Does Pop Culture Have a Responsibility to Educate?

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s.e. smith explores the question of whether TV shows like “True Blood” and “Girls” have a responsibility to model ethical behavior to their viewers?

Forgiving Adultery

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After cheating, a yogi learns that you have to forgive to heal.

A Cloak, a Scythe, and Sweet Halloween Revenge

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After a viewing of Children of the Corn, Joanna Schroeder and her dad hatch a plan to scare the living shit out of her older brother and his friends in true Halloween fashion.

“Killing Jerry Sandusky would not be enough. I want the glamour that empowered those monsters destroyed.”

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This is a comment by Ginkgo on the post “Talking Myself Out of Murdering Jerry Sandusky”.

Revenge or Justice?

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Brandon Ferdig asks whether it’s revenge people really want when they demand justice.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 08 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 07 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 06 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 05 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 04 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 03 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 02 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Webcomics: Freedman, Episode 01 [@pbquach, #thenewblack]

A story of revenge, slavery, race, and the people history has forgotten set in the antebellum period, syndicated weekly on Komplicated.com.

Movies: Zoe Saldana Loads Up For Colombiana

It’s all about gunfire and redemption in the new Zoe Saldana-fueled action movie.

Music: New Artist of the Week from Better Off Ted

If you were as much of a fan of the short lived sitcom Better Off Ted, you’ll be just as shocked as we were to find Malcolm Barrett spittin’ ill rhymes over a hip-hop beat.

The 10 at 10

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Super Bowl science, football according to Goofy, and Christina Aguilera flubbing the National Anthem.