“Conversation is always a good thing. Ignoring a problem has never resulted in a solution.”

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This comment was by John Weeast, on Tom Matlack’s post This Much I Know To Be True

Anger of Muslims, Part 2: Making Sense in 3D

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The violence in the Middle East makes sense when viewed from sufficient perspectives.

Warm Cocoons and Bull Semen: Racism Alive and Well in Comments

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A selection of the editors’ favorite nauseatingly racist comments from our readers.

Treating the Hate

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Sometimes the antidote is sitting right next to the poison.

Do I Hate Men—and Women?

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Rather than looking at all members of either gender as evil, Elana Millman writes, we all need to try and understand each other as individuals.

Take My Social Movement– Please!

The gender egalitarian masculist movement is tiny. By “gender egalitarian,” I mean “believes men and women are more similar than they are different and fights against the sexist institutions and cultural narratives that try to make them more different than they are, while avoiding being racist, homophobic, transphobic, classist, ableist, etc. and not advocating violence, hate or stereotypes against [...]

Michael Vick Haters, It’s Time to Move On

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Brandon Sneed wonders if any good can come from hating the Eagles quarterback.

You Can Trust Me: A Column of Advice

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David Cotrone answers the question: what do you do if you love someone you want to hate?

Why Men Hate Women’s Basketball

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The entire salary cap number of a women’s basketball team is less than what one bad NBA player gets paid. Yet men still seem to resent the WNBA a disproportionate amount.

Love, Hate, Rage, and Therapy

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Hugo Schwyzer on love, hate, indifference, and forgiveness.

Wrestling the Enemy Within

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Juan Rodriguez struggles to make sense of two intertwined feelings: hating men and hating himself. And decides to put down the weapon that masculinity has become for him.

Our Need for the ‘Bad Guy’ in Sports: Psych Lessons From Lebron James

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A psychological angle on Heat Hate and returning to our problems.

The 10 at 10

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Breakups are really painful, the Cansecos make a swap, and the president talks Libya.

Haters suck

Hater—A person that simply cannot be happy for another person’s success. So rather than be happy they make a point of exposing a flaw in that person. www.urbandictionary.com I have a friend who is currently being stalked on Twitter.  This person’s ex is using it to find info about them & has even gone as [...]