Three Memes That Say Volumes About 2017
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More Gender and Race Perception Experiments
This serves as a kind of followup to this post where I described an experiment I did with a group of students. I recently did a similar version of this experiment but with some modifications based on suggestions I received… Read More ›
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Polyamory, Constructionism, and the Queerness of Hollywood
Two thoughts have been stirring around my brain lately, and they require a bit of creative thinking, potentially: 1) Actors and actresses are, effectively, in on-going polyamorous relationships, 2) performers embody the rejection of (dangerous) ideologies of essentialism. Polyamory and… Read More ›
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On Being Hated: Politicians, Ethics, and Affect
Sometimes I wonder how politicians like Donald Trump and Ted Cruz must feel knowing that millions of people hate them or dislike them to extreme degrees because of their blatantly hypocritical and inhumane behavior and rhetoric. Anyone who understands how the… Read More ›
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Hurricanes, (Fake) News, and Precision
Frequently, the news occupies an unusual position where they can’t do anything right. Various individuals and institutions or positions will be upset and believe they have been misrepresented or mistreated no matter what journalists (or their producers) do. Since Kellyanne… Read More ›
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Hurricane Harvey and Starvation
I have never seen anything like this before. Because of much-warranted fear before, during, and after the storm and because of unprecedented flooding, we are running out of food in Brazoria, Fort Bend, Galveston, and Harris Counties. Here are some pictures… Read More ›
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What a Month (Part II) and Hurricane Harvey: Communications, Floods, Guns, Prayers, and Volunteers
When I posted a blog a few days ago titled, “What a Month!,” I had no clue Hurricane Harvey would pound Houston for days and days, and in the process, it would destroy and upend so many friends and students… Read More ›
