David A. Graham
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Links: November 2018
Hello, dear reader!
November is gone, but its links remain.
I published a couple of nerdy blog posts in November: one about how I’m using my Letterboxd data to address my cinematic blindspots, and one about a common convention of editorial design that’s currently incompatible with CSS Grid.
Lots of interesting stuff in the links this month; for what it’s worth, my favorites are Earworm’s series of videos about jazz.
As usual, you can get many… See more →
Links: July 2017
All the “wellness” products Americans love to buy are sold on both Infowars and Goop
Interesting look at how the same snake oil is marketed to very different audiences.
Trump and Putin’s Rashomon Summit
[T]he establishment of a cybersecurity working group with the two countries is somewhere between a head-scratcher and a punchline.
The Logic of Trump’s Sexist Attacks
The more a woman conforms to traditional gender norms, the more likely she is to experience… See more →
Links: September 2016
Fear of a Female President
To understand this reaction, start with what social psychologists call “precarious manhood” theory. The theory posits that while womanhood is typically viewed as natural and permanent, manhood must be “earned and maintained.” Because it is won, it can also be lost. Scholars at the University of South Florida and the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign reported that when asked how someone might lose his manhood, college students rattled off social… See more →