Jan 25, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism
Published: Salon (January 25, 2016) After it became apparent that the character of Rey had been excluded from game sets for “Star Wars: The Force Awakens,” critics quickly accused Lucasfilm – which was purchased by Disney in 2012 – of making sexist assumptions when...
Jan 23, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Internet Culture
Published: The Daily Dot (January 23, 2016) If there is any silver lining to the Amy Schumer plagiarism scandal, it is that it establishes one of the ways in which the Internet can be an unequivocal force for good. Thanks to social media and online activism, the days...
Jan 9, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment
Published: The Good Men Project (January 9, 2016) Okay, I don't really mean that. There has been so much written about the upcoming Spider-Man movie that I felt a little hyperbole would help attract your attention. If you're reading this, though, that means I wasn't...
Jan 7, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: The Good Men Project (January 7, 2016) For the record, I don't believe Donald Trump is going to be our next president. Similarly, I would be shocked if the Democratic Party nominated Kanye West as their presidential candidate in 2020, despite his declared...
Jan 5, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism
Published: The Good Men Project (January 5, 2016) Warning: This entire article is one big spoiler! If you want to understand why men are reluctant to discuss their emotions, look no further than the response to Kylo Ren from "Star Wars: The Force Awakens." On Twitter,...
Jan 3, 2016 | Arts and Entertainment, President Obama
Published: The Daily Dot (January 3, 2016) In the most recent episode of his hit webseries Comedians in Cars Getting Coffee, Jerry Seinfeld featured a guest who is not a professional comedian: President Barack Obama. At one point in the show, Seinfeld asked the...
Dec 13, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Race and Racism
Published: Salon (December 13, 2015) As I watched “The Ridiculous Six,” my mind kept returning to an old episode from the popular Web series “Half in the Bag.” While reviewing the comedy “Jack and Jill,” critic Jay Bauman came up with a list of stale tropes that...
Dec 1, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016)
Published: The Good Men Project (December 1, 2015) When future cultural historians look back on the Marvel Cinematic Universe, I suspect they will find the character arcs of Iron Man (aka Tony Stark) and Captain America (aka Steve Rogers) to be particularly...
Nov 24, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Elections - Presidential (2016), Race and Racism
Published: The Good Men Project (November 24, 2015) - co-authored with Jill Di Donato Donald Trump’s ascent as a presidential frontrunner is, without question, one of the major political events of our lifetime. Even if he doesn’t ultimately win the Republican...
Nov 12, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Asperger's Syndrome, Autobiographical, Mental Illness
Published: The Good Men Project (November 12, 2015) I recently discovered some lyrics from a Beatles song that resonated so strongly with me that I needed to include them here. Courtesy of "Eleanor Rigby": Eleanor Rigby, picks up the rice In the church where a wedding...