“For example, nowadays Shakespeare is identified with all that is lofty and high brown about culture. However, on May 10, 1849, what is now known as the Astor Place Riots took place, and 25 people died over (among other things,… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“Graffiti and Tearing55: Designed by Norlander et al. (1998) participants are given an illustration of "Adam and Eve in the Garden of Paradise" and… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“If you cannot fight a dragon (because they are too powerful or because they don’t exist anymore,) you can always create a simulacrum of… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“Conventional, for example, simply means that something follows a set of rules or customs, not unlike traditional but in a weaker sense. But when… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“Shooting Nazis in a game doesn’t reinforce any desire to hunt Nazis in the real world; it doesn’t even increase the probability of enjoying… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“I’ll use this book as an example. Because I am writing a book that attacks the nonsensical commentaries of our current moral guardians, busybodies,… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“Imagine this conversation between an employer and the new (diverse) employee: -Good day, employee, I just wanted to congratulate you for being a diverse… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“Hot Sauce54: Demonstrating that psychologists have a wonderful sense of humor, this paradigm consists in measuring how much hot chili sauce the participant pours… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“It's not just about linking an undesired social mythology that may or may not even exist to something (whatever) that has a passing resemblance… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“For example, nowadays Shakespeare is identified with all that is lofty and high brown about culture. However, on May 10, 1849, what is now… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“I believe that what has been labeled as the politicization of entertainment —in fact, the politicization of storytelling— cannot be disassociated from the even… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
“The desire to be exalted or thought as, if not superior, at least distinct, by the rest of humanity is a widespread impulse. One… — Xavier Lastra Copy Share Image
