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A Slap in the face: Why Insults Hurt and Why They Shouldn’t. Victoria Harley Interviews author Dr.William Irvine on his latest book The west and the rest: Parenting, Spanking and Cultural Psychology. Liz Landis interviews Dr. Vaishali Raval Local comic artist: Brian Latimer rolls out his comic about new parents trying to juggle a baby, work and maintaining a social life with friends without kids

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Collage by Parker Fritz - See more of his work May10-11 at Sideshow 8 | Yellow Cab Bldg. 700 E. 4th St. Dayton, OH 45402 Yellow at Sideshow 8 | Collage by Parker Fritz - See more of his work May10-11 Telephone Magazine is distributing 10,000 Contributors: copies of each issue throughout the Greater Stephanie Baker Miami Valley Region! Brigette Bloom Kerry Duane Brown Now on our 3rd issue, we are excited to Parker Fritz announce that we have reached an important Justin Gault goal: The ability to pay our contributors! Victoria Harley Danny Hamen Telephone does not require contributors to Brian Johnson sign exclusivity contracts nor will we apply Liz Landis strict usage rights to your work, on the Brian Latimer contrary, we look forward to supporting all Brock McKibben contributors in any way we can. Landon McKibben Lisa Patrick-Wright Submission Guidelines can be found at: Cassidy Platt telephoneweekly.com/contributors Megan Rion Lars Soderlund This has been a great and totally insane adventure. Learning from my mistakes has been both humbling and encouraging. So many people have offered advice and assistance, while others suggested I not huff glue while editing!

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| 7 feet in exchange for work on the newly acquired land. Today there stands a hoop style greenhouse, a series of climate controlled cold frames, rows upon rows of budding produce, and a huge compost heap that neighbors contribute their used kitchen and yard scraps to. Photo Lindsey Stidham I got the chance to speak with David Weickert (who has been working on the land for the past three years) about some of the things that he has noticed working in the Twin Towers area. “I’ve noticed a lot of mirroring in the neighborhood,” says David. “If we go and we clean the garbage out of an area, then we notice that the people surrounding that location tend to clean their parts as well. That’s by: lindsey stidham 100 Miles: Mission of Marys really cool to me.”

Located between the current house local on Nassau Street, and a large row style fresh Community supported agriculture (CSA) in advance to cover the anticipated costs community garden on Xenia Avenue, is a newly acquired house on St. Paul Ave. free range is a group of individuals who pledge of the operation’s yield. In return, they support to a farm operation; whether it be receive a portion of the farm’s bounty Being an average sized lot for the city vegan a large-scale production site or a small throughout the growing season, as well of Dayton, it will be used as a model for paleo chunk of land being worked by volunteers as the benefit of knowing that they have those trying to raise enough produce in gluten free committing themselves to a cause. given back to their communities. Although an urban setting to feed a family by using intensive gardening practices. A practice grass fed burgers Typically, ‘members’ or ‘share-holders’ of these organizations can take many forms, the farm or garden pay for their shares they all have a shared commitment that has been used by many urban salads, soups to building a more local and equitable homesteaders to get more produce, and more! agricultural system as well as focusing per square foot; a practice that entails on land stewardship while maintaining condensing plants close enough together BYOB! productive and profitable small farms so that they not only grow well, but also, that are usually built using organic and/or mulch themselves for weed control and biodynamic farming methods. moisture conservancy.

