No, Americans Don’t Want Stricter Gun Laws
All of the increase in dissatisfaction with gun laws since 2013 has come from people who want less strict gun laws.
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How to Stay Human When You Can See Everybody Naked
Modern data breaches are a kind of pornography all their own.
Paradox Podcast Episode 15: Calvin and Hobbes, Oscar Nominations, and Iran Hostages
This week Jordan, Matthias and Zach cover the Oscars, Calvin and Hobbes, the lottery, and Iran. Also primary politics, which we apparently cannot escape these days. Terrible Opinions 00:00 – 27:00 Matthias – In...
An Oscar Nerd’s Guide To Enjoying the Oscars
Here are my favorite patterns for picking Oscar films to watch.
‘Sisters’ Is Good Not Great But It’s OK Because Tina Fey and Amy Poehler Are Perfect
“Sisters” hardly breaks any new cinematic ground, but it’s a fun addition to the growing collection of movies I label “quietly feminist”—hit films like “Pitch Perfect” and “Trainwreck” that let women be raunchy and funny and multi-faceted.
Dear Emma Watson, Please Choose a Different Inaugural Book For Your Feminist Book Club
Watson could not have picked a more incompatible author for her inaugural book.
Paradox Podcast Episode 14: Taxes, Twitter and #TerribleOpinions
Introductions 00:00 – 05:00 We introduce Jordan, Zach and Matthias and then Matthias and Zach talk a little about STEM education and the nature of the tech need for people with the “right” skills....
‘Feminism Devouring Itself’: 5 Women Liberals Want to Silence
Possibly the most peculiar streak in the progressive extremes of the liberal movement is the trend toward silencing women.
The Politics of ‘Jane the Virgin’
Along with plenty of telenovela touches, “Jane the Virgin” is wonderfully rife with feminism; in fact, it’s a media moment where the Bechdel test seems superfluous and outdated (which is at it should be).
Is the Call for the DNC Chairwoman’s Resignation Just the Usual Liberal Outrage—or Something More?
“Here’s what I see: a complacency among the generation of young women whose entire lives have been lived after Roe v. Wade was decided,” Wasserman Schultz told New York Magazine—to be met with outrage from “grassroots progressives” in the form of apetition calling for her resignation from Credo Action.