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    Before Will and Grace

    MAY 18, 2012 5:27PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: joe biden, politics, popular culture, homosexuality, ellen degeneres, the real world, pedro zamora, northern exposure, tony randall, love sydney, dynasty, general hospital, as the world turns, one life to live, all my children, soap operas, billy crystal, soap, jodie dallas, hollywood squares, bewitched, paul lynde, history, television, will and grace

    • 0 Ratings
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    Save Your Girls from “The Girls”

    MAY 16, 2012 3:34PM

    By jane adams


    Topics: popular culture, young adults, lena dunham, "the girls", hbo

    • Editor's Pick
    • 12 Ratings
    • 4110 Views
    • 22 Comments
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    Titanic - James Cameron's subversive masterpiece

    APRIL 24, 2012 9:50AM

    By Alan Nothnagle


    Topics: shipwrecks, history, popular culture, mythology, subversion, james cameron, film, titanic

    • 2 Ratings
    • 225 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    Hungry for more: how I fell headfirst into The Hunger Games

    MARCH 30, 2012 11:30AM

    By Lizz Schumer


    Topics: hunger games, literature, books, popular culture, gossip, movies

    • 3 Ratings
    • 1238 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    When White Supremacists Analyze The Walking Dead TV Show...

    MARCH 20, 2012 3:14PM

    By Chauncey DeVega


    Topics: racism, race, the walking dead, television, popular culture, media

    • 0 Ratings
    • 769 Views
    • 4 Comments
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    Review of Movie "The Help" & Afro-American Domestic Workers

    MARCH 4, 2012 2:20PM

    By B. Fleming


    Topics: movie review, viola davis, octavia spencer, melissa harris perry, academy award winner, best supporting actress, the help, mystery author; african-american domestic workers, books, family, movies, religion, morality, african-american women, women, feminist, morality, religion, decency, dignity, eating habits, popular culture, hollywood, african-american actresses, southern writers, racism in mississippi, mississippi

    • 6 Ratings
    • 424 Views
    • 12 Comments
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    My Journey to Discover Why Everyone is on a Journey

    FEBRUARY 20, 2012 4:16PM

    By Marcie J


    Topics: television, books, language, popular culture, piers morgan, oprah, journey

    • 5 Ratings
    • 428 Views
    • 9 Comments
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    Is Sex Addiction A (Genuine) Social Disease?

    JANUARY 22, 2012 4:57PM

    By thefuddler


    Topics: sexuality, sex, addiction, journalism, popular culture, tv, television, reality shows, reality tv, movies, hollywood, evangelist, evangelism, christianity, ministry, ministries, megachurch, mcchurch

    • 7 Ratings
    • 477 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    The good teacher myth

    JANUARY 13, 2012 9:26PM

    By takingadvice


    Topics: popular culture, teacher, policy, money, family, education

    • 0 Ratings
    • 134 Views
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    Why I do not write nearly as much as I should

    JANUARY 2, 2012 5:56PM

    By havoth44


    Topics: essays, popular culture, facebook, blogging, salon, writing, books

    • 4 Ratings
    • 630 Views
    • 11 Comments
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    The Dearth of Popular Culture

    DECEMBER 24, 2011 5:22AM

    By MalcolmXY


    Topics: video, television, technology, politics, poetry, music, movies, food/drink, fiction, fashion, family, environment, economy, comedy, belief/religion, christina hendricks, pop culture, popular culture

    • 0 Ratings
    • 115 Views
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    December 16, 2011: Cross-Culture 5: Not to Mention…

    DECEMBER 16, 2011 7:01AM

    By Ben Railton


    Topics: stuff we should better remember, american culture, popular culture, cross-cultural influences

    • 15 Ratings
    • 910 Views
    • 17 Comments
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    Is nothing sacred?: The end of the "Jaws" ride

    DECEMBER 7, 2011 9:47AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: travel, news, childhood, sad news, où sont les neiges d'antan?, back to the future, king kong, e.t., nostalgia, popular culture, movies, jaws, theme parks, universal studios, nostalgia

    • 0 Ratings
    • 268 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Best "Dream Lover" One Could Ever Have

    OCTOBER 18, 2011 11:09AM

    By Hesham A. Hassaballa


    Topics: reflection, song, mariah carey, ipod, popular culture, music, religion/belief, god

    • 2 Ratings
    • 211 Views
    • 5 Comments
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    Jim Halpert

    SEPTEMBER 21, 2011 8:27AM

    By Jeff Maehre


    Topics: salon.com, cartoons, comics, cartoon saturdays, dry humor, mostly wince, wince punchline, popular culture, television, the office, john krasinski, jim halpert

    • 0 Ratings
    • 440 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Help; Circa 1912

    AUGUST 19, 2011 8:10AM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: the help, popular culture, movies, domestic service, race relations, georgia, virginia, the confederacy, the south, capital punishment, lynching, murder, kerry seagrave, melissa perry harris, ann bostick, ann boston, virginia cristian

    • 0 Ratings
    • 387 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    The Winehouse Effect: How We Kill Celebrities

    JULY 28, 2011 4:39PM

    By blucey


    Topics: amy winehouse, celebrities, popular culture, media, gossip

    • 0 Ratings
    • 552 Views
    • 0 Comments
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    On Watching Three Seasons of psych

    JULY 28, 2011 1:17PM

    By Laura Wilkerson


    Topics: popular culture, review, usa network, psych, james roday, dule hill, tv, television

    • 27 Ratings
    • 848 Views
    • 44 Comments
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    New Favorite Things Part 2 - Open Call

    JULY 23, 2011 9:05AM

    By Alysa Salzberg


    Topics: please do a list – it’ll be fun!, ceiling fans, jersey shore, beavis and butt-head, “windows of hell”, the history of underclothes, underwear, celebrity rehab, jane austen merch, re-useable shopping bags, mr. darcy, jane austen, brownies, history of photography, photography, lolcats: origins, lolcats, cats, brighton cats, harry pointer, weeds, kelly macdonald, harry potter and the deathly hallows part 2, harry potter, popular culture, movies, tv, open call

    • 0 Ratings
    • 391 Views
    • 1 Comments
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    "Find Out Who Big Brother Is ..." (Back to Basics 7)

    JULY 20, 2011 9:09PM

    By Richard Erlich


    Topics: philosophy, cynicism, politics, education, civics, prostitution, behaviorism, psychology, inner-directed, government, citizenship, popular culture, ethics, integrity, fashion, schools, grades

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