Category Archives: Pop Culture

Scott Adams: How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big

28 Thursday Apr 2016

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Fellow cartoonist Scott Adams, the creator of Dilbert, has written a book called How to Fail at Everything and Still Win Big. Despite containing so few cartoons, I read it and immediately started to reap the benefits of his wisdom. In fact, this opening paragraph is a testimony to the advice he freely gives. For $9.99 eBook format, anyway. We’ll circle back to this opening. Continue reading →

Bones: The Murder of the Meninist

26 Tuesday Apr 2016

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The television show Bones aired “The Murder of the Meninist” last week. Buzzfeed found the episode problematic, because the issues raised by the Men’s Rights Activists in the show were neither sufficiently debunked nor were the feminists portrayed in a flattering enough manner. Normally I’d move on to the next story, but, as a former viewer of the show, I was intrigued. Continue reading →

$15 Heroes

19 Tuesday Apr 2016

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It isn’t easy coming of age in the modern era. Young Millenials begin their adult lives by indenturing themselves for important-sounding degrees, like a dual Bachelors in Art History & Creative Writing, specializing in the Swedish Renaissance Era, with emphasis on early feminists. This is much more tricky than it sounds. Imagine translating Shakespearean English into the equivalent-era Swedish and account for the fact that “feminists” were called “women” and you begin to see the challenge. Continue reading →

Now Recorded in Genderfail Revisited

08 Friday Apr 2016

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Blast_From_the_Past_GMICH_Casablanca_MansplainedWe came up with our “Great Moments in Cinema History” as a repeatable way to contrast the ridiculousness of political correctness with situations in the past. The requirements are pretty clear: the movie scene has to be well-known and the lines have to be succinct enough to substitute SJW claptrap to make a point. Feel free to toss ideas into the comments, we’ll give credit if we use them!

We’ve also toyed with “Great Moments on Television” and “Great Moments from Literature,” although we haven’t run with any strips yet. Frankly, there are so many great movie scenes we can ruin for you, we haven’t felt the need to go further. Maybe in a few years!

Tempest in a Teardrop is currently on hiatus and will resume our normal M-W-F publishing schedule starting April 11!