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 it wasn’t until last year that we became existentially afraid of it.... Read Original Article
Published: GirlieGirlArmy (January 2, 2015)
Liskula Cohen and Matt Rozsaco-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 attention was beginning to turn to the problem of cyberbullying, I was the subject of defamatory attacks by a 29-year-old Fashion Institute of Technology student.... Read Original Article
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 years.” Around the same time—but, notably, on the opposite side of the ideological spectrum—Roger Cohen of the New York Times proclaimed that “many people I talk to, and not only over dinner, have never previously felt so uneasy about the state of the world,” before closing that “the search is on for someone to dispel the foreboding and embody, again, the hope of the world.”... Read Original Article
Published: Good Men Project (December 18, 2014)
Liskula Cohen and Matt Rozsaco-author: Liskula Cohen
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A few years ago, finding myself in a curious mood, I decided to create two dating profiles on the same site.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (December 9, 2014)
If you’ve logged onto the Internet recently, chances are you’re used to seeing progressives in the role of victim. In addition to its sexist undertones, Gamergate has largely been a right-wing movement, an explosion of cultural reactionary sentiment against feminist criticisms of female representation in video game content and culture.... Read Original Article
Published: Daily Dot (December 3, 2014)
Anyone criticizing Sasha and Malia Obama needs to do more than just check their partisanship. Instead, they might be well-advised to go one step further and take stock of their philosophy on child-rearing. Although it may be tempting for some to treat the Obama daughters like political figures, they are in fact child celebrities, saddled with all the terrible burden that comes with that title, and should be viewed as such.... Read Original Article
