#Economy
Evaluating welfare programs in Britain that have now lasted an entire lifetime http://www.newstatesman.com/politics/politics/2012/11/cradle-grave
Into the holiday shopping subconscious http://www.bloomberg.com/news/2012-11-27/why-holiday-gifts-receive-more-ughs-than-oohs-.html
#Family
Community surrounding a woman who embarks on single
motherhood http://therumpus.net/2012/11/the-we-of-single-motherhood/
#Feminism
Suzanne Venker’s job is telling other women they shouldn’t
have jobs: http://www.foxnews.com/opinion/2012/11/24/war-on-men/
Excellent response article from Washington Post http://www.washingtonpost.com/blogs/compost/post/the-war-on-men--straw-feminism-101/2012/11/26/0ae5c158-37da-11e2-b01f-5f55b193f58f_blog.html
Another response from CNN http://edition.cnn.com/2012/11/29/living/war-on-men/
Devious straw feminists will burn your bras http://www.harkavagrant.com/index.php?id=341 #comics
Mary Miller has a hard time getting along with women http://therumpus.net/2012/11/i-am-sorry-women/
The panic of women’s issue think pieces, and sexism in journalism http://nplusonemag.com/the-intellectual-situation-issue-15
#Film
Review of Rust and
Bone about an affair between a
kickboxer and a legless orca trainer http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/movies/2012/11/rust_and_bone_starring_marion_cotillard_reviewed.html
New Vinterberg film on small town hysteria and false accusations http://www.newstatesman.com/culture/2012/11/hunt-film-about-society-thrall-its-children
El Médico won the New York International Latino Film Festival award for best documentary, about a Cuban doctor who also wants to be a reggae star http://therumpus.net/2012/11/the-rumpus-review-of-el-medico-the-cubaton-story/
Attica Locke on writing for Hollywood vs writing fiction and
post racial America http://www.themorningnews.org/article/attica-locke
The karmic outlook of Bill Murray http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/movies/bill-murray-star-of-hyde-park-on-hudson.html
#Health
A company in Denmark has developed programs to employ
autistic adults for specialized tasks http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/the-autism-advantage.html?pagewanted=all&_r=2&
Forget diamonds. Jellyfish are forever. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/can-a-jellyfish-unlock-the-secret-of-immortality.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all
#History
Essay on the Oracle of Delphi http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/deconstructing-the-oracle.php?page=all
#Humour
Ideas for the “traditional bride” to honor her “traditional
background” http://therumpus.net/2012/11/funny-women-91-shower-gifts-for-the-traditional-bride/
Who needs a fictional apocalypse when we're living it? http://www.themorningnews.org/article/a-funny-thing-happened-on-the-way-to-the-apocalypse
#Literature
Publishing off the grid of the mainstream cultural hotspot
(is Brooklyn mainstream hip now?) http://www.themillions.com/2012/11/dispatch-from-the-edge-of-literary-culture.html
The cultural retreat of Catholic writers http://www.themillions.com/2011/11/where-have-all-the-catholic-writers-gone.html
On Evelyn Waugh's conversion to Catholicism in life and literature http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/evelyn_waugh_as_catholic_novelist_brideshead_revisited_and_helena.single.html
The “scandal” at the center of Percy’s National Book Award
boils down to a misinformed article http://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2012/11/_1962_national_book_awards_scandal_the_story_behind_the_moviegoer.single.html
I love Kate Zambreno, I love Kate Zambreno, I love Kate Zambreno http://therumpus.net/2012/11/the-sunday-rumpus-interview-kate-zambreno/
The history of queer literature http://www.themillions.com/2012/11/the-march-of-progress-is-never-neat-merle-miller-and-on-being-different.html
Bonus: 50 Queer Writers of Color http://zahrawithaz.livejournal.com/12471.html
Tracking the effects of university literary theory classes in literature http://nplusonemag.com/the-theory-generation
The Post Catastrophe novel http://nplusonemag.com/the-end-the-end-the-end
Review of Edmund Love’s 1958 memoir on living on the streets
and the eccentric transients of the NYC subway system http://www.theparisreview.org/blog/2012/11/29/twilight-people-subways-are-for-sleeping/
The Millions rounds
up some of the NYTimes top 100 books
and reviews http://www.themillions.com/2012/11/the-notables-2012.html
#Music
When Kathleen Hanna mentions Kathy Acker calling her an
idiot for being a one dimensional feminist and Hanna owning up and I totally
fangirl over it all http://www.avclub.com/articles/kathleen-hanna-on-bikini-kill-being-feminist-icon,88912/
Discovering an extensive collection of recorded performances of the Grateful Dead http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/11/26/121126fa_fact_paumgarten?currentPage=all
Sufjan loves Christmas, has feelings about commercialization, made a GIANT boxed cd set about it http://stereogum.com/1201912/deconstructing-sufjan-stevens-and-christian-music/top-stories/lead-story/
Eighteenth century essay on the transcendence of harpsichord music http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/voices-in-time/synesthesia.php?page=all
Who is the greatest rapper of all time? http://www.theawl.com/2012/11/andre-3000-vs-biggie
Best of Lists are the Best http://www.spin.com/articles/best-albums-2012
#Politics
The Hillary Dynasty http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/11/hillary-clinton-2016.html
What does American democracy really mean?http://www.laphamsquarterly.org/preamble/feast-of-fools.php?page=all
#Religion
Statement from the Archbishop of Canterbury regarding sexual violence against women and the Church's responsibility http://www.newstatesman.com/lifestyle/2012/11/more-prayer-faith-communities-response-sexual-violence
Explaining the big step back for progressive religious leadership http://www.newyorker.com/online/blogs/comment/2012/11/the-fear-of-women-as-bishops.html
What's the queer student at a Christian college to do? Also, underground LGBTQ support groups. http://www.huffingtonpost.com/paul-southwick/is-there-hope-for-queer-s_b_1829246.html (can speak from experience as an ally of the fledgling group at Grove City College, its a rough, less than Christian loving road to inclusion and support)
Church leadership is patriarchal because the Godhead trinity is patriarchal http://diannaeanderson.net/?p=1255 #sexism
Moderate Muslims are not an exception to the rule http://killingthebuddha.com/mag/dispatch/dear-america-moderate-muslims-exist/
#Sexuality
A frequenter of Australian brothels assembles the most memorable exchanges http://therumpus.net/2012/11/things-women-have-said-to-me-in-brothels/
Roxanne Gay writes about the complicated world of oversexualized children, especially girls http://therumpus.net/2012/11/eleven/
#Technology
“The iron Phone” and other battlegrounds in the kingdoms of
Wester-net http://www.economist.com/news/21567361-google-apple-facebook-and-amazon-are-each-others-throats-all-sorts-ways-another-game
Hacking the cyberwar between Syrian government and
revolutionists http://www.businessweek.com/printer/articles/82480-the-hackers-of-damascus
#Television
“[The Bachelor] is this
generation’s Stanford Prison Experiment.” http://www.nytimes.com/2012/12/02/magazine/the-life-lessons-hidden-in-reality-tv.html?ref=magazine&pagewanted=all
#Travel
Underground supper clubs hosted out of Los Angeles apartments
are another evolution of the aging restaurant model http://www.newyorker.com/reporting/2012/12/03/121203fa_fact_goodyear?currentPage=all
Partaking in the 685 mile dog sled race across Russia’s
tundra http://www.themorningnews.org/article/twilight-on-the-tundra
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