I don’t use my blog for two years, and then the dam breaks! ok, here we go… As a cultural theorist I sort of hate when people make broad sweeping generalizable statements. If you pay attention to posts I make, I tend to not use phrases like “straight white men” or “toxic masculinity”. Subcultures are…
Oh yeah… I have my own blog that I never use… well, now is as good a time as any. Ok… let me very carefully put on the cultural theorist hat and “both sides” this thing briefly. This is not about pretending former President Shithead didn’t bring this on himself (he did). And it’s not…
I think it’s time for a Biden heel turn… for the good of his presidency… let me explain… So four years ago, I went to a conference at the Southern Sociological Society that happened to be held the same week as Wrestlemania LITERALLY ACROSS THE FUCKING STREET. I gave a talk where I basically explained…
So I was doing some random Wikipedia surfing earlier, and I ran across a page detailing all of the political sex scandals on a federal level in US history. Of course I read it… DON’T JUDGE ME! And I know some of you are reading it too! Anyway, I got to the end of the…
Dear Lindsey Graham, While I continue to hate the usage (on both sides) of headlines like “_____ SLAMS _____” or “_____ DESTROYS _____” on pretty much anything… you’ll be happy to know that I actually agree with you on the importance of nurses working during this pandemic. Yay, common ground! HOWEVER!!! If you can stand…
(I’m about to get fairly geeky here and do some semiotics work.. I’m going to try to not be too academic, because I’m really interested in opinions from everyone) I’ve been pondering a weird thought experiment the last ten minutes or so. We tend to prefer single name signifiers for our political figures as a…
I kind of wonder if anyone notices when I don’t update my blog. Most of my readers see it through the Facebook feed version, but I’ve been so busy that I haven’t even had a chance to go see a movie to review in the last couple weeks. If you follow me on twitter (@chrismaverick)…
In the name of continuing to pimp out my media whore appearances (I like that phrasing, I wonder if I can just add “media whore” to my CV), I figured I should mention that I did another podcast appearance this week which went up this morning. This time I’m a guest on Danny Anderson’s The Sectarian…
I’m a teacher… and I think I’m pretty damn good at it. I know for a fact that at least a few of my former students read my blog, and I bet they’d say I’m pretty damn good too. But I wasn’t always a teacher. I’ve had a lot of other jobs. I’ve designed computer…
You might have noticed it’s nearing the end of the year. And like, if you didn’t notice this… well, what’s wrong with you? Anyway, a weird thing starts happening at the end of the year. Magazines start giving out the “_____ of the Year” awards. I find these fascinating in general and that’s no surprise.…
Ok… So lets say you’re really bent out of shape about the whole kneeling for the national anthem thing. I have a serious question for you. And I want you to sit down and think long and hard about it. Have you ever considered that you might be a racist? Don’t answer right away… I…
My friend and former wrestling tag team partner Donté posted a link on Facebook to an article a little while ago. Before I share the article I want to share my initial reaction. This is what I commented to Donté: “ oh for…. you’re fucking kidding me…. I mean, wow…..” that was my initial reaction.…
A lot of times when I write these little political blogs I’m very confrontational and frankly downright mean to the other side. I do this on purpose. I like making fun of people because I’m a horrible and spiteful little man. But this isn’t one of those times. Every once in a while I realize…
For the record… the KKK are bad guys. Also… the Nazis are bad guys. #BLM are the good guys. I just want that to be clear. You know… if you’d asked me ten years ago if I’d ever have to write a blog like this, I’d think you were crazy. If you’d asked me two…
It is August 15th, 2017…. The President of the United States of America just equated Robert E. Lee to George Washington and Thomas Jefferson. The President of the United States of America just said that Nazis are better than people protesting Nazis because at least they had permits. This is where we live now. This…