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It’s Not Just a Costume: Pop Culture’s Fascination with Native Appropriation

November 29, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow Thanksgiving gave me a chance to reflect on my first appropriative experience in Kindergarten. For November, our teachers decided it would be a great idea to have […]

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Awareness, Media/Entertainment, Social Justice
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Viewer Beware: 20 Scary Flicks to Catch this Halloween

October 26, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow I grew up reading Goosebumps and Fear Street, watching Are You Afraid of the Dark? and Joe Bob Briggs’ MonsterVision on Saturday nights, and writing very many […]

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Media/Entertainment, Movies
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Reclaimed Space: Current Queer Art at Chicago’s Sullivan Galleries

October 5, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow The evolving definition of queer and an accompanying comprehensive theory are gaining momentum in the academic world and through social portals such as blogs, Tumblr, and television. […]

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Art/Culture, Chicago, LGBT, Queers
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How to Anger Bang Your Way to November

September 19, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow Those who have met me would likely find me easy-going and amenable in most situations. I’m a free love type of guy. But I do have a […]

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Activism, Commentary, Humor/Satire, Politics, Sex
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Capitalism Was Just a Red Herring: The Conservative Allure of Ayn Rand

September 5, 2012by inourwordsblog 1 Comment

by: Kevin Sparrow I answered the siren call of Ayn Rand between my junior and senior years of high school when I picked up Atlas Shrugged on a whim. I […]

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Art/Culture, Books, Personal
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Advice from the Elizabeth Taylor of Roommates

August 13, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow So, I’ve got this little quirk: I move every nine months. It could be because of all the larva I’m laying, but I’ve calculated. Nine moves in […]

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Advice, Friends, Life
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Free Pussy Riot! Or How To Criminalize Free Speech

August 7, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

By: Kevin Sparrow Rock music has had an interesting relationship with the law. Twisted Sister fought parental advisory labels in court. Metallica testified against Napster and illegal music downloading. But […]

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Art/Culture, LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment, Music, Politics, Uncategorized
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Scout’s Honor: Examining the Boy Scouts’ Record of Homophobia

July 31, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow Perhaps there’s nothing more telling about how I prefer to spend my time than the day I quit the Boy Scouts. I was 12, starting seventh grade, […]

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Gay, Gender, Green, LGBT, Life, Memoir, News, Personal
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Queertopia: How Cable TV Made Me Gay

July 19, 2012by inourwordsblog Leave a comment

by: Kevin Sparrow The summer of 1993 changed my life… and probably made me gay[i]. 1993 was the year my family got cable television, exclusively for Cartoon Network and Nickelodeon […]

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LGBT, Life, Media/Entertainment, TV
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Check Your Privilege: How to Learn Not to Be a Racist

July 12, 2012by inourwordsblog 4 Comments

by: Kevin Sparrow I’ve been a racist since at least the age of seven. While my mother and brother sat through his fifth-grade orientation, I was forced to wait and […]

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LGBT, Life, Memoir, Race

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