Pop Culture DetectiveIt’s not a Star Wars story unless there’s a lovable droid stealing the spotlight but, when you really stop and think about it, there’s also something profoundly tragic about the role artificial lifeforms play in the Star Wars universe.
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The Tragedy of Droids in Star WarsPop Culture Detective2020-11-01 | It’s not a Star Wars story unless there’s a lovable droid stealing the spotlight but, when you really stop and think about it, there’s also something profoundly tragic about the role artificial lifeforms play in the Star Wars universe.
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CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Motion Graphics: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick LopezLeadership in male-identified under patriarchyPop Culture Detective2024-06-06 | See the full 33 minute video essay on YouTube!Patriarchy is a poison chalice for menPop Culture Detective2024-05-22 | See the full 33 minute video essay on YouTube!Allan is marginalized in the hierarchy of masculinitiesPop Culture Detective2024-05-20 | Allan is marginalized in the hierarchy of masculinities but still has trouble being a good ally. See the other unhelpful 3 things Allan does in the full video essay!Julia Fox talks about patriarchyPop Culture Detective2024-05-19 | What Julia Fox actually said about patriarchy in her viral interview with Vanity Fair.Barbie And Patriarchy - New video essay!Pop Culture Detective2024-05-17 | See the full 33 min video @PopCultureDetectivePatriarchy According to The Barbie MoviePop Culture Detective2024-05-09 | This video essay uses the Barbie Movie as a primer to help explain what patriarchy actually is, what it isn't, and how it ends up harming everyone, including men.
REFERENCES • The Gender Knot: Unraveling Our Patriarchal Legacy by Allan G Johnson • The Will to Change: Men, Masculinity, and Love by bell hooks • Masculinities by R. W. Connell
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* Background image is the cover of the first book in the Monk and Robot series entitled "Psalm for the Wild-Built."
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CREDITS Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh Intro music: Simon Stålenhag Outro music: Rick LopezWhat is Solarpunk science fiction?Pop Culture Detective2023-05-04 | Watch the full video via @PopCultureDetectiveDisney’s Strange World is really an ecological parablePop Culture Detective2023-05-02 | Disney’s Strange World is a surprisingly radical environmental parable. Watch the full video via @PopCultureDetectiveIn Defense of Disney’s Strange Solarpunk WorldPop Culture Detective2023-05-01 | Exploring the surprisingly radical ecological messages in Disney's Strange World. The movie's visuals are borrowed from old pulp adventure magazines but its theme has much more in common with Solarpunk narratives.
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CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick LopezDemystifying Fair Use, Copyright, and Content ID - Audio Episode 09Pop Culture Detective2023-02-01 | In this Audio Files episode, we discuss the fair use doctrine and why it's so important for everyone on the internet. We also dig into how fair use interacts (or doesn't) with YouTube’s Content ID system. Two legal experts in fair use join the conversation: Art Neill and Erika Lee from New Media Rights.
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Show credits: Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh Intro music: Simon Stålenhag Outro music: Rick LopezMarvel Defenders of The Status QuoPop Culture Detective2022-12-01 | Superheroes usually manage to roll back the various apocalypses but rarely use their powers to build a better world. The villains are the ones constantly dreaming up big audacious schemes to transform the universe.
DOCUMENTARY FOOTAGE FROM • This Changes Everything (2015) • The 13th (2016) • Sir No Sir (2005) • I Am Not Your Negro (2016) • Eyes on the Prize (1987) • The Vote (2020) • Harlan County U.S.A. (1976) • Disobedience (2016) • We Were Here (2011) • The Corporation (2003) • Zapatista (1999)
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CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick LopezA Conversation with Artist Simon Stålenhag - Audio Episode 08Pop Culture Detective2022-11-01 | This special podcast episode is an in-depth conversation with award-winning Swedish artist and storyteller Simon Stålenhag. Simon is the creator of narrative art books like Tales From the Loop, Things From the Flood, and The Electric State. We discuss what it’s like for a small artist to be courted by the Hollywood machine. We dig into the meaning and messages in dystopian science fiction. And we talk about the negative implications of AI art generators.
