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Manly Culture
Even if you haven’t recognized it for what it is, chances are, you’ve seen elements of it. The resurgence of beards, comments on period piece clips like “Why don’t we wear hats anymore?” or “Dang- they...
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The Problem With Cute
A few years ago I took a fantastic Political Science course at my local community college. Unfortunately, Señor Chang did not go to my college. Our professor wanted everyone to love Political Science...
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Fame Day: Cop Watch
Readers, as I was in the middle of researching my originally intended Fame Day I was interrupted by the sound of pounding outside my door. It was the cops, interrogating my next door neighbor about the...
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What You Don’t Know Can Hurt You
This is the final panel of one of my favorite Calvin & Hobbes strips, though as you can see it works just fine on its own as well. Ignorance is an issue. It always has been, and it probably always...
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Naked Ladies and the Balance of Power
Not so long ago a friend sent me an article called “6 Reasons Female Nudity can be Powerful” by Soraya Chemaly. He wanted to know what I thought of it. To give you some context I should tell you that...
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Culture War Correspondence: The Police
EVAN: Rooooooooooxaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaannnnnnne! Ladies, gentlemen, and others, Gordon and I have come together today to discuss, you guessed it, The Police. You could argue that there are other greater...
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Culture War Correspondence: Superman and Superheroes
GORDON: Up there! In the sky! It’s a bird! It’s a plane! It’s…! It’s…! It’s a cheesy rehash of the same joke we closed out on last time! EVAN: How dare you, sir. GORDON: Citizens, today our topic of...
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In Defense of the Warrior-Princess
Last Wednesday, Kat gave us a post titled “Why I Decided to Stop Being a ‘Tough Girl’ and Just Be Me“, a thought-provoking piece on femininity. I passionately disagree with it. Let me break it down...
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47 Traitors – A Torrid Tale of Tumidity
Sounds like the title of a really good or really awful thriller, doesn’t it? Let me bring you up to speed on what happened. With a hotly contested election still raging in Israel, embattled prime...
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Mad Max has a Feminist Hero for (Almost) Everyone
I know. Pretty well every woman with a computer has written about how great Mad Max: Fury Road was. I actually meant to write about it last week, but then I decided that I needed to address the news...
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3 Reasons Why I Will Be Watching Ronda Rousey Fight Bethe Correia
I enjoy fighting. I’ve even taken a couple classes in a couple different martial arts (although never for long enough to learn anything more than the basics). Occasionally, I even enjoy watching a...
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The Power of Twitter Showcased at the Oscars: #OscarsSoWhite, #YesAllWomen,...
Twitter has changed the way news is reported. The Black Lives Matter movement has been particularly successful in raising awareness for cases of police brutality that generally would have been...
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Hollywood’s Cover-Ups or Indonesia’s Castration Method: How Should We Deal...
The sexual assault of a child is the most abhorrent crime in the world. As a society we curse those who commit such crimes and refuse to recognize them as anything but outsiders and deviants....
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