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1. BODY: Kate at Eat the Damn Cake had a stellar guest-poster this week named Anna who wrote an essay about the kind of language her young cousins were overhearing about body image. 2. PLAY: I did NOT...
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Guest Post: Jezebel’s (Unscientific) Science Writing
You know how sometimes I rant about the conflation of correlation and causation? Sara is responsible for that. My reading-heavy, numbers-light education was a little lax on all that science-y stuff....
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Getting “Knowledged” About Evolution
Here is a video of beauty queens answering the question, “Should evolution be taught in schools?” You’d think fifteen minutes would be too long,….and you’d be right. It’ll be the longest fucking...
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Why Am I Afraid of Math?
Third week in a row of sex-less Good Men Project pieces. Don’t worry, I’ve got my eye on some sex-heavy topics for the near future. In the meantime, however, I’m writing about math and science and...
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Sunday Scraps 27
1.TECH: A comic at Funny Junk demonstrates why we spend so much time on line in a few quick frames. 2. KARDASHIAN: I love This is Indexed for this very concise explanation of the Kardashians’ effect on...
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Sunday Scraps 36
1. HAIR: I love this essay on Jezebel by Autumn Whitefield about the social and personal implications of short hair on women. Maybe, as she suggests, the expressed male preference for long hair comes...
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Bill Nye on Institutionalized Ignorance
Everyone can relax, Bill Nye is here, and he speaks the truth. We’re in good hands. When did Disney go from amazing be-wigged science geekery like this to a line-up of shows featuring interchangable...
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Sunday Scraps 46
1. DISNEY: The most epic Disney a capella medley ever. Costume changes included. Prepare yourself, it’s seven minutes long. 2. TAPE: Artist Max Zorn uses only brown packing tape and a scalpel to make...
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Sunday Scraps 47
1. HOLLYWOOD: Grantland‘s Mark Harris explores the complexities of black actresses exclusively getting Oscar nominations for playing maids. 2. CALVIN: From BookRiot, 16 things that Calvin and Hobbes...
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