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Culture Clips: Is ‘VeggieTales’ Racist?

Hardly a week goes by these days without something somewhere in popular culture offending someone, it seems. Several more such stories made the rounds on

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Is a PG-13 Deadpool Movie a Good Thing?

I’ll be seeing Once Upon a Deadpool today—the new PG-13 version of the very, very, VERRRRRY R-rated Deadpool 2. But already, without having seen a

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How Stan Lee Changed the World

As you’ve probably heard by now, Stan Lee died yesterday at the age of 95. Many have eulogized Lee as a “comics legend,” and that’s

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Sometimes Free Costs Too Much

I get a lot of emails that make me scratch my head. I’m guessing you can relate. For instance, I regularly get one from a

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Culture Clips: Heroes, Heels and Hacks

It’s not easy to find heroes these days. So it was nice to see Drew Brees, quarterback for the New Orleans Saints and apparently all-around

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Did ’80s Movies Reinforce Rape Culture?

Some of us who grew up in the ’80s likely have fond memories of John Hughes’ “classic” teen movies: Sixteen Candles. Breakfast Club. Or maybe

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Culture Clips: The Facebook Trauma Edition

Perhaps it’s not exactly news anymore when Facebook announces a data breach. The ubiquitous social network has been as leaky as a perforated garden hose

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