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The media fundamentally shape democracy. Obsessed with what goes on in men’s bathrooms, desperately searching for dirty underwear, peddling crudely faked reporting, soaked with meaningless celebrity news, and prone to self-absorbed navel-gazing — these are common public perceptions of the media. Nonetheless, serious reporting of public affairs can easily be found.
The elegance and base allure of this pencil drawing appealed to my impure heart. The drawing appeared as shown above in the Art for Justice section of Washington’s finest paper, Street Sense. But the drawing had been accidentally cropped on the left. In the original drawing, the full reflection of the dancer is visible to … Continue reading reflections
Porn is cheaper than dating, but men deserve better than pornography. Pornography indicates that we have not met the needs of men. … Read the post pornography as substitute for dating
Pushing narratives and engaging in battles of story is a terrible substitute for seeking truth and rational reasoning. … Read the post pushing a narrative devalues truth and doesn’t resolve conflicts
Emily Lord on poets, couch potatomen: All that I’m telling you is based on true reality. I was married to one once and was thrown into the midst of hordes of them. Everyone was a poet or wannabe back in the sixties. I never met a poet I liked. They drink everything and vomit on … Continue reading Emily rules on what it’s like to have a poet for a husband