for reservations call There are several CSA options for Some CSA’s make the choice to 222.DIVE (3483) individuals in the Dayton area, but one supplement their product with purchased, that really stands out to me is Mission organic produce. However, David says of Mary Cooperative in the Twin Towers that they only supplement their CSA @the corner of third & wayne neighborhood. The Mission of Mary Co- boxes with other things that they’ve inside the 1938 diner! op is committed to fostering the spirit of produced, never purchased vegetables community (in some of the most decayed from other areas. He says, “One year we areas of the neighborhood) by converting made bread, and harvested Mulberries vacant properties into urban farms, and from the trees to make jam for the CSAs.” making sure that there is an option for When asked about the knowledge gained nutrient rich, organic produce to persons in an urban farm setting, and what advice who could otherwise not afford it. David may have for those interested in pursuing something similar he says, “The Starting in 2007, they obtained a wood plants are like babies. If you leave them chipper and began clearing out an alone, they will die.” And to always ask for abandoned lot behind the house they help. “There are a lot of people who know received through the City of Dayton’s a lot, and they’re always willing to teach Lot Links program, which enables you. Gardeners have a lot of patience.” individuals to obtain properties that have been abandoned by paying the olivedive.com delinquent property taxes. Two homeless If you’re interested in purchasing a share men living in the area, were invited into of Mission of Mary’s, you can email them Photo Lindsey Stidham the home; helping to get them on their directly [email protected]

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The recently passed “Monsanto regulated status made pursuant to section Protection Act” more precisely known 411 of the Plant Protection Act is or has as Section 735 of the “Consolidated been invalidated or vacated, the Secretary and Further Continuing Appropriations of Agriculture shall, notwithstanding any Act” is a rider inconspicuously and other provision of law, upon request by a anonymously tucked into the H.R. 933 farmer, grower, farm operator, or producer, spending bill which gives the seed and immediately grant temporary permit(s) or genomics company immunity from legal temporary deregulation in part, subject challenges should their seeds turn out to necessary and appropriate conditions to be dangerous. This special interest consistent with section 411(a) or 412(c) loophole will expire at the end of the of the Plant Protection Act, which interim fiscal year this coming Sep. 30th- unless conditions shall authorize the movement, Congress votes to extend it. introduction, continued cultivation, commercialization and other specifically Which is why on Saturday May 25th, enumerated activities and requirements, people all over the world will be protesting including measures designed to the agri-business giant and voicing their mitigate or minimize potential adverse disapproval of Congress’s acceptance of environmental effects, if any, relevant the rider. to the Secretary’s evaluation of the petition for non-regulated status, while With there being 135 events in 18 ensuring that growers or other users are countries (and counting), this has officially able to move, plant, cultivate, introduce become A Pretty Big Deal. You can add into commerce and carry out other your voice against the corporate giant and authorized activities in a timely manner: for the transparent and democratic right Provided, That all such conditions shall here in the Dayton area starting at 2pm be applicable only for the interim period in Garden Station (509 E. 4th street) and necessary for the Secretary to complete ending at the 2nd Street Market. I hear any required analyses or consultations that dressing like a mutated vegetable is related to the petition for non-regulated encouraged. status: Provided further, That nothing in this section shall be construed as limiting (Editors Note) the Secretary’s authority under section Section 735 of H.R. 933: 411, 412 and 414 of the Plant Protection “In the event that a determination of non- Act.”

| 9 Buddhist, but emerged from the research a Stoic.

Slap In the face by: victoria harley VH: It’s interesting; one might think that a narrow focus might lead to topical myopia.

BI: You might. But once you can look closely at anything, you begin to find the interconnectedness of everything.

