Jul 21, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, Gender and Sexism, General Advice, Liskula Cohen
Published: GirlieGirlArmy (July 21, 2014)
Liskula Cohen and Matt Rozsa
co-author: Liskula Cohen
It’s interesting that Photoshop has developed such a poor reputation. Over the past week it has already made national news twice – first in a controversy over whether InStyle Magazine excessively altered Zooey Deschanel’s appearance for their cover, and now thanks to a series of Bongo ads featuring Vanessa Hudgens which go out of their way to promote that they don’t use Photoshop.... Read Original Article
Jun 8, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, General Advice
Published: CadyMcClain.com (June 8, 2014)
This literary aphorism may have been penned by Mark Twain, but it could have very easily been said by Cady McClain, the daytime television star (All My Children, As The World Turns, The Young and the Restless) whose memoirs, Murdering My Youth, were released on Amazon in April.... Read Original Article
Feb 21, 2014 | Arts and Entertainment, General Advice, mic, Millennials
Published: mic (February 21, 2014)
Jean-Luc Godard once said that the best way to criticize a movie is to make another one. But our generation has put a strange twist on his aphorism: Even when we make new movies, we only seem to do so as a way of seeing old ones again.
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Feb 12, 2014 | Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, General Advice, mic
Published: mic (February 12, 2014)
A federal judge has struck down Kentucky’s law banning gay marriages from other states.
This historic decision, which is being rightly celebrated by the pro-LGBT community, sets an important precedent. By establishing that the constitutional guarantee to equal protection under the law applies to gay couples, it exposes the lie in the “states’ rights” rhetoric embraced for so long by ideological homophobes like those that originally created the Kentucky legislation.... Read Original Article
Jan 9, 2014 | General Advice, Internet Culture, mic
Published: mic (January 9, 2014)
an introduction to an article written by Michael Cembalest
As one of the “liberal professors” alluded to in the following email from JPMorgan executive Michael Cembalest to the company’s clients, it may seem ironic for me to compose the introduction to this article. That said, at a time when too many millennials feel overwhelmed by the challenges of Great Recession life, there is undeniable merit to the suggestions in this list. ... Read Original Article
Nov 3, 2013 | Arts and Entertainment, Civil Liberties, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, General Advice, mic
Published: mic (November 3, 2013)
It is perhaps fortuitous that Ender’s Game is being released as the Senate is preparing to vote on the Employment Non-Discrimination Act (ENDA). Not only does this offer me this fantastic opportunity at punny wordplay, but it draws attention to how America’s present social debate is severely inhibited by stigmas — both against homosexuals and against those who are prejudiced toward homosexuals.
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