“She is not a dog. She will not roll over in the middle of the street to be rubbed on her belly. Mrs. Kimby is in mourning.” By Daniel Wallace
Archives for June 2011
Games: Call of Duty: Black Ops “Annihilation” Maps Released
Take a close look at the new fighting fields where you’ll get fragged in the near future.
Humor: Too Cold To Hold
Sit down have a drink — OG style!
New York Legalizes Gay Marriage
For the five of you who live under a rock: New York is officially the sixth state in the union to allow people to be GAY-MARRIED! Just in time for Pride, too. Confetti, glitter and noisemakers will be passed out in the comments section.
Exploring Misandry in Video Games: Part 1
Trigger warning for a description of (video game) violence. A thank you to Hugh Ristik in the comment section of my last piece for inspiring this. I have actually managed to find a positive in the whole Duke Nukem thing: at least in DN you’re gunning down aliens and not your fellow man; that’s something…
By Horse or By Steamroller
Dudes this week highlights some drunken, ill-advised methods of transportation.
Music: In Every Corner of the World
This is our Africa.
The Great Glass Escalator
(Much of the material for this post comes from David J. Maume Jr.’s 1999 work “Glass Ceilings and Glass Escalators,” because that’s the one in my Work Organization textbook. More recent citations gratefully accepted.) According to analysis of the PSID (Panel Study of Income Dynamics), a longitudinal study of a representative sample of American families, between 1989 and 1999,…
“Women, Be Safe!” vs “Rapists, Don’t Rape!”
Trigger warning for discussion of rape. So, there’s this raging debate and this big divide on the question of “How should we be proactive about the problem of rape/sexual assault of women?” People fall in two camps – those who think that the reality of rape is such an immutable reality that although women maybe…
The Man With the Really Big… Belly
In this provocative excerpt from Rebecca Weinstein’s new book, we meet a man who might not be conventionally sexy, but makes up for it the old-fashioned way.
Our Need for the ‘Bad Guy’ in Sports: Psych Lessons From Lebron James
A psychological angle on Heat Hate and returning to our problems.
This Is How We Do It: Evan Burse Draws Death The Kid
Artist Evan Burse gives an instructional lesson on how to draw Death The Kid from Soul Eater.
Music: Abraham McDonald’s Super Heroic Singing
Abraham McDonald has some super powered ideas about music!
“Men of a Certain Age” Is Giving Away a Pro Set of Golf Clubs. No Talent Required.
The creators of “Men of a Certain Age” prove that you don’t need to be good at golf to win a sweet set of clubs.
GMP Editor Kevin Lincoln on Seattle KIRO Radio
Kevin Lincoln interviewed on Seattle KIRO radio about mangagement rings, bromance, and masculinity in language.
Webcomics: @World_of_Hurt: The Thrill Seekers #010, “The Beautiful People”
World of Hurt is a webcomic created by Jay Potts, syndicated twice a week from its inception on Komplicated.com