Special Projects, The X-files, The X-Files Facebook Project, X-files

The X-Files Facebook Project: Season 1, Episode 14: “Gender Bender”

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Community Building

50 Shades of Shaming: Regaining the Lost Art of Conversation

My Facebook, Twitter, and Tumblr feeds have been taken over by an increasingly acerbic conversation between fans and critics of the newly released 50 Shades of Grey movie and the book that inspired it. With the best of intentions, a critic of the movie could share a long list of reasons why it’s unhealthy—such as… Read More 50 Shades of Shaming: Regaining the Lost Art of Conversation

Celebrity Culture

The Perhaps Not So Surprising Grief at the Passing of an Artist

When Michael Jackson passed away in 2009, I was captivated by the outpouring of grief that I both witnessed and felt. Yet again I was intrigued four months ago by the expressions of sorrow after the passing of Cory Monteith from a drug overdose during what seemed to be a successful Glee summer hiatus (during… Read More The Perhaps Not So Surprising Grief at the Passing of an Artist