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Show credits: Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh Intro music: Simon Stålenhag Outro music: Rick LopezEveryone Everywhere Needs Waymond Wang (and Ke Huy Quan)Pop Culture Detective2022-07-20 | Help me make more videos! patreon.com/popdetective
Everything Everywhere All At Once is a genre bending multiverse movie but it's also one of the most challenging and subversive representations of masculinity I’ve ever seen in any genre.
**It's best to watch the movie first and then come back and watch this :) ***Please note: this movie contains some strobe effects
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CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick LopezThe Multiversal Case of Everything Everywhere - Audio Episode 07Pop Culture Detective2022-06-01 | In this Audio File episode, we investigate the mind-bending multiverse movie Everything Everywhere All At Once and discuss the messages and meaning embedded in the cinematic madness. Friends of the show, professors Carl Williams and Felicia Lopez join the conversation.
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Episode info: In this episode, we investigate The Book of Boba Fett and discuss how this new Star Wars series pulls many of its themes and motifs directly from old Hollywood Westerns, including a few regressive tropes popular in that genre. Friend of the show and professor of clinical law, Carl Williams, joins the conversation.
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Show credits: Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh Intro music: Simon Stålenhag Outro music: Rick LopezThe Ethics of Looking And The “Harmless” Peeping TomPop Culture Detective2022-03-21 | Watching people’s stories on screen can be fascinating and exhilarating, but the act of looking can also feel uncomfortable, invasive, even violating. And underpinning these uncomfortable moments we often find alarming messages about the role of consent.
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Episode info: In this episode we investigate the second season of the hit Apple TV comedy series Ted Lasso. We see much more character development this time around as the writers attempt to complicate Ted’s happy-go-lucky wholesome persona but a few outstanding issues remain unaddressed.
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Episode info: In our first podcast episode we investigate the hit Apple TV series Ted Lasso. We discuss the ways that season one subverts expected conventions in sports comedies, especially when it comes to race and masculinity. We also take a critical look at some of the areas where the show misses the mark. Two guests join this conversation: professor of literature and culture Felicia Lopez and writer/filmmaker Imran Siddiquee.
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Episode info: In this podcast episode we investigate the new adventure film Jungle Cruise. Disney’s latest attempt to turn a theme park attraction into a blockbuster movie tries to sidestep some of the ride’s more racist history but still leans on tropes of exoticism and colonial adventurism. We also discuss Disney’s baffling choice to include a series of gay jokes in the movie. Two guests join host Jonathan McIntosh for this conversation: Professor of literature and culture Felicia Lopez and professor of law Carl Williams.
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Episode info: In this podcast episode we investigate the Disney+ series The Falcon and the Winter Soldier and discuss how the Marvel Cinematic Universe represents or misrepresents themes of racism, activist politics, masculinity, and male friendship. We also examine the show’s depiction of men in therapy. Host Jonathan McIntosh is joined by writer and filmmaker Imran Siddiquee for this conversation.
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Episode info: In this podcast episode we deconstruct what is probably the worst Steven Spielberg movie – Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull. We discuss the film’s misrepresentations of Indigenous peoples and dig into the ways that media tropes about ancient aliens and alien uplift contribute to the problem. Professor of literature and culture Dr. Felicia Lopez lends her expertise to this conversation.
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Show credits: Audio production: Jonathan McIntosh Intro music: Simon Stålenhag Outro music: Rick LopezBoys Dont Cry (Except When They Do)Pop Culture Detective2021-07-01 | Help me make more videos! patreon.com/popdetective
Since we all know that boys (and men) do cry, this video focuses on the relatively narrow set of social circumstances where those tears are permitted.
