Mar 31, 2015 | Gender and Sexism, mic, Satirical Essays
Published: Good Men Project (March 31, 2015)
Human beings are clumsy, hairless monkeys obsessed with looking beautiful. How is that not funny?
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For as long as I can remember, I have found the emotion of awkwardness to be endlessly amusing. It’s why I enjoy TV shows like “Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job,” so-bad-they’re-good movies like “Troll 2,” and reciting anecdotes from the Darwin Awards to my always-politely-uncomfortable parents.... Read Original Article
Mar 30, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Gay Rights and Other LGBTQIA Issues, General Advice, mic
Published: Good Men Project (March 30, 2015)
It is time to bring the nonviolent protests of the 1960s civil rights movement to anti-gay Indiana.
I don’t live in Indiana, and because I don’t own a car, there is little chance I’ll be visiting anytime soon. Nevertheless, like most decent people, I am horrified by Indiana’s recent so-called “religious freedom” bill that would allow businesses to discriminate against homosexuals (they claim that pro-gay rights modifications to the measure are pending; I’ll believe it when I see it).... Read Original Article
Mar 26, 2015 | Civil Liberties, Foreign Policy, mic, Military-Industrial Complex/Security State
Published: Daily Dot (March 26, 2015)
It’s doubtful that the PATRIOT Act will be repealed in this legislative session, but make no mistake about it: Dispensing with this bill, one of the more pernicious legacies of the post-9/11 erosion of American civil liberties, is long overdue.
First, here’s an introduction to the measure that could theoretically pull this off: the Surveillance State Repeal Act, which was sponsored by Reps.... Read Original Article
Mar 17, 2015 | Criminal Justice/Prison-Industrial Complex, Gender and Sexism, Liskula Cohen, mic
Published: Good Men Project (March 17, 2015)
Liskula Cohen and Matt Rozsa
co-author Liskula Cohen
Men are statistically more likely to go to prison than women for the same crime. Feminists and Men’s Rights Activists alike should be outraged.
People forget that prisons aren’t always there to protect us; in fact, they often aren’t there to help us at all.... Read Original Article
Mar 14, 2015 | Gender and Sexism, Liskula Cohen, mic, Original Source Salon.com
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Mar 6, 2015 | mic, Race and Racism, Supreme Court and Other Judicial Issues
Published: Daily Dot (March 6, 2015)
Michael Brown’s parents announced this week that they are planning on filing a civil wrongful death lawsuit over their son’s death “very shortly.” Coming on the heels of the ongoing lawsuit against New York City by Eric Garner’s family, it’s easy to inaccurately characterize this story as a symptom of our nation’s allegedly lawsuit-happy society (although even that perception has been persuasively challenged in recent years).... Read Original Article
