5 años de Popmatters

¿Cuál es la principal forma narrativa de la humanidad hoy en día? La cultura pop, y a mi me encanta. La cultura popular es hoy global y local, es hoy una y es muchas. De Star Wars al Buena Vista Social Club, de Hello Kitty a Madonna, de los jeans a Farenheit 9-11... el planeta imagina hoy al ritmo de la cultura pop. Y uno de los mejores websites que monitorea la imaginación actual del mundo a través del pop es Popmatters, que ayer cumplió 5 años. Felicidades, ya que creanme, los años-internet son como los años-perro: son más largos. Y más cuando de hay de por medio momentos como la primavera del 2000... Los editores hablan un poco de qué han sido éstos 5 años:

"After five years, the magazine has seen the publication of over 12,000 articles, reviews, interviews, and columns, and has watched the readership grow from small numbers of Internet cognoscenti to upwards of 750,000 monthly visitors from around the globe. Not bad for a site that began as the singular vision of its founder, Sarah Zupko, and was built from the ground up by her dedication and drive, without corporate sponsorship or financial backing.

In the intervening years, the scope of PopMatters has expanded to match the vision of its initial goal. While music and movie reviews have been the backbone of the magazine since its formation, PopMatters has steadily grown to encompass more and more of the cultural sphere: adding book, concert, comics, game, DVD/video, and television reviews; expanding its columns into a diverse range of topics that span everything from music journalism to political commentary; developing regular sections like interviews and sports; and producing timely and insightful special features. While an English language publication, PopMatters covers cultural products and identities the world over, including regional topics from Latin American to Asia and a broad spectrum of ethnic issues."

Dénse una vuelta por allá, que para todo adicto del pop, este site es una parada obligada.