Vanessa Richmond, AlterNet. October 9, 2009. Why TV is ground zero for understanding American culture -- the 9 best shows on air that you should be watching.
Sarah Ingersoll, Meaningful Media AlterNet: PEEK. May 13, 2009. Everyone focuses on the role of technology and new media in the Obama Administration, but what about culture?
Dr. Susan Block, CounterPunch. April 21, 2009. Sex addiction has emerged as the 21st century version of sin -- the latest way to guilt people about sex.
Pam Chamberlain, The Public Eye. March 3, 2009. Abstinence-only sex ed is a tool of ideological management that is deeply entrenched in American culture and social policy.
Shannon Rupp, The Tyee. January 22, 2009. The ubiquity of porn has rendered it invisible for most adults. But why has pornographic imagery become such an acceptable part of public culture?
Sarah Seltzer, RH Reality Check. November 28, 2008. Pop culture vampires have always reflected cultural anxieties about sex. "Twilight", the new teen box office blockbuster, is no exception.
Rosie White, American Sexuality Magazine. November 21, 2008. Female spies have been the subject of cultural fascination since Mata Hari, but the realities they face are quite different from fiction.
David Sirota, Creators Syndicate. July 11, 2008. Across America, local culture has been supplanted by fast food and sub-par Will Smith movies. No wonder people don't care about hometown issues.
Ruben Navarrette, Washington Post Writers Group. July 9, 2008. Debates over language reflect the anxiety that some people feel about America's changing cultural landscape.
Greta Christina, Greta Christina's Blog. April 17, 2008. Research that traces bisexuality in fruit flies to a genetic variation challenges assumptions about sexual attraction.
Deanna Zandt, AlterNet AlterNet: War on Iraq. December 15, 2007. Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi was killed in his home Friday night. His family needs your help.
Samhita Mukhopadhyay, AlterNet: PEEK. August 21, 2007. Samhita Mukhopadhyay: Is smoking weed really a "guy thing"? And if not, why are media depictions of drug use usually sexist?
Andrew Lam, New America Media. July 10, 2007. American schools stress self-esteem as the stepping stone to academic achievement. But students from Asian cultures, which place little stock in self-esteem, seem to do better than their American counterparts in school.
