Violence

New Evidence Questions Whether “13 Reasons Why” Caused an Increase in Teen Suicides

Since its release on 31 March 2017, the television show 13 Reasons Why, which features the graphic suicide of a teenage girl, has been the source of controversy as to…

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7 min

Culture & Media

Why the Joker Has Provoked a Backlash

On 4 October, an event transpired that, in some circles at least, seemed to provoke as much anxiety as the impending eruption of a volcano: a movie was released. The…

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6 min

Psychology

An Alternative Explanation for Male Violence

Dr Julia Shaw has published an article in Psychology Today, challenging the notion that men are naturally more violent than women. Disturbed by the fact that prisoners are overwhelmingly male,…

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19 min

Politics

Bravado in the Absence of Order: Homicide and Race Talk

Racialized stigma is central to understanding why rates of homicide and other violence were, and remain, so much higher among the descendants of slaves than among other Americans. Yet to…

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8 min

Psychology

The Moral Case for Nihilism

Since it became part of the zeitgeist of nineteenth-century Europe, nihilism has been blamed for virtually every atrocity committed by an unsound individual. This “philosophy of nothing” concludes that our…

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6 min

Politics

Women Must Become Dangerous: A Response to R. O. Kwon

On January 7th, the Paris Review published an essay by R. O. Kwon entitled “On Being a Woman in America While Trying to Avoid Being Assaulted.” It’s a well-written piece,…

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9 min

Politics

Profiling a Mass Shooter: Why Is It So Complicated?

The recent massacre at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida has brought up the expected responses of both anguish and fear we have sadly grown accustomed to over…

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New Evidence Questions Whether “13 Reasons Why” Caused an Increase in Teen Suicides

Why the Joker Has Provoked a Backlash

An Alternative Explanation for Male Violence

Bravado in the Absence of Order: Homicide and Race Talk

The Moral Case for Nihilism

Women Must Become Dangerous: A Response to R. O. Kwon

Profiling a Mass Shooter: Why Is It So Complicated?

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