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I’m pleased to present another offering from Austin writer Teresa Kohl! Bad habits sometimes lead us to unexpected benefits. One particular bad habit of mine is cruising into Half Price Books to examine the...
Enjoy this special guest post from Austin resident Teresa Kohl, who traveled to China to bring back this report! Last July our family traveled to Beijing China for a two week Chinese (Mandarin) language...
Here in the middle of election season, we bring you a guest post from independent scholar Byron King, who unpacks the historical foundations that may have some part in Trump’s rise as a leading...
In light of last week’s spike in Google searches for “How to move to Canada” following the wins of Donald Trump and Hillary Clinton at the recent Super Tuesday primary, here is a guest...
I am proud to present an unusual take on Beyonce’s “Formation” video: an academic close-reading of the video by independent scholar and guest blogger Byron King: “What happened at the New Wil’ins?”: Cultural and...
GUEST POST: Due to a canine family emergency, guest photographer and soundman John “Bear” Arispe took over photography duties at The Fader Fort Presented by Converse on the Saturday night of South by Southwest....
I’m thrilled to bring you my very first guest post on this site, written by my very, very clever friend Robert Arjet. When he hinted at this take on a Super Bowl commercial on social media, I invited him to write the post below!
By Robert Arjet
I’m a big fan of the Super Bowl commercials. That means that every year, after the game, I get involved in discussions about the best and the worst and (sadly) the most offensive. This year I was participating in a Facebook comment thread about the pointing out the gender issues of Audi’s Superbowl ad, and someone else said one of the things that just gets right under my skin during conversations like this. They said: “You’re thinking about it waaaay too much.”
