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Vol. 9, No. 2, 2010

     
 
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CONTENTS
  1. Editorial
A CULTURE OF LOSERS by David Solway
Drinking from the (all is not) well of victimhood and consequences.
  2. Essay
POPULAR PERCEPTIONS OF BLACK MASCULINITY by Thabiti Lewis
The commodification of bad black men.
  3. Cinema
AVATAR THUMBED IN CHINA. WHY? by Mary Kay
What do phantasmagorically fecund Pandora and China's Three Gorges Project have in common?
  4. Report
JOGGING AGAINST ALZHEIMER'S by Laurie Barclay
The oxygenated brain lives longer.
  5. Health
DRUG COMPANIES DON'T CARE by Alan Cassels
Pfizer gladly pays millions in fines because it pays.
  6. Book Review
EATING ANIMALS reviewed by Megan Kearns
Jonathan Foer deconstructs the meat industry and meat consumer.
  7. Report
BILL MOYERS' POLLUTED BODY by pbs.org
It's only a matter of time and chemicals before the longevity numbers reverse.
  8.

Film Review
FAREWELL reviewed by Stephen Farber
The spy that brought down the Soviet Union.


  9.

Essay
THE BEAUTIFUL VERSUS EVERYTHING ELSE by Robert J. Lewis
Why do we seek out beauty?


  10.
Film Review
WEAVING GIRL reviewed by Darcy Paquet
Li Li dances with strangers for money: China and China Girl stripped of all pretension.

  11. Blog
THIS JUST IN: HAITIANS ARE DIGNIFIED by David Lieber
Haiti -- caught between a rock and a wrong place.
  12.
Opinion
GOING COLD TURKEY by David Solway
A courtship on the rocks, a noose and a twist before the abyss.

  13.
Music
SIX DEGREES OF JAZZ
Corinne Bailey Rae -- Diving For Hearts.

     

 

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