Why Joss Whedon Was Right About Sexism in the “Jurassic World” Trailer
Published: Good Men Project (April 18, 2015)
It’s admirable that Joss Whedon doesn’t want to criticize other artists, but he wasn’t wrong in his observation about “Jurassic World.”
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During an interview with Variety at the premiere for The Avengers: Age of Ultron, director Joss Whedon was asked about his recent criticism of an allegedly sexist clip from Jurassic World. ... Read Original Article
Classified: Writer Seeks Neuter Pronoun
Published: Good Men Project (April 14, 2015)
Are you tired of the English language only containing masculine and feminine pronouns? Well, some people are… and Matthew Rozsa is one of them.
This is an article about pronouns. Don’t worry, I won’t write one about amateur nouns.
Now that the groan-inducing pun is out of the way (this is an article about language, so you should have seen it coming), it’s time to address the central question of this article:
Why have we still not created a neuter pronoun?... Read Original Article
Why Are People So Upset Over ‘Fifty Shades of Grey’?
Published: The Good Men Project (March 7, 2015)
co-authored with Liskula Cohen
This is an article by two people who haven’t seen or read Fifty Shades of Grey. That’s why—and we can’t stress this enough—this is NOT a review of Fifty Shades of Grey. It is, instead, an attempt to understand the controversy from the perspective of two total outsiders (and written from Liskula Cohen’s perspective).... Read Original Article
How Leonard Nimoy made Spock an American Jewish icon
Sean Penn’s Big Mistake and What We Should Learn From It
Published: Good Men Project (February 24, 2015)
Sean Penn forgot that behaviors which may seem appropriate in private are often inappropriate in public.
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For those of you who haven’t heard, two-time Academy Award-winning actor Sean Penn is under fire for a racist joke he made during the Oscars on Sunday.... Read Original Article