Archive for 'This American Life'
Muslim Community Liaison Resigns Over Alleged Ties to the Muslim Community
Recently I was listening to this episode of This American Life (Act Two, to be precise) and realized that the American Muslim community is experiencing a frightening witch hunt. In short, Masan Azbahi was an Obama campaign liaison to Chicago’s Muslim community until he was accused of being a terrorist. Why? Because he had once [...]
Posted: March 27th, 2009 under Islam, Media, This American Life, discrimination, irony, media bias, muslim, obama, objectification, religion, religious extremists, terrorism, terrorist, terrorists.
Tags: anti-semitism, chicago, dow jones, fundamentalist, imam, investment, ira glass, irony, Islam, jamal said, masan azbahi, muslim, obama, racism, radical islam, terror, terrorism, wall street journal. this american life, war on terror
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Monsters, Watch Your Butts
While browsing mollyringwaldblues, I came upon this gem. Enjoy. [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZBf6QFeEHU4&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fmollyringwaldblues%2Eblogspot%2Ecom%2F] This video caught my attention because it is an example of a behavior that I don’t see often in American popular culture. The portrayal of real agency of this type in a three year old girl is funny to us (and to the off-camera interviewer, [...]
Posted: May 30th, 2007 under Attack, This American Life, agency, baby, feminism, kick ass, kicking ass, kid logic, monster, nice, parenting, pop culture, self image, three year old, toddler, violence, violence against women.
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