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Tag Archives: Culture Wars

John Scalzi’s “Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be”

July 26, 2012

“Who Gets To Be a Geek? Anyone Who Wants to Be” is a blog entry by John Scalzi that beautifully …

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War on Women, Illustrated with LEGOs

March 22, 2012

Is there a Republican “War on Women”? These illustrations, in LEGO bricks, prove it!

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SYLLABUS: The Living Dead in “Mythology and the Movies”

August 31, 2011

Study The Living Dead: zombies, ghosts, vampires, cyborgs, ancestors, mummies, and other mythological creatures.

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Speaking of LEGOs…

February 8, 2011

LEGOs are cool and not just for little kids. See our entry into the LEGO Harry Potter Building Challenge.

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Penn Museum Nonsense

February 2, 2011

Why did China close down an exhibit at the Penn Museum? It’s probably not what you think….

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Toy Story and Ms. Magazine: Where did we go wrong?

June 28, 2010

Charges of sexism in Toy Story 3 are not only using outdated notions of how media works, but also misses the wonders of visiting this magical, alternative universe.

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AVATAR: Shock and Awe

January 21, 2010

I spent a great deal of effort avoiding the pre-release hype surrounding Avatar. I didn’t go to the Comic-Con session …

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Why Halloween?

October 23, 2009

Halloween is an important ritual in American culture and is necessary for understanding how our world works.

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Twilight takes on Comic-Con 2009

July 24, 2009

Comic-Con 09 opens with excited Twilight fans camping out.

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Culture Wars and Comics

July 23, 2008

On the way to San Diego, I read David Hadju’s book on the history of comic book controversies in US …

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Why study popular culture?

Popular culture provides a vehicle for reading all the rest of our culture because it taps into the mythical stories that guide us in our search for human meaning. And...we have great costumes!

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