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Monthly Archives: October 2013

I Was an LAPD Reject (part three)

October 30, 2013

I would say that this next step in the process terrified me the most, but it didn’t. After my background …

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12 Years a Slave, Torture Porn, and the Unfortunate Problem of American Apathy

October 26, 2013

There’s a term in cinema called the “snuff film.” A snuff film, for those lucky enough not to know, is …

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I Was an LAPD Reject (part two)

October 24, 2013

We ran laps around the track and on the streets around the academy. If you were in the beginner group, …

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An Ode to Love

October 23, 2013

A really talented artist died today. I didn’t know Carlos Batts well, but he and his wife, April Flores, were …

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On Miley, Disney, Elton and the Lost Art of Creativity

October 22, 2013

Will Rogers once said, “”Advertising is the art of convincing people to spend money they don’t have for something they don’t …

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I Was An LAPD Reject (part one)

October 22, 2013

I wanted to be a spy when I grew up, until my mother told me that girls don’t play with …

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Mother Misfit and the Absence of Sex (Appeal)

October 20, 2013

In honor of her upcoming album, and the, um, eye-catching new cover art for her collaboration with R. Kelly, I’ve …

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Honesty in Dating, R.I.P.

October 17, 2013

In my Critical Thinking class, I routinely assign an essay about Herman Rosenblat. (For those who haven’t heard about him, …

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Why I Love Mindy Kaling

October 14, 2013

I’ll be honest. I didn’t actively seek out Mindy Kaling. Hulu kept suggesting that I watch The Mindy Project after …

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Why Gravity Falls Flat

October 11, 2013

That Hollywood is a boy’s club is so self-evident, I have zero interest in repeating the common arguments or restating …

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