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1. The Game (1997) 2. La La Land (2016) 3. Iron Man 2 (2010) 4. Star Trek Discovery (2017) 5. The Wizard of Oz (1939) 6. The Neverending Story (1984) 7. Hugo (2011) 8. Age of Ultron (2015) 9. Mission Impossible: Fallout (2018) 10. Stranger Things (2019) 11. Charlie and the Chocolate Factory (2005) 12. Avengers Endgame (2019) 13. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) 14. Spider-Man: Homecoming (2017) 15. Shazaam (2019) 16. Sherlock Jr. (1924) 17. The Great Mouse Detective (1986) 18. The Addams Family TV show (1964) 19. Honey, I Shrunk the Kids (1989) 20. Brazil (1985) 21. The Return of the Pink Panther (1975) 22. Ratatouille (2007) 23. Blade Runner 2049 (2017) 24. Quiz Show (1994) 25. Starman (1984) 26. 12 Monkeys (1995) 27. Gremlins (1984) 28. Network (1976) 29. Star Trek: The Next Generation (1987) 30. Close Encounters of the Third Kind (1977) 31. Spotlight (2015) 32. Adaptation (2002) 33. The Muppet Movie (1979) 34. Knives Out (2019) 35. Arrival (2016) 36. Neighbors 2 (2016) 37. Batman Returns (1992) 38. Catch Me If You Can (2002) 39. Empire of the Sun (1987) 40. Casino Royale (2006) 41. Jumanji: Welcome to the Jungle (2017) 42. Star Wars: The Empire Strikes Back (1980) 43. Captain America: Civil War (2016) 44. John Wick 3 (2019) 45. Home Alone (1990) 46. Back to the Future (1985) 47. A Quiet Place (2018) 48. The Fugitive (1993) 49. Always Be My Maybe (2019) 50. Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) 51. A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood (2019) 52. Good Will Hunting (1997) 53. WALL-E (2008) 54. Johnny Mnemonic (1995) 55. The Hudsucker Proxy (1994) 56. They Live (1988) 57. Cloud Atlas (2012) 58. Big Hero 6 (2014) 59. Paddington 2 (2017) 60. Zero Effect (1998) 61. Hail, Caesar! (2016) 62. The Addams Family (1991) 63. You've Got Mail (1998) 64. *batteries not included (1987) 65. Fight Club (1999) 66. Sneakers (1992) 67. Ralph Breaks the Internet (2018) 68. Sorry To Bother You (2018) 69. The Truman Show (1998) 70. Steven Universe (2013)
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It’s hard to overstate just how common jokes about men being sexually assaulted or harassed are in entertainment media. Comedic situations are typically designed to demean, humiliate, or emasculate a male character for being the victim, or potential victim, of sexual violence. This is the 2nd of two video essays on this topic. Part 1 focuses on humor involving men sexually assaulting or harassing other men. Part 2 examines media in which women are depicted as the perpetrators.
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CREDITS Writer/Editing: Jonathan McIntosh Motion Graphics: Jonathan McIntosh Outro music: Rick LopezStranger Things, Belligerent Romance, and the Danger of NostalgiaPop Culture Detective2019-09-16 | The hit Netflix series Stranger Things is a love letter to iconic pop culture media of decades past. But there are dangers in leaning too heavily on nostalgia because media makers can sometimes end up reproducing harmful patterns along with their retro aesthetics, especially when it comes to action hero masculinity and belligerent romance conventions from the 1980s.
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On a narrative level The Shawshank Redemption is a movie about the power of hope in the face of extraordinary hardship. But underpinning Andy Dufresne’s story we also find a blistering critique of the prison system and criminal justice policy in the United States.
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It’s hard to overstate just how common jokes about men being sexually assaulted or sexually harassed are in entertainment media. Comedic situations are typically designed to demean, humiliate, or emasculate a male character for being the victim, or potential victim, of sexual violence. This is the 1st of two video essays on this topic. Part 1 focuses on humor involving men sexually assaulting or harassing other men. Part 2 examines media in which women are depicted as the perpetrators.
REFERENCES • Cameron Esposito's "Rape Jokes" standup special: cameronesposito.com • Terry Crews speaking to the US Congress: goo.gl/9BEF4h - The Rape Jokes We Still Laugh At | New York TImes youtube.com/watch?v=ikqPnAhRo-c • List of movies including jokes about men being abused: goo.gl/kdhYbA • List of TV shows including jokes about men being abused: goo.gl/BLe2Wf
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The Last Jedi is a movie that’s designed to defy fan expectations. Nowhere is this subversion more evident than in the way the film handles its three male heroes: X-Wing pilot Poe Dameron, renegade Stormtrooper Finn, and legendary Jedi Knight Luke Skywalker.
