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The Problem with Cancel Culture

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July 22, 2018

Cancel Culture. Even if you don’t know the term, I’m sure you know what I’m talking about – a celebrity…

Chris Hardwick: Why We Need to Talk About Sexual Coercion

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June 17, 2018

The big story of the week is the piece that Chloe Dykstra quietly posted on Medium, where she talked about…

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Why Hockey is For Everyone… isn’t.

Note: Despite the tone, I wouldn’t be this harsh if I didn’t love the sport. My two favorite teams are…

#MeToo: Exposing how deep rape culture goes.

This has been a couple of wonderful and terrible months – all because of the wave of victims coming forward…

Choices and Image Rehabilitation.

Last night on the Emmys, one of the most talked about moments was Sean Spicer coming out with a podium…

Lot’s going on

There’s a lot going on in the world right, but I thought I’d share a couple of things. The ACLU…

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Freedom of Speech, Terms & Conditions, and your Right to Privacy

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August 15, 2017

There’s a lot going on in the world right now. The Daily Stormer, a White Supremacist site is now homeless…

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#No Confederate, bad ideas, and what censorship isn’t

If you’ve been on Twitter the last two Sundays, you probably saw the hashtag #NoConfederate trending. Confederate is the next…

Teen Vogue: Won’t Somebody Think of the Children

Bear with me. I just wanted to use that for a headline. And use this GIF via GIPHY So Teen…

Pirates, change and the redhead.

It shouldn’t be news to anyone that I’m a fan of the Pirates of the Caribbean ride at Disneyland. Annual…