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Tag Archives: rape
Nate Parker VS Casey Affleck
Once upon a time, there was a lot of buzz for Actor/ Director Nate Parker as a potential Oscar winner, due to his lead performance in Birth of a Nation, a film about the Nat Turner rebellion. That film broke … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Politics
Tagged Academy Awards, hollywood, media, Racial issues, rape
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Recent Podcasts
I’ve listened to podcasts for a while, because I like taking long walks and have a low tolerance for boredom. I probably spend more time listening to people talk about issues and culture, than I do actually listening to music, … Continue reading
Posted in Criticism, Film, Literature, Politics, Spider-Man, Thomas Mets
Tagged Education, Fun Home, Jimmy Carter, media, Metsfilter, podcasts, rape, September 11
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Recommended June 16 2013 Edition
On Meet the Press, Former CIA Director Michael Hayden suggested that a better informed public requires a decline in operational awareness. The NSA scandal may be a white people problem. Donald Trump got tough on China on twitter. A Modern Family producer … Continue reading
Posted in Film, Funny, Marvel Comics, Politics
Tagged 2016 presidential campaign, Bill Maher, Donald Trump, Howard Dean, Metsfilter, Nikki Finke, rape, Rick Santorum
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Recommended June 12 2013
It’s old news, but an interesting report. In late April, Ron Lunz of the American Conservative considered the inherent problems with the American media. Conor Friedersdorf of the Atlantic considered the reasons for the blind spots. Ross Baker of the … Continue reading
Recommended June 11 2013
PVP was funny today. Well, it’s often funny, but today merits special attention. Boing Boing’s excerpt for A User’s Guide to Neglectful Parenting is pretty funny. They’ve had a lot of solid comic book samples this week. A Freakonomics fan complains about … Continue reading
Posted in Funny, Marvel Comics, Politics, Television, Writing
Tagged Cory Booker, current-events, Freakonomics, Government Spending, Iron Man, Kieron Gillen, Metsfilter, Mike Huckabee, Queens Politics, rape, Superman
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Superior Spider-Man and Mary Jane… An Update
Previously, I considered the speculation that Superior Spider-Man would feature a romantic relationship between Doctor Octopus, who possesses Spider-Man’s body, and Mary Jane, who is unaware of that fact. There were concerns that this relationship, if consummated, would constitute rape. Dan … Continue reading
Superior Spider-Man, Mary Jane and a very taboo subject
There’s one potential element of Superior Spider-Man that has resulted in a lot of conversation. A 1,000+ post thread at CBR is devoted to the question of the implications of a relationship between Spider-Ock and Mary Jane. Matt Wilson of … Continue reading