And as we talked over sandwiches made with ingredients grown, handled, milled, processed, and produced by a thousand different hands, baked, cut, and prepared using tools that were manufactured, machine drilled, extruded in a thousand different places, whose machines are made of metal that was mined from the deepest parts of the earth—well, you get the idea. Photo Stephanie Baker VH: And how did the Stoics lead to Victoria Harley Interviews Dr. William is only as painful as the receiver allows insults? Irvine on His Latest Book, A Slap in the it to be, that ultimately, it comes down to Face: Why Insults Hurt and Why they personal responsibility—to feel insulted is BI: Well, the Stoics were interested in Shouldn’t decision, perhaps unconsciously made. happiness—learning to take the sting out Irvine’s book synthesizes the of insults was one of many strategies for I first met Dr. William Irvine during my psychological, sociological, and attaining it. undergraduate studies at Wright State philosophical, as he explores the many University. I enrolled in a symbolic modes in which people can directly, or Stoics advocated reflection and logic course, a ‘core-requirement,’ and indirectly, blatantly, or unconsciously contemplation, with the goal of developing encountered more thought-provoking insult each other. It is not a self-help book, a deeper appreciation for what life has notions in his classroom than in the whole or a book of zingers, (though there are provided. They championed self-reliance, of my college experience. I have him some tasty treats,) but one that is meant and warned against dependence of any to thank for deeper analytical thinking, to spur reflection, and self-analysis. kind— those who cannot imagine losing both about the world and about myself. a comfort or condition will be far more However, not every student agreed. VH: So, to be clear, this is not a book miserable than those who can. Those Though Bill’s reputation for high of insults— who depend on the praise of others as a standards isn’t commonly known by the basis of self-worth will feel insults more entire university populous, any student BI: But rather a book about insults. acutely. who has completed a course under him earned their grade; a notion serious VH: But there are still some good ones VH: The title begs the question—why student’s always appreciate. Despite his in there right? do insults hurt? open office door, and repeated invitations to tutor, by the end of most terms, he is BI: Well of course. BI: Well, we are people who need to be called into his department office for having around people. The problem is that once failed the most students-- Thankfully, he VH: What brought you to write this we are among them, we feel compelled has tenure. book? to sort ourselves into social hierarchies. Though we are no longer traveling in But when Bill isn’t rebuilding the ramparts BI: It originally began as a chapter in nomadic groups, we still hunger for of academic legitimacy in the classroom, another book on Stoicism. That Stoicism acceptance from our peers. Insults he’s taking it public with highly accessible, book was a “literary tumor” that developed become a kind of linguistic currency pleasantly readable, non-fiction. A self- in my book On Desire. It has a chapter on which can elevate one’s status in the described Stoic (note the capital ‘S’), Bill’s philosophical ways of dealing with desire, social hierarchy. past two books have dealt with Stoicism and Stoicism was one of them. I knew in one form or another, and its tenets form nothing about Stoicism and researched VH: What I appreciate about your the basis of his latest book, A Slap in the it for On Desire. The more I learned, the writing is your willingness to scrutinize Face: Why Insults Hurt and Why they more I liked. I went into the research your own life experience. Do you often Shouldn’t. Stoics believed that an insult thinking that doing it would turn me into a find yourself “mining” for stories—or

10 | in this case, insults? but we can rebel against it. If we want to go through life causing the least pain BI: It becomes impossible not to. But possible to those around us, it is important they’re very subtle. You don’t even know to understand insults. Evolutionary you’re giving them, but if you replay psychologists argue that we insult each conversations in your head, you realize other because of our evolutionary past, you’ve said things. And if you think about and that we’ve simply inherited the traits your motivations for saying them, you of our ancestors. Those who could insult realize you were trying to put somebody and feel insulted were more likely to down on the social hierarchy. survive and reproduce. The trouble is the traits that made a person successful VH: Like if I said to a friend, “Oh, you thousands of years ago on the savannahs look so good with make-up on.” of Africa are still wired into a person living in a world whose technological progress BI: Sure—the example I used in the has outpaced evolutionary development. book involves a conversation with a prospective graduate student. When VH: Growing pains? he announced his chosen university, without really thinking, I described it as BI: In a sense. “a bargain.” But if you read between the lines there, I’ve communicated my own VH: Changing subjects slightly—I academic snobbishness. This was a adore the cover, and the implication conversation between two people, had of the Victorian illustration. The stiff 20th Century Modern Furniture Art Decorations I made the same statement among a code of decorum attempts to reign Wednesday-Saturday 12 to 8 group, the effect might have been more in the forces of nature, but ultimately pronounced. cannot mask the hard-wiring that manifests itself in a blushing cheek. VH: So an insult delivered in public Did you have any say in it? hurts more than in private. BI: Publishers hire designers who come BI: Yes, and politicians know this too. up with the book jacket. At some point, Mudslinging part and parcel of any large the author gets to express his like or campaign to insult political opponents, dislike. I asked for some minor changes they realize, as H.L. Mencken put it, that but liked the basic design. “one horse-laugh is worth ten thousand syllogisms.” VH: And the book is available in print, and on Kindle? VH: We do like a good knee-slapper. BI: Yes—evidently stoicism still has a BI: But there are benign insults as well— market. We got the idea to create an ones delivered among close friends and e-book when I found a roughly translated (937) 520-3782 605 E. Fifth St. Dayton, OH 45402 family, insults that actually serve to bond e-book of Musonious Rufus online. rather than divide. VH: Oh? VH: That doesn’t seem so far-fetched. I can think of entire relationships BH: And it was selling. based on mutual riffing. William Irvine is a professor of philosophy BI: Those ‘joking relationships’ make at Wright State University. Though room for people to negotiate. You can vent pronounced “Er-vin,” the tendency a little annoyance, while still maintaining toward “Er-vine” increases as one draws your friendship, but under the surface a in closer proximity to Southern California. deeper motivation governs seemingly A Slap In The Face: Why Insults Hurt benign comments. The goal of this book and Why They Shouldn’t is available is not to give ammunition to the reader, from Oxford University Press, ISBN-10: but to make them – 0199934452.

