Category: Television

• The Hate that Hate Made: The Rise of Trump and the New Era

  

  Hate and Fear Overcomes November 9, 2016, was the capstone on an already unbelievable year of total fuckery. Prince died, Muhammad Ali died, Harambe got shot, Bowie died, the Cleveland Cavilers bested one of the best teams in NBA history to win the NBA Title, the Chicago Cubs won the “freaking” World Series, and America…

  November 26, 2016

  Activism, Climate, Culture, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, History, International, LGBTQ, Newspaper, Politics, Prison, race, Science, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, War

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Ernest Owens

  

    Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to the journalist, author, editor, syndicated talk show…

  November 22, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Education, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Manhood, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Politics, Poverty, Prison, Social Justice, Social Media, Television, Writer

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Van Jones

  

  Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we highlight an individual who embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous men alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week’s honor goes to political activist, social commenter, Washington insider, social entrepreneur,…

  November 15, 2016

  Climate, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Hate Crime, Manhood, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Politics, race, Science, Social Justice, Television

• Blade is Still #BlackBoyJoy

  

  Blade: Unforgivable Blackness With black television’s resurgence, shows like Black-ish, Atlanta, Insecure, Empire, Scandal, and How to Get Away with Murder have been blasting through the airwaves and our downloads. The next leap in black film and television naturally is the red-hot superhero genre. 2016 has given us Luke Cage (#coffee) and the promise of…

  October 15, 2016

  Comics, Culture, equality, film, Gender, Manhood, Media, race, Social Media, Television

• The Evolved Man of the Week: Bryan A. Stevenson

  

    Welcome to the Evolving Man Project’s ‘Evolved Man of the Week’ profile. Each week, we will highlight an individual that embodies what it means to be an evolved man, famous and non-famous alike. The world needs to know their stories and deeds. This week, we honor Harvard lawyer, human rights activist, professor, author, and…

  October 11, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Drugs, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, Human Rights, LGBTQ, Manhood, Media, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Social Justice, Television, violence

• American Idiocracy

  

  Dumb it Down? The infamous and incredible comedian George Carlin once said: “Think of how stupid the average person is, and realize half of them are stupider than that.” He was talking about his fellow American citizens. T.V. host, comedian, and lizard man, Bill Maher often comments on the average American’s level of intelligence or…

  October 2, 2016

  Activism, Climate, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, Equity, film, Gender, Hate Crime, History, Human Rights, International, Media, mental health, Movie, Politics, Prison, race, Sexism, Social Justice, Social Media, Sports, Technology, Television, violence

• Half of the Sky

  

  Cloudy Skies Ahead During my young and single days, like most 20 somethings, I was looking for love in all the wrong places. But I had fun while looking. I was at a bar one night in Chicago’s Hyde Park neighborhood. I met a young nurse we’ll call “Rose.” She was sitting alone at the…

  August 13, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Dating, Drugs, Economics, Education, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Health, History, Human Rights, International, LGBTQ, Love, Manhood, Marriage, Media, mental health, Newspaper, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, Poverty, race, Religion, Science, Service, Sex Crime, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, Veteran, violence, Writer, Youth

• Some Men Just Want to Watch the World Burn

  

  The Ignition In 2008, the housing market crashed and brought about the Great Recession. This happened just as I graduated from Northern Illinois University. I had done all the right things and was prepared to head out into the so-called ‘Adult World.’ But then the bottom fell out as the housing market crashed. That same year, the GOP…

  July 30, 2016

  Activism, Climate, Culture, Economics, Education, Environment, equality, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, History, Human Rights, International, LGBTQ, Manhood, Marriage, Media, Newspaper, Police, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Religion, Sexism, Social Justice, Social Media, Television, violence, War, Writer

• Lockdown: Orange is the New Black Goes Dark

  

  On June 17th, 2016 Netflix released the fourth season of their hit show Orange is the New Black. This season of the show took on many hard-hitting topics, such as racism, prison privatization, CO brutality, and sexual trauma. This controversial season has sparked many online debates, with some critics calling it ‘ trauma porn’, a…

  July 6, 2016

  Culture, Equity, Feminism, Gender, Hate Crime, LGBTQ, mental health, Politics, Poverty, Prison, race, Sex Crime, Sexism, Social Justice, Television, Veteran

• TransAmerica: The Case for Trans Rights

  

  The Friend and the Controversy In 2012, a good friend, “Terri,” called me up one evening. At the time, they identified as female, but that night they felt compelled to come out to me as trans. By the end of summer in 2012, they had changed their name to Terry and identified as male. For…

  June 4, 2016

  Activism, Culture, Education, equality, Equity, Gender, Hate Crime, Human Rights, LGBTQ, mental health, Non-Profit, Police, Politics, race, Social Justice, Television