Apr 6, 2015 | Class Issues, Economic Policy, Internet Culture
Published: Daily Dot (April 6, 2015) If Elizabeth Warren has her way on expanding Social Security, Americans might learn a valuable lesson—namely, that you can be a political game-changer without running for president. Perhaps more importantly, if supporters of Social...
Apr 2, 2015 | General Advice, Internet Culture, Millennials
Published: Good Men Project (April 2, 2015), Daily Dot (April 6, 2015) Is it entitled for millennials to believe their opinions matter? Matthew Rozsa argues: No. ___ Writers tend to be argumentative creatures (it’s part of our opinionated personality type), and...
Feb 19, 2015 | Autobiographical, Gender and Sexism, Internet Culture, Salon.com
Published: Good Men Project (February 19, 2015), Salon (February 22, 2015) Matthew Rozsa discusses how an off-hand observation during a speech illustrated an important point about rape culture. ___ Every so often, a single experience will instantaneously illuminate an...
Jan 22, 2015 | Arts and Entertainment, Conservativism, Internet Culture, Political Ideologies, Race and Racism, Religion and Religious Issues, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (January 22, 2015), Republished on MediaREDEF (January 23, 2015), Salon (January 28, 2015) This article is not about American Sniper. It is about Chris Kyle. That’s an important distinction because, as American Sniper continues to break box office...
Jan 20, 2015 | General Advice, Internet Culture
Published: Good Men Project (January 20, 2015) Matthew Rozsa offers a set of rules to give us a kinder, gentler Internet. ___ My first experience with Internet flaming occurred more than a decade ago, when I was still an undergraduate at Bard College. The 2004...
Jan 8, 2015 | Conspiracy Theories, Internet Culture, Other Media, President Obama, Salon.com
Published: Daily Dot (January 8, 2015), Salon (January 13, 2015), Interview with LeGrande Green (January 15, 2015) From latte salute-gate to birther conspiracy theories, a look at some of the dopiest attacks against the president Dinesh D'Souza exits the Manhattan...
Jan 3, 2015 | Health & Wellness (Physical), Internet Culture, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (January 3, 2015) I don’t need to remind you about the so-called “epidemic” that reached America’s doorstep in 2014. From a ‘90s thriller to a Jesse Pinkman monologue, everyone knew about the dreaded Ebola virus before it reached our shores, but...
Jan 2, 2015 | Bullying, Internet Culture, Liskula Cohen
Published: GirlieGirlArmy (January 2, 2015) co-author: Liskula Cohen This is the story of how I reclaimed my life. Unfortunately, to tell that tale, I need to first explain how my struggle started. Back in 2009, right as the nation’s...
Dec 29, 2014 | Internet Culture, Science and Technology
Published: Daily Dot (December 29, 2014) Back in October, a Fox News article on apocalyptic belief systems by Dr. Robert Jeffress observed that “47 percent of American Christians believe that the end of the world as described in the Bible will occur within the next 40...
Dec 18, 2014 | General Advice, Internet Culture, Liskula Cohen, Love and Dating
Published: Good Men Project (December 18, 2014) co-author: Liskula Cohen Liskula Cohen and Matthew Rozsa look at how men succeed—and fail—with women in the world of online dating. ___ A few years ago, finding myself in a curious mood, I decided to create two dating...