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Sleepwalking Into Safe Spaces

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 9, 2014 • 8 comments

  You’ve probably heard of the furor over a statue of a nearly-nude sleepwalker at Wellesley College, by now it’s…

Complimentary Earplugs (17/100) – HOPWAG

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 8, 2014 • No comments

I’ve always found the history of philosophy rather interesting but never had the chance to study it formally or systematically.…

Biggest Douche in the Universe

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 7, 2014 • 1 comment

John Edward is visiting my city this evening, charging people $150 a pop to tell them what they would like…

The End of Ham is Nye

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 5, 2014 • 5 comments

My standard for judging a debate between creation and evolution is simple: Would I show this debate to a precocious…

Chart of the Week – Patriarchy Hurts Men Too

By Damion Reinhardt • Feb 4, 2014 • 5 comments

I used to think that “patriarchy hurts men too” was just a feminist stock phrase that certain people throw out…

Does sexualized advertising work?

By Damion Reinhardt • Jan 30, 2014 • 7 comments

I don’t claim to know the answer to the title question, so if you were hoping to have it answered…

Chart of the Week – Gender Pay Gap

By Damion Reinhardt • Jan 29, 2014 • 10 comments

Last night, President Obama got huge applause for calling out the aggregate gender pay gap in the U.S. “Today, women…

Very local politics (OKC)

By Damion Reinhardt • Jan 27, 2014 • No comments

Trigger warning: Informational hyperlocavorism. International and other out-of-state readers may not find this particular post of any great interest. About…

Uncle Sugar’s Birth Control Bonanza

By Damion Reinhardt • Jan 23, 2014 • 13 comments

Sometimes I really wonder if our top-level Republican politicians can actually hear themselves talking. From earlier today, we have Mike…

Yar Golf’s Secret Lab

By Damion Reinhardt • Jan 21, 2014 • 4 comments

It has been said by numerous critics that Caleb Hannan focused far too closely on the personal life of his…

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