Barbie Is The Perfect Role Model For Little Girls
Feminists claim that exaggerated beauty standards are toxic towards women. They point to Barbie as the supreme patriarchal oppression propaganda for little girls, no matter how often Mattel makes empowered versions of her. Doctor Barbie teaches little girls that women can both be sexually attractive and have a high-status career—as opposed to something embarrassing like an electrician or Applebee's manager. Barbie has it all, even though she can never convince Ken to settle down and give her a baby.
For feminists, what bothers them is that Barbie is beautiful. Feminism is an ugly ideology that overtly seeks to glorify both inner Read More
So You Want To Work On An Oil Rig?
Working on an oil rig is a great way to escape the 9-5 grind and build financial freedom.
Ever since I published How to get work on the rigs on my blog, guys have been emailing me asking how they can get into this much coveted line of work.
While I've covered most of the “how to” in that article, in this one I'll tell you a little bit more about what it's actually like and the various pros and cons of working on an oil rig, so that guys thinking about a different way of life can consider this lucrative business Read More
My First Dating Blog Post for Time Out Global!
It's definitely been a week of career highlights for me! Last Tuesday, my dating advice appeared in the Time Out London magazine for the first time.
At Valentine's Day morning, Radio Four asked me to discuss Online Dating on the Today Programme, an opportunity which saw me sitting beside Nicholas Parsons in the studio.
And then yesterday, my first weekly blog post about Global Dating launched on the Time Out Global site! If you want to read what I had to say … check it out here!
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Becoming a real writer
I always wanted to be a writer. I wrote e.e. cummings quotes on the inside of my closet and on the rubber of my shoes; I spent my high school nights getting high on raspberry mochas and writing bad poetry. I amassed several awards and accolades when I was younger — one time I even attended an award show in New York City — but nothing meant more to me than this Golden Author Award bestowed upon me by my fifth grade teacher. While others received frivolous awards for being class clowns, I got a swanky pen — and this. Read More
Why Non-Christians Should Observe Lent
As any student knows, we are now approaching the hardest part of the year—that miserable limbo between winter and spring. Work and school become drudgeries, the weather is neither warm nor cold, and ground is covered in half-melted ice and snow.
The feeling is peculiar—a kind of suffocating lethargy that is unique to February and March. The human race (in northern regions, anyway) seems to think in unison, “We've had enough of this damned winter. Just get it over with already.”
But that's not it. A certain group of people have even another “misery” added to their late winter: liturgical Christians. Yes, Read More
