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It’s Not Just a Costume: Pop Culture’s Fascination with Native Appropriation
by: Kevin Sparrow Thanksgiving gave me a chance to reflect on my first appropriative experience in Kindergarten. For November, our teachers decided it would be a great idea to have all us kids re-enac… more →
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It's Not Just a Costume: Pop Culture’s Fascination with Native Appropriation
wrote 5 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow Thanksgiving gave me a chance to reflect on my first appropriative experience in K … more →
Viewer Beware: 20 Scary Flicks to Catch this Halloween
wrote 6 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow I grew up reading Goosebumps and Fear Street, watching Are You Afraid of the Dark? … more →
Reclaimed Space: Current Queer Art at Chicago’s Sullivan Galleries
wrote 7 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow The evolving definition of queer and an accompanying comprehensive theory are gain … more →
How to Anger Bang Your Way to November
wrote 8 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow Those who have met me would likely find me easy-going and amenable in most situati … more →
Capitalism Was Just a Red Herring: The Conservative Allure of Ayn Rand
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wrote 8 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow I answered the siren call of Ayn Rand between my junior and senior years of high s … more →
Advice from the Elizabeth Taylor of Roommates
wrote 9 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow So, I’ve got this little quirk: I move every nine months. It could be because of a … more →
Free Pussy Riot! Or How To Criminalize Free Speech
wrote 9 months ago: By: Kevin Sparrow Rock music has had an interesting relationship with the law. Twisted Sister fought … more →
Scout's Honor: Examining the Boy Scouts' Record of Homophobia
wrote 9 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow Perhaps there’s nothing more telling about how I prefer to spend my time than the … more →
Queertopia: How Cable TV Made Me Gay
wrote 10 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow The summer of 1993 changed my life… and probably made me gay[i]. 1993 was the year … more →
Check Your Privilege: How to Learn Not to Be a Racist
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wrote 10 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow I’ve been a racist since at least the age of seven. While my mother and brother sa … more →
Anna Karenina and Anglicizing Other Cultures
wrote 10 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow I spent the tail end of 2011 in pre-Bolshevik Russia, reading through Anna Karenin … more →
Femininity in Flux: Marina and the Diamonds' Deconstruction of the American Woman
wrote 11 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow America through the eyes of other countries has long been a feature of high and po … more →
Reframing the Terror: A Response to MTV Turning Scream into a Series
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wrote 11 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow Hi, Scream! Longtime fan, first-time caller. Do you like scary movies? Just joking … more →
A Hook of Finest Silver: The Magnificent Life of @NotTildaSwinton
wrote 11 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow There’s this thing I do where I write for the internet. And in order to share my … more →
An Open Letter to Chloë Sevigny’s Prosthetic Penis
wrote 11 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow Dear Prosthetic Penis, My deepest sympathies go out to you. I am sure that it wa … more →
A Queer Primer To Joss Whedon
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wrote 12 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow Mainstream audiences are just beginning to find out what nerdy folks like myself h … more →
Playing Games with Azealia Banks
wrote 12 months ago: by: Kevin Sparrow A new age has dawned for the female MC, with ever more women taking up that mantle … more →
My Fifteen Years with Fiona Apple
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wrote 1 year ago: by: Kevin Sparrow It would appear that 2012 is shaping up to be a lot like 1996, at least musically … more →
Negative Nellies: The Detrimental Effects of Media Speculation on Women’s Appearance
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wrote 1 year ago: by: Kevin Sparrow If there is a family that has withstood the test of time, it is the Judds. From th … more →