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FOOTAGE USED: • Star Wars: The Last Jedi (2017) • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) • Star Wars: Return of the Jedi (1983) • Star Wars: Empire Strikes Back (1980) • Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) • The Director and The Jedi (2018) • The Avengers (2015) • Captain America: The First Avenger (2011) • Avatar (2009) • The Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers (2002) • The Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King (2003) • Independence Day (1996) • Jurassic World (2015) • Goldfinger (1964) • Tron Legacy (2010) • The Matrix (1999)
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Abduction as Romance is a media trope where a man kidnaps or imprisons a woman and she eventually falls in love with him. Abduction as Romance is one of a series of popular media tropes where violence against women and abusive male behavior is presented as necessary, exciting, or romantic.
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The 80s movies that left the biggest impression on me as a kid weren’t necessarily from the most popular or iconic films. And they aren't referenced in Ready Player One. The cinematic moments that had the most profound impact on my childhood were unapologetically sappy and sentimental. In this video, I discuss 5 of my favorite lesser known movies from the 1980s that foster empathy and solidarity.
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Help caption & translate this video! amara.org/v/gMhDStalking for LovePop Culture Detective2018-02-28 | Stalking For Love is a popular media trope where invasive stalker-like behavior is presented as an endearing or harmless part of romantic courtship. The hero will often go to extraordinary lengths to coerce, trick or otherwise manipulate his way into a woman's life.
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At their core, George Lucas's six Star Wars films are coming of age stories about boys becoming men. Both Luke and Anakin Skywalker are guided and shaped by the principles of the Jedi Order but buried within Jedi teachings we find some troubling and deeply unhealthy ideas about masculinity.
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Help us caption and translate this video! amara.org/v/deIwWall-E as Sociological StorytellingPop Culture Detective2017-11-01 | Pixar’s Wall-E is a masterpiece of animated filmmaking about two adorable robots falling in love, though I’d argue it also serves as an excellent example of sociological storytelling. Social systems are one of the most important, and most misunderstood, concepts in my work on media and masculinity. So in this video essay I use Wall-E's Axiom star liner (and the board game Monopoly) to illustrate how social systems operate in our culture.
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This is the 2nd of two video essays about gender on The Big Bang Theory. The 1st focuses on a popular media trope I like to call the Adorkable Misogynist. You can see that episode here: youtube.com/watch?v=X3-hOigoxHs
The Big Bang Theory delights in poking fun at its male characters for their geeky obsessions but there's something even more pernicious going on just under the surface. Beyond the mocking of geekdom, the show is relentless in making fun of its male leads for not being 'real men." In their quest to prove their manhood the four geeks then end up being complicit in many of the most harmful aspects of hypermasculinity.
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The Big Bang Theory provides a perfect lens through which to deconstruct a popular media trope I like to call the Adorkable Misogynist. Adorkable Misogynists are male characters whose geeky version of masculinity is framed as comically pathetic yet still endearing. Their status as nerdy “nice guys” then lets them off the hook for a wide range of creepy, entitled, and sexist behaviors.
This is the 1st of two video essays about gender on The Big Bang Theory. Next month I'll focus on how the show relentlessly mocks its four male leads for not acting like “real men," and in so doing reinforces a whole bunch of regressive ideas about masculinity.
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Interactive media has the incredible potential to deliver a wide range of immersive, emotional experiences, yet year after year the gaming industry seems to fall back on one underlying theme -- kill or be killed. A statistical breakdown of games featured in Electronic Entertainment Expo press briefings in 2017 reveals that 82% of new titles focus on combat as the core gameplay mechanic. Imagine all the stories we're missing out on because game developers insist on building virtual worlds we experience from behind the barrel of a gun or the blade of a sword.
MY FULL STATISTICAL BREAKDOWN FOR E3 2017 goo.gl/74ruKy
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Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/8PAZThe Fantastic Masculinity of Newt ScamanderPop Culture Detective2017-05-29 | NOTE: Since this video was made back in 2017, author J.K. Rowling has turned into a transphobic bigot. Don't be like her. Support trans people! That's what Newt would do :)
Newt Scamander, protagonist of the Harry Potter spinoff, is an unconventional male hero. He performs a refreshingly atypical form of masculinity, especially for the lead in a fantasy adventure story.
