Join us on HBR Talk as we take a look at the feminist-led response to International Men’s Day. We jokingly made a prediction at the beginning of a previous episode of HBR Talk, and well, in response, feminists have given us a significant clue as to why they have so much trouble understanding sarcasm, parody, and satire.…
Caeruleus Valentinius: Feminists Really Don’t Like #InternationalMensDay
What do you get when you try to take one day out of the year to have a discussion on men’s issues?
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Breaking the Narrative Episode 68: Silly Card Trolls, You Aren’t Stopping the Wall!
I’m sure all of you have heard by now about the attempt by the rightsholders of the game Cards Against Humanity trying to block the border wall campaign being pushed by the Trump Administration. This time I’m not going to be debunking a specific article but the concept being promoted by the group in question.…
Listen and Believe – HBR Talk 13
Join the badgers as we discuss attitudes surrounding the current flood of sexual assault allegations in the media, the narratives being promoted, and a heavy dose of common sense. Tune in @8pm Eastern!
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Breaking the Narrative Episode 67: Rewriting an Article the Next Day Won’t Save You From Me!
Today I’m going to cover another article about gun control. This time I won’t rehash statistics that I’ve covered before, because that’s not how I’m approaching the argument this time. So who am I tearing apart this time?…
Senator John McCain tweets presumption of guilt
On November 9, the Washington Post published a news article detailing Leigh Corfman’s allegation that in 1979, when she was 14 and he was 32, Alabama Republican Senatorial candidate Roy Moore, initiated a sexual encounter with her. The article went on to dramatize the accounts of other women who were young, but at or over the legal age of consent in Alabama when they had relationships with...
International Men’s day – HBR Talk 12
Join us on HBR Talk as we discuss International Men’s Day and the men’s issues it exists to highlight, as well as the Movember Foundation’s continued success. Tune in @ 8pm Eastern!
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Breaking the Narrative Episode 66: Not Everything is connected to the Alt Right!
This time around I’m actually having difficulty pinning down a specific point of content. There were so many crazy things from this past week to talk about. However I did notice an overlying theme – the dreaded “Alt-Right”. Whether we are talking about NBC’s delusions about #GamerGate and Discord which Alison has talked about here and I’ve figured out the...
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