Katy Perry Chains Herself to ‘Purposeful Pop’
By J.D. ECARMA Come back, cotton candy queen. We miss you. Katy Perry’s new single “Chained to the Rhythm” commits certain sins that can be forgiven in a Top 40 hit, such as recklessly...
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Paradox Podcast Episode 52: Litigation and Survival-Horror in 2017 (with Guest Gabriel Malor)
Credit: NY Photographic Attorney and writer Gabriel Malor was our guest this week to provide expert analysis on the “travel ban” executive order and to explain why virtual reality games are dangerous (for him...
I’m Not Your Average Feminist
By AMANDA ELLIOTT When I was growing up in the upstate of South Carolina, my impressions of feminists and the feminist movement began and ended with man-hating angry women burning bras in the streets....
The Women Who Didn’t March
By J.D. ECARMA Photos courtesy of KATE BRYAN A few days before the historic Women’s March on Washington, organizers decided to cut the partnership of New Wave Feminists, a Dallas-based nonprofit comprising women who...
In Defense of Safe Spaces
By J.D. ECARMA It’s honestly a shame that “safe space” has come to signify college students who want to shut down productions of “The Vagina Monologues” for allegedly being triggering and transphobic. Safe spaces are...
Paradox Podcast Episode 51: Signs of the Times (with Guest Katrina Jørgensen)
Katrina Jørgensen, formerly Republican and currently vigilant about foreign policy, dropped by this week to discuss the executive order banning refugees, immigrants and travel from seven countries as well as the unnerving change to...
Paradox Podcast Episode 50: Calm Down about Politics and Watch Movies (with Guest Becket Adams)
Credit: Disney/Pixar Becket Adams from the Washington Examiner stopped by for our 50th podcast episode to talk about media bias, Meryl Streep, movies and why Twitter just isn’t as much fun anymore. Terrible Opinions...
Paradox Podcast Episode 49: Can Gen Z Ditch PC Culture for Real Diversity? (with Guest Brandon Morse)
Brandon Morse from The Blaze was our guest this week to talk about the extremes of identity politics and share an especially unpopular opinion. We speculate on how “Generation Z” will react as progressives...
‘La La Land’ Delights as a Musical, Disappoints as a Story
By J.D. ECARMA (Warning: Spoilers.) During the 1930s, American audiences flocked to musicals to let Fred Astaire and Ginger Rogers take their minds off the Great Depression for a little while. At first, “La...
Paradox Podcast Episode 48: Gilmore Girls Special (with Guest Kate Bryan)
Credit: Netflix The Paradox team discusses a very important cultural event: the Netflix revival of “Gilmore Girls” (warning: MAJOR spoilers for “A Year in the Life”). D.C. writer and communications star Kate Bryan joined...