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Hey Guys, It’s Valentine’s Day: Let’s Talk About Chris Brown!

February 14, 2012
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Chris Brown performed at the Grammys on Sunday. You probably had an opinion about it. It might have been this one. You would not be wrong. I don’t watch the Grammys on principle, but I decisively turned the channel when Team Breezy polluted the stage on the VMAs. However, no matter what side you come down on the “Just how much of a scumbag is Chris Brown?” debate, you should not be surprised that it happened, and more importantly, you should not be surprised that millions of women had no problem with it. Before I continue, I would like to point out a fact: Chris Brown is three months younger than I am. However, this fact does not depress me about my future status as great person the way the birthdates of Taylor Swift and Avicii do, and I think...

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Nope, That’s Not a Revolution

November 14, 2011
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I have a few words of warning for the Occupy movement as it moves forward.  In many Occupy circles, discussion is less about Wall Street and corporate greed, and more about anti-capitalist revolution.  First off, I think it’s tremendous that folks are no longer afraid to use the word revolution.  The culture industry has attempted to commodify revolution in the United States, and has denigrated both the word and the idea, stripping it of its visceral, liberatory power.  The fact that Americans are using the word in its proper context and imagining new, direct-democratic societies where we’re allowed to share stuff and care about each other is a beautiful thing in itself.  But it begs the question, what is a revolution? Or more importantly, what is a successful revolution? Before we answer what the revolution is, we need to...

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