Musings on education, literature, politics, media, and cultural trends by Laura Nathan. View Laura's profile.
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What would happen if you ate nothing but food from McDonald's three times a day for thirty days straight? You probably don't want to know ...Morgan Spurlock just made his first film entitled … |
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By Laura Nathan
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Tuesday, 16 March 2004 |
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In an interview appearing in the April 2004 issue of Playboy, 50 Cent made the following comment: ”I ain't into faggots. I don't like gay people around me, because I'm not comfortable with what their thoughts are… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Monday, 15 March 2004 |
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Stories and images about celebrities in our culture, and few of us — even those of us who claim to be removed from pop culture — can claim our distance from the obesession with fame and stardom. Have you ever acquired a… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Saturday, 13 March 2004 |
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After the Berlin Wall fell, tourists, eager to hold onto the last vestiges of the Cold War, bought pieces of the Wall. And when part of the Pentagon fell on Sept. 11, 2001, Donald Rumsfeld was eager to hold onto a piece… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Friday, 12 March 2004 |
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Born and raised in Texas, I have frequently reminded people that my identity isn’t tied to the geography, that not everyone in Texas rides a horse, is as conservative as President Bush, has an accent, is white, a… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Thursday, 04 March 2004 |
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In a recent episode of Friends, soon-to-be newlyweds Phoebe (Lisa Kudrow) and Mike (Paul Rudd) briefly flirted with the idea of giving the money that they would spend on a wedding to a children's hospital. But wh… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Tuesday, 02 March 2004 |
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What's the best way to rehabilitate juvenile defenders? a. boot camp, b. flogging, c. psychotropic drugs, or d. none of the above?Workers at a Russian juvenile penal colony (their term, likely borrowed from… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Monday, 01 March 2004 |
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My mother is a terrorist. Or she would be if she was still teaching public school.Last week, Secretary of Education … |
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By Laura Nathan
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Sunday, 29 February 2004 |
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Recently, when I was reading an article in the most recent issue of Kitchen Sink on guys who pretend to be gay to get women to warm up to them or to get free drinks and n… |
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By Laura Nathan
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Saturday, 28 February 2004 |
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