Published: The Good Men Project (March 29, 2016)
Let’s talk, for a moment, about the Wall of Hate.
It may not look like much, but it was enough to grab my attention as I walked home from the Fairchild-Martindale Library at Lehigh University. Various students were standing in front of it with markers, scribbling words that I could not as of yet discern, and several more were present to hand out pamphlets and talk to curious passersby.... Read Original Article
Published: Salon (March 16, 2016)
Like most millennials, I’m absolutely psyched that Steven Spielberg is making a fifth “Indiana Jones” movie. The 1980s trilogy was a staple of my childhood, and after the disappointment of 2008’s “Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull,” I’m hoping with bated breath that this new (and presumably final) chapter will offer a fitting close to the Harrison Ford-helmed series.... Read Original Article
Published: Salon (March 8, 2016)
If we live in the golden age of television, the FXX comedy “It’s Always Sunny in Philadelphia” is one of the underappreciated gems. Often billed as “Seinfeld on crack,” the show has a distinct comic sensibility of its own, cynically reveling in the monstrosities of its five main characters, who have been described in-series as “the most horrible people alive.”... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (March 8, 2016)
When it was first announced that Sony was making an all-female Ghostbusters, I couldn’t have been more excited. In my article for The Good Men Project on the upcoming film, I wrote that “it would be a disaster if the movie was deemed a qualitative failure… If the movie is a success, Ghostbusters 3 could be a forward stride for female comedians comparable to what Frozen was for non-traditional female leads in animated films.... Read Original Article
Published: The Good Men Project (February 27, 2016)
Let’s discuss the history of presidential creepiness. In this election, this is a discussion that really matters.
We can start with the author of the Declaration of Independence, Thomas Jefferson, who raped his 14-year-old slave Sally Hemmings. Nearly a century later, Grover Cleveland became the first president to get married in the White House.... Read Original Article
Published: Salon (February 3, 2016)
When Shia LaBeouf was caught plagiarizing another artist, he launched a performance art piece called #IAmSorry as a statement on the ritual of celebrity apologies. Although his particular offense had nothing to do with bigotry, he could have just as easily been ridiculing the familiar formula that seems to have emerged when celebrities are caught in scandals caused by bigoted comments – racist, sexist, and otherwise.... Read Original Article