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Abduction As Romance is Just Weird
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Portraying kidnapping situations as ones where two people are equals, and are therefore might lead to romance, has always struck me as a little weird.
The Sounds of Sports (At Home)
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I’ve always liked sports, and in the last few years when I’ve spent quite a bit of time as an audio engineer, I’ve been noticing more and more just how much goes in to making things on TV and in movies sound good. However, nothing could have prepared me for just how much audio equipment…
Foreign policy is a literal minefield
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Growing up, learning about geography and studying the world and the countries in it, we fail to really capture just how transient some parts of the world can really be. I definitely had no idea just how in flux this area of the Middle East has been, since our maps don’t really update often enough…
The Adorkable Misogyny of The Big Bang Theory – Pop Culture Detective
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Pop Culture Detective just keep bringing up such great points of oddly misogynistic characters and story-lines in popular culture, that I can’t help but pick up exactly what they’re putting down, and examining new TV and movies I watch with a more thoughtful view.
The Amazing Way Bicycles Change You | Anthony Desnick (TEDx)
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I don’t know if I fully agree that riding a bicycle is for everybody, or that it’s the best possible treatment for any condition. However, I do know that, for me at least, riding a bike to and from work for the last several summers has given me more energy, revitalized my health and the…
Fantastic Masculinity in Pop Culture
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Masculinity is a narrowly defined set of personality traits that are defined in popular culture mostly in stereotypes and shallow characters. Departure from those traits is considered a departure from the masculine.
Fox News is even grosser than you thought
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Once it gets going, the clips shown to illustrate the rampant sexism, misogyny, and inappropriate comments from many hosts and talking heads on Fox surprised even me.
That Washington Post Story About Canadian Democracy
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Please go and read the Vice News piece: We Have Problems With that Washington Post Story About Canadian Democracy