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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Violence
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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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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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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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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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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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