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FOOTAGE USED • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them (2016) • Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (2001) • Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2002) • Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2004) • Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2005) • Star Wars: A New Hope (1977) • Scott Pilgrim vs The World (2010) • The Matrix (1999) • Doctor Who: The Eleventh Hour (2010) • Thor: The Dark World (2013) • Guardians of the Galaxy (2014) • Star Trek (2009) • A Beautiful Mind (2001) • Back to the Future (1985) • Sherlock: The Blind Banker (2010) • Sherlock: A Study in Pink (2010) • MTV After Hours Hufflepuff PSA (2016)
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This video essay is about a gendered trope that has bothered me for years but didn’t have a name, so I gave it one: Born Sexy Yesterday. It's a science fiction convention in which the mind of a naive, yet highly skilled, girl is written into the body of a mature sexualized woman. Born sexy yesterday is about an unbalanced relationship, but it’s also very much connected to masculinity. The subtext of the trope is rooted in a deep seated male insecurity around experienced women and sexuality.
Note that Born Yesterday isn't meant literally. Born Sexy Yesterday can be written literally but it doesn't have to be. If media uses a "fish out of water" plot to frame an adult woman as an inexperience child then it fits the trope.
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FOOTAGE USED • Tron: Legacy (2010) • The Fifth Element (1997) • Born Yesterday (1950) • Splash (1984) • My Stepmother is an Alien (1988) • Sheena (1984) • Chobits (2002) • Outlaw Star (1998) • Enchanted (2007) • Forbidden Planet (1956) • The Time Machine (1960) • Planet of the Apes (1968) • The New World (2005) • Stargate (1997) • Star Trek: The Original Series (1964) • Star Trek: Voyager (1999) • Cloud Atlas (2012) • Sarah Connor Chronicles (2009) • Pleasantville (1998) • Big (1988) • Starman (1984) • Blast From The Past (1999) • The Mighty Peking Man (1977) • Sleeper (1973) • Demolition Man (1993) • Mr. Peabody and the Mermaid (1948)
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http://amara.org/v/67UFPredatory Romance in Harrison Ford MoviesPop Culture Detective2017-03-31 | Harrison Ford has played some of the most iconic male heroes ever to appear on film. Many of his most popular characters antagonize women, disregard basic ideas of consent and ultimately force themselves on their love interests. Although each movie attempts to frame these actions as sexy or romantic, predatory is a more fitting description.
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Help us caption & translate this video! http://amara.org/v/73zdThe Stormtrooper ParadoxPop Culture Detective2017-01-30 | The Force Awakens does what no other movie in the long running Star Wars franchise has even done before: it humanizes Stormtroopers. Strangely the filmmakers seem unaware of the rather profound implications their new narrative has for the rest of their cinematic universe.
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Why wasn't Donald Trump's blatant and unashamed misogyny a deal breaker for voters? I argue it has a lot to do with the ways pop culture, especially television sitcoms, work to normalizes sexist behavior.
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The Cartoon Network series Steven Universe is an adventure show about a boy with super powers derived from an interstellar gemstone in his belly. But in many ways it’s also a coming-of-age story about a young man growing up and trying to find his place in the world. In this episode we discussing how Steven’s empathic superpowers function as a subversion of traditional boy hero tropes.
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The sequel to the 1996 mega-blockbuster "Independence Day" hit theaters this summer but there was something a little strange about many of the trailers. What looks like a clever marketing campaign centered on joining the fictional "Earth Space Defense" was actually a cross-branded recruitment tool for the US Army. It’s part of a multi-million dollar joint advertising venture between 20th Century Fox and the United States Military.
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RECOMMENDED READING: • An Ordinary Person's Guide To Empire by Arundhati Roy • War Is a Force That Gives Us Meaning by Chris Hedges • Killing Hope by William Blum • Rogue States: The Rule of Force in World Affairs by Noam Chomsky • Propaganda and the Public Mind by Noam Chomsky • Necessary Illusions by Noam Chomsky
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You may have bumped into the term toxic masculinity during your travels around the internet. It usually shows up in connection with particularly abusive male behavior, but what does it really mean? In this episode we take a closer look at the term using Biff from Back To The Future as our example.
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