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. Killing You Softly With Her Dreams. Arianna Huffington’s war on sleep…. Rianna Huffington wants to put you to sleep. In her new book, The Sleep Revolution: Transforming Your Life, One Night at a Time. Huffington dramatically announces that we are in the middle of an unacknowledged sleep crisis. The writing, it should go without saying, is bad. A chapter begins: From the beginning of time, people have struggled with sleep....
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. Why You Should Never, Ever Listen To Nate Silver. Part I of our “How The Press Failed You” Series…. By Nathan J. Robinson. Of all people, Nate Silver should probably not have been gloating the morning after Election Day. After all, having made his reputation as a statistical wunderkind by predicting 49 states correctly. In the 2008 race, Silver called five states wrong. Media: Trump’s doing great! Aug 9, 2015. Donald Trump is w...
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. Finding Your Inner Gorilla. Examining the written works of alt-right Twitter troll Mike Cernovich…. By Brianna Rennix and Nathan J. Robinson. Cernovich manages to meld the nationalist rhetoric of the alt-right with the affirmational platitudes of The Secret. They’re giving this motherfucker legitimacy? Twitter, where he preaches to a swarm of over one hundred and fifty thousand followers. Also, his podcast has more followers tha...
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Current Affairs Culture and Politics. Current Affairs: Like the Economist, but with a decent set of moral values. The Rebecca Traister view of gender and the world…. E last decade has seen the. Of late, Sociology Porn has turned its attention to Women and, in particular, Single Women. In the last few years, we’ve seen books like Moira Wiegel’s Labor of Love: The Invention of Dating,. Jessica Valenti’s Sex Object: A Memoir. And Kate Bolick’s Spinster: Making a Life of One’s Own. Will a Cat Cafe open in my...
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Nathan J. Robinson | The Navel Observatory
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Author: Nathan J. Robinson. 8220;So You’re Saying That We Should…”. July 25, 2016. Nathan J. Robinson. Here are some examples of points I have made, and the “so you’re saying” responses I have received:. 8220;Democrats should pay more attention to the economic concerns driving Trump supporters’ anxiety and fueling their xenophobia.”. 8220;So you’re saying that we should ignore their xenophobia? 8220;The Clintons are deeply unpleasant people with rotten politics and few moral convictions.”. Implied that I...
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. For A Luxury Leftism. If socialism isn’t about giving people nice things and good times, what on earth is it about? Luxury and leftism are too frequently seen as antagonists. But need they be? Is it so inconceivable that one could simultaneously. Enjoy one’s life. Take a moment, please, dear reader, and kindly examine the image below:. Assess your feelings about it. What shall we say is going on here? Is there a certain point at...
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. Not Here To Make Friends: A Statement of Support For George Ciccariello-Maher. Nobody should suffer employment consequences for political speech on Twitter. Period. By Amber A'Lee Frost. It should be pretty obvious that you don’t have to like someone to stick up for them when the fascists come. I do not like George Ciccariello-Maher. None of this matters. Because George is under attack. After making. Solidarity is not dependent...
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News, new scholarship and more from around the world 08.27.16. Category Archives: Monographs and Edited Collections. Health and Safety in Canadian Workplaces. Http:/ www.aupress.ca/index.php/books/120259" title='Share on Twitter'. Monographs and Edited Collections. On 08/26/2016 Link to this post on IFP. What LGBTQ People Know About Life and Love and How It Can Revitalize Christianity. Http:/ www.beacon.org/Queer-Virtue-P1188.aspx" title='Share on Twitter'. Monographs and Edited Collections. Http:/ newbo...
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. Why Journalists Love Twitter. Tweets make lazy political journalism easier than ever…. Era of American journalism lasted exactly the duration of the film All the President’s Men. Do crack investigative reporters exist? Yes Do they mostly end up fired, or at least in constant conflict with authority? They do. Meanwhile, most of the press remains, as ever, a content mill. Or The New York Times. Who can produce the appearance of d...
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. How The Times Failed You. A look back at the Paper of Record’s election commentary…. By Emily Bartlett Hines. W hen 2016 dawned, it seemed like anything could happen. Now long-forgotten figures like Martin O’Malley and Carly Fiorina still roamed debate stages, Donald Trump was still a joke, Bernie Sanders had just stopped being one, and every voter could still dream of success for her favored candidate. Hillary-boosting scribes ...
