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Although it may not fit the movie geek stereotype, I am a pretty big fan of certain sports. Soccer and UFC are the big ones, so ’tis the season to revel in World Cup glory. Belgium is my #1 team, due to my respect for Chelsea man Eden Hazard, and England comes in at #2…

I recently got back in touch with a former coworker, who I was reminded of due to my newfound desire to enter the comic book industry. I knew that this coworker had previous experience attempting to pitch comics to publishers, and also had experience teaming with an artist. As I continue my writing, I have…

The Masterpiece Cakeshop court case, ruled that a baker had the right to deny a gay couple a wedding cake due to his religious freedom. Conversely, the Trinity Western University case denied a proposed law school the right to contractually obligate its students to engage in heterosexual marriage (as opposed to homosexual marriage). I have…

I can’t remember the exact tweet I came across, but it was one similar to this. Another Star Wars fan enlightened me to the fact that actress Kelly Marie Tran deleted her Instagram posts due to a wave of online hate from the fandom. This isn’t a surprise. Daisy Ridley also quit Instagram. Ridley maintains…

I remember coming across the Colorado State University story and empathizing with the Native American teens who were profiled by a racist helicopter mom. I didn’t react with anger based only on a headline. Like I said in my last article, I listened to the 911 call so that I could fairly judge the woman,…

Today, I was in a good mood until I went onto Twitter, and came across the latest notable incident of racism in America. Two Native American students from New Mexico drove to Colorado State University to take part in a tour, only to have some helicopter parent call the police on them because she felt…

Have any of you ever been in a debate club? Or seen any form of debate on television? All of the debaters have freedom of speech to say whatever they want to defend their point. However, do you normally just see them say “it’s my right!”. Probably not. That doesn’t cut it for professional debates,…

It’s been more than five years since I realized I couldn’t rely on sites like Rotten Tomatoes for all of my reviews. I would come across films where I disagreed with their rating, and like many people don’t seem to realize, the site is only an aggregate. It is a percentage of how many people…

In The Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable, Nassim Taleb veers from his analysis of financial systems to argue that the words of dead men can be manipulated to support any argument. When I read these words I couldn’t help but think of one of the favoured tactics for derailing any conversations about…

For anyone who has read my posts on race, you know that I am not one of the people who claims that we now live in a “colour-blind society” where racism is dead. Many people would call me a “race-baiter”, “libtard” or “social justice warrior” because I discuss things such as racial profiling, or the…