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What Would Wanna Say About Cyclist Machismo
Wanna hear from Wanna? Submit questions for consideration to [email protected] and she just might answer you next. Dear Wanna, I’m a fast, competitive athlete who also bikes in the streets of Boston. I usually bike
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99% Spotlight: Emad Burnat’s 5 Broken Cameras
A car alarm is heard, and the sound of running. The camera jiggles from side to side as if it were bouncing on the back of a horse. After a few moments, the camera
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What Would Wanna Say?: On Mansplaining
Wanna is a snarky, smash-the-state, sex-positive, white ally, working-class feminist who is marching in the streets, queering it up, spinning your vinyl, making your latte, nannying for your family, growing veggies in her basement, writing
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What Would Wanna Say: “Sexy” Dairy Cows?
Dear Wanna, I recently finished reading The Sexual Politics of Meat. The author, Carol Adams, makes a strong case regarding the intertwining ideologies of meat consumption and masculinity/virility in patriarchal cultures like ours. This made
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What Would Wanna Say: Eco-feminism?
Dear Wanna, I’d love to know what eco-feminism is. I know that’s a pretty basic question, but I think we’re going to have to start at the bottom and work our way up. Although
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99% Spotlight: The Passion of Bradley Manning by Chase Madar
Despite its title, The Passion of Bradley Manning is about more than the persecution of one U.S. dissident. Chase Madar’s 2012 book offers a kaleidoscope of perspectives on the fate of Private First Class
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99% Spotlight: Food, Inc. and the Limits of Consumer Activism
The widely acclaimed documentary film Food, Inc. (2008) makes a valuable contribution to the cultural conversation about food: what we eat, where it comes from, and what that all means. Bringing together some of
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