Something.of.Substance

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.full article list. August 26, 2008

Something.of.Substance @ 8:35 pm

All articles, by category, are linked below.

.Say Something.

.too much to love. : men’s self-esteem is inversely proportional to the size of their girlfriends.

.the problem with palin. : Sarah Palin has no shame.

.full of denial. : celebrities are starving for approval almost as often as we’re starving for their starvation gossip.

.conscious people do it better. : Seth Rogan finds date rape funny and hopes you do too!

.if you can’t beat them, bff them. : adult Barbie is up to her usual tricks.

.who’s to blame?. : can killers be victims too?

.conservative or short-sighted?. : a Texas woman rallies against her conservative ideological surroundings and takes on the issue of “choice”.

.under pressure. : surviving finals month in law school.

.truth in advertising?. : does having sex and looking for love make you slutty?  the ad industry thinks so.

.legal love. : the quest for love during law school.

.warning: voter disenfranchisement-in-progress. : why my state has told me that i can no longer vote.

.an astrological walden’s pond. : how Mercury in Retrograde can spice up your old love life.

.enjoy the silence. : John McCain doesn’t have anything to say to you.

.what’s luck got to do with it?. : being “critically-injured” in a plane crash isn’t my idea of a miracle.

.america, the hypocritical. : why the term “celebrity” is acceptable for white women, but not black men.

.the new republican economic plan?. : Sarah Palin will bill you for being raped.

.holy chicken. : how Chick-Fil-A built an empire glorifying God through chicken.

.the mommy factor. : female politicians are acceptable as long as you want to screw them and have them hold you after.

.the visceral violin. : a short story about the loneliness of artistic expression.

.what’s old is new. again. : your past doesn’t want you to escape it.

.planet terror. : eco-chic and glam are still mutually-exclusive.

.no. : how sexual harassment is still happening at a college near you!

.check your morality at the drive-thru. : support for gay causes isn’t the reason you can order a “happy” meal.

.the aftermath of our generation. : a case for misandry.

.keep your commentary to yourself. : the Olympic Games could do without the sexism.

.manifesta of a “bad girl”. : just what the title suggests.

.the 21-question test of character. : you probably won’t find this bulletin on MySpace.

.love life. : experiencing the aftermath of suicide through the eyes of another.

.have it their way. : Burger King uses some tricky advertising.

.no girls allowed?. : why the current feminist backlash is being perpetrated by women.

.the new age of exhibitionism. : we let it all hang (virtually) out there and it isn’t pretty.

.the opposite of monopoly. : why neither wal-mart nor politicians are going to improve your economy.

.what’s weight got to do with it?. : fat-phobic slander permeates online dating communities.

.insecurity doesn’t happen in a vacuum. : everyone is insecure. get over it.

.is your glass half-angry?. : internet anonymity is the new cross-burning.

.Wordy Laundry (WL).

.wl.: fuck “fake” : Paris Hilton is doing nothing positive for our lexicon.

.Poetry & Prose (P&P).

.p&p.: suburbs of stepford : poem

.Ex-File.

.break-up letter #4.

.break-up letter #3.

.break-up letter #2.

.break-up letter #1.

.Beauty is in the Beholder.


.in memoirum. – taking up the reins

.watch.- sunrise earth

.watch/listen.- Eli Mattson’s “Sorry Seems to Be the Hardest Word”

.read.- “the ethics of what we eat: why our food choices matter”

.listen/watch.- Nuttin But Stringz

.listen.- blues traveler “hook”

.read.- wallace stevens’ “the plot against the giant”

.watch.- the perseid meteor shower

.watch.- the wackness

.watch.- wade robson’s “slow dancing in a burning room”

.listen.- lighthouse family “run”

.read.- the teachings of pema chodron

.read.- “ode to wine” by pablo neruda

.read.- Bitch magazine

.watch.- Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind

.listen.- The Floorwalkers

.watch.- mia michaels’ “ave maria”

.listen.- atmosphere

.Poetry and Prose (P&P).


.Educational Black-hole.

.aptitude.- career by color

.grammar.- why proof-reading is important

.sex ed 101.- let’s talk about virginity, baby

.sex ed 101.- so you don’t want to get pregnant?

.sex ed 101.- menstruation is your period

.Memoir-Mini.