Entries from February 2021
Cancel Culture: Social Media Not Required
February 23rd, 2021 · No Comments
Do Pollyannas get canceled?
Tags: Social Issues · Social Studies
Suburban Life Is Not Traditional
February 20th, 2021 · No Comments
Today’s idea is courtesy of Carina Chocano.
Tags: Politics · Today's Idea
Why I Can’t Watch Period Dramas
February 16th, 2021 · No Comments
Today’s idea is courtesy of a New York Times article on bruxism.
When I come across a photo of a woman from the nineteenth century, my usual thought is that she’s ugly, mannish looking. When I try to watch a period drama, the actors don’t seem right to me—they’re all too good looking!
Tags: Today's Idea
I Play the Girl
February 12th, 2021 · No Comments
You Play the Girl by Carina Chocano: You Play the Girl because that’s your only option. I read the title backwards. I read it as a young girl bossing another in a game of house. I had to finish the book before I realized “playing the girl” is all about limited options for how one might maneuver through the minefield of Madonna-whore contradictions that shade our culture.
Tags: Politics