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"My dad wouldn't want credit for this, but he raised two daughters to be very independent."
What is "Riffs of Passage"?
This author grew up in Iowa, is currently working on his M.F.A. in creative writing at the University of Houston, and has been diagnosed with ADD.
Who is Will Wilkinson? (author of "Country Music and the Psychology of Culture War")
This author is currently working on her first book, Growing up Girl (Or How to Take a Seasoned Punch.)
Who is Tina Vasquez? (author of "Riffs of Passage")
"... we've been told to resist technological intrusions and aspire to consume less information: turn off your phones, log off social media, and learn to reconnect offline."
What is "The IRL Fetish?"
"Like, someone throws a chair at someone else. And they're rewarded, because they win."
What is, "Why Videogames Should Be Played with Friends, Not Online with Strangers"?
"Once I was a girl with a mother; now I'm a mother with a girl."
What is "Country Music, Openness to Experience, and the Psychology of Culture War"?
This author wrote a book entitled, I Wear the Black Hat: Grappling with Villains (Real and Imagined). He also writes a column for the New York Times.
Who is Chuck Klosterman? (author of "My Zombie, Myself; Why Modern Life Feels Rather Undead")
This author researches and writes in the areas of social theory and the Internet and his work has appeared in the magazines Salon, the Atlantic, and Omni.
Who is Nathan Jurgenson? (author of "The IRL Fetish"?
"And like most chicks I knew, I'd taken to wearing thongs."
What is "Women and Rise of Raunch Culture"?
"These phenomena [the rise of country music and auto racing] reflected a growing sense of cultural solidarity among lower-class whites - a solidarity defined by a yearning for 'American authenticity,' a folksy realness that rejects the global, the urban..."
What is "The End of White America?"
"I worked with an older girl, a middle-class 'nice girl,' who held herself together through a chaotic family situation and a tumultuous adolescence with gangsta rap."
What is "Violent Media is Good for Kids"?
This author's work has appeared in the magazines Game Life and Wired.
Who is Bo Moore? (author of "Why Videogames Should Be Played with Friends, Not Online with Strangers")
This author wrote a book called, Female Chauvinist Pigs.
Who is Ariel Levy? (author of "Women and the Rise of Raunch Culture")
"... a preference for folksiness and plainness of speech... and the association of a working-class white minority with 'the real America.'"
What is "The End of White America?"