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Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Responds to Critics of his ‘Girls’ Review
by Jorge Rivas on February 5 2013, 10:47AM
This time around he’s written a piece to respond to those that were surprised that a former basketball player could actually deconstruct and analyze pop culture.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar Reviews ‘Girls,’ Calls Donald Glover Role ‘Some Jungle Fever Lover”
by Jorge Rivas on February 1 2013, 11:02AM
His review touches on race, sex, name drops “My So Called Life” and says directors and artist Miranda July may be a more accurate “voice of a generation adrift.”
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
‘Girls’ Spoiler: Donald Glover is Lena Dunham’s Republican Boyfriend
by Jorge Rivas on January 7 2013, 2:04PM
Early reviews of the second season describe Glover’s role as a big unexplained jump.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Donald Glover Seen Canoodling With Lena Dunham on Set of ‘Girls’
by Jorge Rivas on May 22 2012, 2:42PM
Now everyone is dying to know if Glover is a new love interest on the show.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Lena Dunham Responds to Why HBO’s ‘Girls’ Is So White
by Jorge Rivas on May 7 2012, 5:11PM
HBO’s new series “Girls” has received a lot of criticism for the show’s lack of diversity.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Understanding Hipster Racism: Lester Bangs’ 1979 “White Noise Supremacists”
by Channing Kennedy on April 27 2012, 4:30PM
The late rock critic took his scene, and himself, to task for “racist chic” back in 1979. His message and analysis is sadly relevant today.
Topics: Arts & Culture, History
HBO’s ‘Girls’ Writer: Defecating is ‘Taking Obama to the White House’
by Jorge Rivas on April 19 2012, 10:16AM
HBO has high hopes for their new series that premiered Sunday, but one writer is stealing the spotlight. Jorge Rivas looks at the controversy.
Topics: Arts & Culture, /NOW Blog
Conservatives’ Seductive, Twisted Logic on the World’s “Missing” Girls
by Michelle Chen on June 30 2011, 10:47AM
Rightwing columnists say sex-selection trends prove feminism kills. The reality, of course, is that patriarchy kills women at all stages of life.
Topics: Gender & Sexuality, Global Affairs, Global Justice
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