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How Social is our Media?

Origami Elephants - May 15, 2015

Comics and Gender

Comics and Gender

Bryne and JR. welcome Rachel Stine and Evie Allport to discuss gender issues in recent comic works. We focus specifically on AGE OF ULTRON's Black Widow problem and the criticisms of MARVEL's new A-Force comic.

From Series: "Origami Elephants Season 2"

Bryne and JR. are back with more guests, more movies and more hard-hitting exploration of those elephants.

More From "Origami Elephants Season 2"

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After answering some questions from the Storyverse, we use Louis CK’s rant on cell phones to springboard into a discussion of social media. Is the price we pay for connectivity worth it? How social,  exactly, is our media?

In this Episode:

01:30 – StoryMen Lightening Round
21:00 – Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers and Other Moral Villains
35:00 – Louis CK’s Anti-Cell Phone Rant
41:00 – Is our Social Media Anti-Social?

Show Links:

The Sabbath-Keeping Drug Dealers

That Louis CK Anti-Cell Phone Rant

Films and Books

Doctor Sleep by Stephen King (here’s JR.’s review)

Exodus

The Redemption of Cain

Captain Phillips

Find Matt Mikalatos at:

Blog: The Burning Hearts Revolution
Twitter
Amazon Author Page

Find Clay Morgan at:

Blog: Clay Writes
Twitter
Amazon Author Page

Find JR. Forasteros at:

Blog: JRForasteros.com
Twitter
Sermon Podcast

The Other StoryMen:

StoryMen Audio Producer: Aaron Kretzmann

Aaron’s website
Aaron on Facebook

Follow Aaron on Twitter

StoryMen Art by M. S. Corley

M. S. Corley’s website
Follow M. S. Corley on Twitter

StoryMen Theme Song by Anthony Mako

Anthony Mako’s website
Follow Anthony on Twitter

By JR. Forasteros

JR. lives in Dallas, TX with his wife Amanda. In addition to exploring the wonders that are the Lone Star state, JR. is the teaching pastor at Catalyst Community Church, a writer and blogger. His book, Empathy for the Devil, is available from InterVarsity Press. He's haunted by the Batman, who is in turn haunted by the myth of redemptive violence.