Monthly Archives: March 2011

Don’t Be Lemmings!

Posted on March 27, 2011 by Craig Martin

Lemmings: small rodents whose migratory practices lead them to follow each other in mass suicide by walking off cliffs, into the ocean, and thereby drowning. I regularly tell my students: “Don’t be lemmings!” By this I mean something like “don’t … Continue reading →

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Romanticizing the Qur’an

Posted on March 25, 2011 by Craig Martin

I recently saw this TED video over at Sociological Images. Although Sociological Images is one of my favorite blogs, there are serious problems with it, and I wish there had been some critical commentary in the post. Here are just … Continue reading →

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Death by a Thousand Qualifications?

Posted on March 18, 2011 by Craig Martin

I recently posted this link to my Facebook page: I followed it with a series of qualifications. “Yes, this naturalizes sexual difference, normalizes heterosexuality, and reduces women (to some extent) to their genitalia. But it’s STILL FUNNY!” A friend of … Continue reading →

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Pissing on Walls and Feminine German Men

Posted on March 12, 2011 by Craig Martin

Please see the following guest post from Nicholas Dion, a doctoral candidate at the University of Toronto and regular contributor over at The Religion Beat. ********** I really can’t take the credit—or the blame, depending on your perspective—for what’s about … Continue reading →

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