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24 Oct

Britney Spears: ‘After I first shaved my head, it

Britney Spears: ‘After I first shaved my head, it
In her newly released memoir, the singer says that shaving her hair off in 2007 was a way of claiming ‘fuck you’ to the world and to the male gaze Britney Spears shaving her head encapsulates the final mood of celebrity, paparazzi and tabloid culture within the early 00s. The photographs of Spears taking clippers to her hair were splashed all around the press in 2007, and he or she was subsequently painted as erratic, crazy, and getting ready to breakdown. On the time, the singer didn’t have a voice and couldn’t share her reasons and motivations behind the act. But now, 15 years later, she has been in a position to tell...
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13 Oct

The Religious Right Isn’t Very Christian

The Religious Right Isn’t Very Christian
Whenever you consider a non secular leader, it’s likely that person is Christian, male, politically conservative, willing to leap in front of a camera.  Someone like Recent York Roman Catholic Archbishop Timothy Dolan, for instance, or Rick Warren, the Southern Baptist megachurch pastor. Often this man shouldn't be the leader of a selected congregation, denomination or faith in any respect, but is just a member of a conservative group that calls itself religious, like Ralph Reed and the Christian Coalition. Pat Robertson and the Moral Majority. James Dobson and Give attention to the Family. Tony Perkins and the Family Research Council.  These media-friendly veteran quote machines, who've been around for 30, 40, 50 years, have been shaping the narrative and shifting the general...
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