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How fathers were destroyed by the most popular family movie of all time
Screenwashed is a new channel on Youtube that has interesting content on the influence of popular movies on culture. In particular the impact on men and fatherhood is often mentioned. In this video the channel discusses the movie Mary Poppins. While this video makes many good points it fails to mention that at one point …
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The tale of Delphine LaLaurie
Western civilisation has regarded women as morally superior to men since at least the Middle Ages. Even a cursory review of history shows that this isn’t so with women throughout the ages demonstrating their willingness and capacity to harm others. We know from recent research that queens regnant were more likely to start wars and …
Not paying the cost to be a girlboss
As was the case with his peers, bluesman B.B. King (1925-2015) came from humble beginnings – to put it mildly. Born to sharecroppers on a Mississippi cotton plantation, his mother deserted the family when he was four years old. Thereafter, he was raised by his grandmother. His first job was working in a cotton gin. …
