Where I live, in the middle of Montana, the continent transitions fitfully from prairie to mountain, yellow bluffs marking the edge of an ancient sea. We are still linked to …
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Equality
Give Your Sons Books About Girls
The title of this post is misleadingly titillating…I don’t mean that you should rush out and get your son Playboy: The Complete Centerfolds. First of all, it’s kind of an …
Americanah: American Racism Through the Eyes of an Outsider
Linguist Geoff Nunberg designated “tribalism” his 2017 word of the year, and it is a subject that Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie revisits in her latest novel Americanah. In her debut, Half …
13th: A Documentary Complement to Black Panther
“The way that we appeal to voters’ sense of fear and anxiety in our nation runs through black bodies.” Khalil Gibran Muhammad‘s powerful words, from an interview partway through the …
Blue Apron? Get Real…and Stay Local.
Mick Mulvaney, the director of the US Office of Management and Budget, recently called the planned “Harvest Box” overhaul of the US food stamps program (SNAP) a “Blue Apron-type” proposal. …
Black Panther Review: Equality & Empowerment
In a previous post, I lamented that women are so used to second-class status that even the mixed messages of last summer’s Wonder Woman seemed empowering merely because the superhero …
The Shape of Water: Equality is the Real American Dream
Set in 1960s America, The Shape of Water follows the efforts of a group of friends as they try to save a mysterious creature – a beautifully costumed Doug Jones …
‘Tis the Season for Giving…Selfishly
Many charitable organizations report receiving the majority of their donations during the last few months of each year, likely due to a combination of year-end tax planning and general good …
Time to Reexamine the Second Amendment
In early July 2017 in Helena, MT, 23-year-old Katie Spencer was shot in the head by her boyfriend during an argument and died. In the spring of 2015, a teenager …
Follow-Up Briefing: Monument Removal an Opportunity for Artists
After the last post, a friend wanted to talk about the subject in person. It took him a little while to articulate what it was that bothered him about the …