The Common Good
God's Politics Blog

Afternoon Links of Awesomeness: Hunger Games Edition

by Joshua Witchger 03-23-2012 | 4:20pm
Print
Post a Comment | Write to the Web Editor

With The Hunger Games releasing today, we thought we’d bring you some of the best links on the craze... 

Your guide to all things dystopian literature shows the history of the genre and charts its rise in popularity over the years. [Huffington Post]

How do you navigate a world starved of resources? Here’s five Hunger Games lessons for surviving the environmental apocalypse. [On Earth]

A few filmmakers imagine what it would be like if the hunger games was an actual event sponsored by Coca-Cola, in this realistic but grotesque commercial. [Adam Thinks]

Arcade Fire has written The Hunger Games song “Abraham’s Daughter,” which debuted number one on Billboard this week. Take a listen to the song they say is “kind of a metaphor for Katniss.” [BuzzFeed]

See The Hunger Games broken down in charts! [Figment]

The Onion’s American voices respond to the opening of the film. [The Onion]

The Hunger Games as Hungry Hungry Hippos. [BuzzFeed]

The Lottery plus the Most Dangerous Game plus Miss Congeniality could replace The Hunger Games for the title if they were going for a slightly longer, but more defined book title. [Better Book Titles]


Joshua Witchger is an online assistant at Sojourners.

Post a Comment | Write to the Web Editor
Sojourners relies on the support of readers like you to sustain our message and ministry.

Related Stories

Resources

Like what you're reading? Get Sojourners E-Mail updates!

Sojourners Comment Community Covenant

I will express myself with civility, courtesy, and respect for every member of the Sojourners online community, especially toward those with whom I disagree, even if I feel disrespected by them. (Romans 12:17-21)

I will express my disagreements with other community members' ideas without insulting, mocking, or slandering them personally. (Matthew 5:22)

I will not exaggerate others' beliefs nor make unfounded prejudicial assumptions based on labels, categories, or stereotypes. I will always extend the benefit of the doubt. (Ephesians 4:29)

I will hold others accountable by clicking "report" on comments that violate these principles, based not on what ideas are expressed but on how they're expressed. (2 Thessalonians 3:13-15)

I understand that comments reported as abusive are reviewed by Sojourners staff and are subject to removal. Repeat offenders will be blocked from making further comments. (Proverbs 18:7)