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Further thoughts on hard work and marriage strikes
Well, that turned out to be an interesting thread. I experimented with a review of Against Love by Laura Kipnis by putting the polemic up against a couple pop culture expressions of the widespread American resentment of marital monogamy—the fascination with the Obama marriage and bro comedies that work with…
Marriage strikers, smug marrieds, and a movie review
Comic by XKCD. Used under a Creative Commons license. Click to see full-size at xkcd’s site. (Via.) It was kind of an odd week for me to pick up, on Jessica Valenti’s recommendation, the polemic celebrating adultery and mocking marriage Against Love: A Polemic, by Laura Kipnis. The book is…
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