no more band-aids Wed, 24 Aug 2016 23:21:25 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://darcynorman.net/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/crankforpeace3-552f33a1v1_site_icon-32x32.png anthony bourdain – D’Arcy Norman dot net https://darcynorman.net 32 32 1067019 Anthony Bourdain on the modern panopticon https://darcynorman.net/2010/07/26/anthony-bourdain-on-the-modern-panopticon/ Mon, 26 Jul 2010 17:03:05 +0000 http://www.darcynorman.net/?p=4138 The iniquitousness of Twitter and food- and chef-related Web sites and blogs has totally changed the game for anyone with … Continue reading "Anthony Bourdain on the modern panopticon"]]> In [Medium Raw](http://www.harpercollins.com/books/Medium-Raw-Anthony-Bourdain/?isbn=9780061718946), Bourdain describes the thoughts he had, transitioning from a coke-head heroin addict to a doting father, and how the panopticon (he didn’t call it that, though) played a role in the process:

>NewImage.jpgThe iniquitousness of Twitter and food- and chef-related Web sites and blogs has totally changed the game for anyone with a television show – even me. You don’t have to be very famous at all these days to end up with a blurry photograph on DumbAssCelebrities.com. You don’t want your daughter’s little schoolmates reading about her daddy, stuttering drunk, two o’clock in the morning, at a chef-friendly bar, doing belly shots from a chunky and underdressed cocktail waitress – something that could well have happened a few years ago. In a day when a passing cell-phone user can easily get a surreptitious photo of you, slinking out of the porn shop with copies of *Anal Rampage 2* and *MILFBusters* under your arm, and post it in real time, maybe that’s a particularly good time to trade in the leather jacket for some cotton Dockers.

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