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		<title>The Proof is in the Feet</title>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 17 Apr 2011 18:32:54 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Hold up, I see a lot of folks in here sittin &#8217;round like your shoes too tight If you wear a size 10, don&#8217;t cram yo&#8217; shit up in a size 6 ladies Be proud of yo&#8217; big-ass feet&#8221; &#8211; Missy Elliott This great quote by Missy Elliott in her song Joy sums up the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=286&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Shame on Vanity Fair</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 16 Mar 2011 11:23:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Shame on Vanity Fair for their publication of Dubai on Empty.  Having lived in the UAE, I find the article to be offensive and untrue.  It presents one negative stereotype after another and its clear the author fails to possess any understanding of Emirati culture.  Just because the author doesn&#8217;t get Emirati culture, doesn&#8217;t mean that it [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=262&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>The Anti-Mother</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Mar 2011 16:55:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are two types of women &#8211; ones that are meant to have children (Natural Mothers) and those that aren&#8217;t (Anti-Mothers).  The percentage break down is unclear but it seems that it would be a worthwhile study.  There are those women who have always wanted children their entire lives, they can visualize having them and [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=236&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Top Chef Heartbreak: Another Example of Female Oppression</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Dec 2009 08:26:50 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[In American society women are socialized to be the more insecure gender and men are conditioned to exude confidence.  The socialization process is so subtle and consistent that it is very difficult to even notice that it is happening.  I see examples of how women are made to feel more insecure than men all the [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=211&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>From Great Men to Greedy Oppressors</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 25 Nov 2009 20:41:18 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The American founding fathers were great men.  They had their faults but the one thing that no one can criticize about them is that they left power at the right time.   They must have believed or dreamed that America would someday become a powerful influential democracy that could be an example for all nations.  [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=89&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Luo Cultural Rights &#8211; Foreskin Protection</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2008 21:58:21 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was astounded to see an article last month about Prime Minister Odinga and other Lou government ministers promoting circumcision in their community and admitting that they had the surgery done recently. Odinga and others said they got circumcised because they believe it reduces the chance of contracting HIV. Researchers have said that circumcision may [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=38&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>Women Warriors</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Aug 2008 05:46:56 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There were many impressive, moving moments at this year&#8217;s Democratic National Convention. I only remember the last few conventions but the speeches this time were better than ever. My favorite speeches of the convention were by Al Gore and Hillary Clinton. Hillary appeared stronger and more powerful then ever as she proceeded to yell into [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=29&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<title>What is hip hop?</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 13 Aug 2008 05:38:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I had very little exposure to hip hop growing up behind the orange curtain of the OC until I moved to east Africa in college. Kids in Nairobi were listening to commercial hip hop in bars and clubs and I frequently heard Tupac in villages in Uganda (I heard a lot of Britney Spears too). [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=11&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 25 Jul 2008 01:58:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[A few weeks ago, I discovered an aspect of American culture I had never experienced before- car racing. I never realized how popular car racing is nationally and on the grassroots level. My uncle races a classic corvette, which goes at least 140 mph. He goes to tracks throughout the southwest and races a few [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=10&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Jul 2008 01:17:00 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[If anyone in the world asked me where I&#8217;m from, I would say California before America or Orange County. California was named by the Spanish after a novel about a wild island ruled by half naked Amazonian women. It must have been the first thing that the horny sailors could think of when they first [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=culturaljunkie.wordpress.com&amp;blog=4529770&amp;post=9&amp;subd=culturaljunkie&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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