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The Wedding March: Size Doesn't Matter
With the whole world watching, it’s understandable that Kate Middleton wants to look her best on her wedding day. But her recent weight loss has provided the press with its favorite topic: deconstructing women’s bodies.
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On Our Radar
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The Wedding March: To Obey, Or Not To Obey
If rumors are true—and with this couple, it’s only ever 50:50—then Kate Middleton will not promise to obey her husband in next week’s ceremony. When even the Archbishop of Canterbury thinks it’s a bit old-fashioned, you know it’s a tradition worth discarding.
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The Games We Play: Game On!
I have to say, right off the bat, that I have had an outstanding time during this run. It is not often that so many topics of my interest come together in one place as they have here with so many people to discuss them. Gaming, like many elements of pop culture, is a great opportunity to look at... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: BrewDog's Royal Virility Performance
Hear ye! Hear ye! There’s a Douchebag for everything. Everything, including beer. But, sometimes it takes a regal event, say, The Royal Wedding, for Douches-in-waiting to make their mark and declare their oh-so royally Douche-baggy ways. Her Royal Highness... Read more »
The Wedding March: Mummy Dearest
With little over a week to go, it’s hard to imagine anything stopping William and Kate walking down the aisle—but that wasn’t always the case. Up until their engagement was announced, it was assumed that one woman stood in Kate’s way: her mother.
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The Games We Play: Changing the Industry
I’ve sometimes wondered if the key to getting better video games made is getting a diversity of people into the industry to help commandeer the production. “Just imagine,” says I, “if we got together a diverse team of socially and progressively aware people in one room—surely things would... Read more »
Takin
One typical victim-blaming justification of street harassment goes something like this, “What did she think would happen when she went out wearing that?!” The logic underlying such a comment seems to be that the only women who are groped, ogled, or verbally accosted on the street are ones... Read more »
SXSW Film: <em>Fly Away</em> Depicts Autism with Honesty, Tenderness
Fly Away, opens on Jeanne, a single mother, as she is awoken by her teenage daughter’s cries. “Bad girl! I hate myself!” It might not be a surprising sentiment for a teenager in the throes of an angst-ridden moment, but Mandy is severe on the spectrum of autism, and the middle of the night... Read more »
I Am, in Fact, Saying No to WWYMD?'s Abstinence-Promoting Underwear
What Would Your Mother Do? Conversation Underwear sells panties and t-shirts in stereotypically girly colors such as white, “pale mint” and “lavender pink,” adorned with the phrases “Not tonight,” “Zip it!” and “... Read more »
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