Culture
Sexual Inadequacy: Is My Son Gay?
I doubt that many people will feel the need to shell out good money to find out if their son is gay using such suspect methods. But I imagine some desperate young men will buy it themselves and be taught they can change their sexuality by suppressing their gender identity. Some young gay men will... Read more »
B-Sides: Savage Garden
As their biggest hits in the US were love songs, one may forget that much of Savage Garden’s music is decidedly dark, especially on their eponymous debut. Major themes on ... Read more »
Adventures in Feministory: Jessie de la Cruz
“The average farmworker lived 49 years—compared to 70 years for the white majority in the United States. A migrant worker’s baby was twice as likely to die as babies of other people. Farmworkers were three times as likely as other people to get tuberculosis, three times as likely to get... Read more »
Isn't He Lovely: The Body Politics of Male Balding
When I started dating a bald man, the first questions my friends fired my way about him had nothing to do with his background, employment or interests. Repeatedly, they’d bypass the pleasantries and skip straight to his hair: So, is he really bald, or does he choose to shave his head? How... Read more »
Preacher's Daughter: Gillian Welch's "Dark Turn of Mind"
Americana artist Gillian Welch has always included southern Christian imagery in her work. Though not native to the South, her music is at its most comfortable when it explores the tragedy and violence of working-class survival in the region. Welch and partner David Rawlings write and record sparse... Read more »
Isn't He Lovely: Short Man Stigma
But the short stigma is even more pervasive—if subtle—in everyday life. For while studies and surveys about women’s perceived attractiveness and height result in a muddled mix of preferences for statures diminutive and statuesque, things aren’t so fluid for men. Research repeatedly... Read more »
We're All Mad Here: You Get Proud By Practicing*
This post was written by both s.e. & Anna.
People with various forms of mental health conditions have been talking back to stereotypes and stigma for a long time, but this Mad People’s History and these mad people... Read more »
Douchebag Decree: TV Guide Declares Taraji P. Henson Not a "Person of Interest"
Oscar-nominated actor Taraji P. Henson stars in the new CBS drama Person of Interest, but you wouldn’t know that if you asked TV Guide.
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Preacher's Daughter: "We Who Believe in Freedom Cannot Rest" in Wake of Troy Davis' Judicial Lynching
One might have hoped that, by this hour, the very sight of chains on black flesh, or the very sight of chains, would be so intolerable a sight for the American people, and so unbearable a memory, that they would themselves spontaneously rise up and strike off the manacles. But no, they appear... Read more »
We're All Mad Here: How Pop Culture Influences "Real Life"
The decision to continually portray mental illness in pop culture for cheap, scary thrills and to avoid giving motivation for villains beyond “the crazy” has consequences. Those consequences are primarily felt by us, our loved ones, and our communities. When people tell me I... Read more »
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