Maria Baer

This is your brain on Google

Nine out of ten people who use the internet on their mobile devices, use Google. In other words, it’s Google’s world and we’re just living in it. Do we really want this amount of sheer power unregulated?

This is your brain on Google

From equality indexes to SOGI Laws, the LGBT movement marches on

The HRC excitedly announced that a record 686 of America’s leading companies and law firms now rigorously protect LGBTQ people. The lobbying firm has successfully weaponized the Equality Index as a formidable force of their obsession.

From equality indexes to SOGI Laws, the LGBT movement marches on

Billie Eilish and turning kids into pop stars

It’s not exactly accurate to say Eilish was “discovered.” It’s more like she was invented. There’s “talent management,” and then there’s exploitation.

Billie Eilish and turning kids into pop stars

Consent in a culture of confusion

What, exactly, is consent? At the root of all of the confusion is the premise that sex is inherently unhooked from marriage.

Consent in a culture of confusion

Westboro and the power of a bad idea

It’s exhausting to talk about Westboro Baptist Church. This small cult, made up almost entirely of a single family and their spouses, has caused a tremendous amount of pain around the country.

Westboro and the power of a bad idea

Should we abolish prisons?

Congresswoman Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez successfully grabbed another headline recently by tweeting that Americans should have a “real conversation” about abolishing prisons.

Should we abolish prisons?