By Amy Obarski Carol Blanche, mother of 14 year-old Justin, was shocked upon the discovery of her son’s extensive collection of Playboy, Penthouse and Skanky…
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By Jackie Keating “It was one of those things where you felt like you were watching from the outside, like it wasn’t really happening to…
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Paper Heart, Anchor Bay Entertainment, 2009 By Celia David Written by and starring Charlyne Yi, a young Hollywood actress and stand-up comic, Paper Heart is…
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The Tundra Toes, In It To Win It, 2009 By Bryan Cipolla The Tundra Toes have been a staple, better yet, a jagged piece of…
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Imogen Heap, Ellipse, Anti Records, 2009 By Dana McCall Imogen Heap’s new album evokes such a variety of emotions in her listeners that pushing the…
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9, Focus Features, 2009 By Amelia Blevins Set in an unnamed dystopia, 9 is made up of all the usual suspects found in post-apocalypse thrillers,…
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Moon, Liberty Films UK, 2009 By Bryant Francis This summer saw plenty of big-budget sci-fi extravaganzas. Lots of giant robots, explosions, more giant robots (it…
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How TV brings families together By Erin Irby The Simpsons weekday syndication was a nightly habit more engrained in my day-to-day life than brushing my…
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The Family Issue
Family is a word that is often said but not often considered. With seemingly half of America freaking out about the “destruction” of the nuclear family, with more families eating dinner separately or from the microwave, with our parents calling us at least five days a week, and with our aunts and uncles friending us on Facebook, family is a constant presence in all our lives. We can’t get away from it. But what does it mean, exactly—family? Read More -
Pregnant teens remind us of the American dream By Cody Norton MTV’s 16 and Pregnant, a reality program which premiered in June 2009, is only…