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Kate Winslet's Breasts
I teach a course on conservative and libertarian intellectuals in U.S. history (yes, the students learn the differences from day one).
Here is a group email I sent to my students, who invariably are a very bright bunch, regardless of politics (probably due to self-selection after the others see the heavy reading list):
Subject: HIST 455: Kate Winslet's Breasts: Libertarian and Conservative Guides to Movies, Etc.
I hope the subject line passed your spam filter. :-)
Several of you discussed pop culture and conservatism/libertarianism with me out of class.
For those interested in libertarian film reviews and libertarian themes in TV/movies, check out:
http://www.missliberty.com/
As for the conservatives, they had cleanflicks online until a Supreme Court case ruled that such companies could not take Hollywood movies and cover breasts, etc. (the Supreme Court actually discussed Kate Winslet's breasts before ruling that such bowdlerizing violated intellectual property rights!). If you don't know bowdlerize, it is your word for the day. LOL CleanFlicks et al. v. Kate Winslet's Titanic Breasts. [They aren't so titanic; this is a reference to the movie]
BTW, in case you think I make this stuff up, go to
http://www.reason.com
(Reason is the most popular glossy libertarian magazine).
As for other conservative guides, National Review (the glossy conservative magazine) has periodically come up with NR's Guide to Rock Music, Top 100 Conservative Films, TV Shows, etc.
see, e.g., http://www.nationalreview.com
or http://tinyurl.com
(Tinyurl is a great firefox extension that takes long web site addresses and makes them "tiny" and permanent).
- Tinyurl by Mike Linksvayer (February 1, 2007 at 12:56 AM)
- A Bowdlerian Bypass by Andrew D. Todd (February 1, 2007 at 8:38 AM)
- Tinyurl by Jonathan J. Bean (February 2, 2007 at 12:18 PM)
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