VH: Think? Victoria Harley - Revisionist, enthusiast, and a little out of place. Dayton resident; BI: Sure. We cannot escape our impulse, 25 years.

|11 anything wrong. Our American parents Parenting, Spanking and would sit down with the children and say, ‘Ok let’s go talk with teacher. The teacher Cultural psychology absolutely needs to know that it was not your fault. Let’s clarify that’. Our Indian parents, on the other hand, would say something like ‘You have to realize that the teacher has so many Photos Stephanie Baker kids to take care of and they can’t always make fair decisions, so these things happen and we have to move on.’

Do you think parenting styles are a reflection of adult values? THE west and the rest by: Liz Landis We haven’t specifically investigated that, but I would assume that they do. I would Dr. Vaishali Raval studies differences corporal punishment. Even within our the old place become unhealthy in the assume that a lot of this is connected to between Asian families and those Western culture, the literature is not new place? parents’ overall goals for their children. from the United States. As a student of clear cut. There are a number of studies Most White American parents are really Psychology, she learned about healthy that show that spanking your children is This does become complicated for looking for their children to be autonomous child development in western, White related to negative outcomes. But there immigrant populations because they independent individuals who are self- families. But she was taught little about are studies that show that spanking, if it’s come with ideas of what is typical and what expressive and unique. So it makes parenting and development in other a little tap on the butt and is non-abusive, is acceptable and what is appropriate. sense that you would focus on emotions, cultures. That’s because little is yet if it’s accompanied by explanations, if it Then they move to a new country, and and problem solve on emotions. known in psychology about non-Western occurs in a warm parent-child relationship, the standards of what is appropriate are child development and parenting. In her that it might not have negative outcomes. completely different there. That does But for most of our Indian parents they research, she hopes to fill gaps about There is some cross-cultural work that present a dilemma. The parents who are are looking for their child to become what is known about non-Western shows that, yes if you look around the more acculturated- the more they have socially interdependent people, people developmental psychology. A Toronto world, corporal punishment overall changed and adapted to the new culture, who would adapt to various social and native who was raised in India, she seems to have negative outcomes. But the more they are willing to adopt the physical situations easily; people who works now at Miami University at Oxford it depends very much on the child’s practices of the new culture. would fit in with various social groups. If understanding and analyzing in her interpretation of spanking and the child’s you think about it from that point of view, Culture and Family Relations Lab. experience. If the child interprets being You also research how children acceptance based approaches make spanked as ‘my parent is mean and express themselves emotionally, sense. Can you describe your specific work controlling and that’s why they’re doing right? with parenting? this’ they are much more likely to have Why do you choose White Americans negative outcomes than if the child’s Right, The major difference that we as a comparison, and how do they I am interested in differences between interpretation is ‘they did spank me but I have found between Indian parents and differ from other Americans? Western parenting styles and Asian can see why. They really care about me White American parents is the way in parenting styles, particularly Indian and that’s why they did that.’ If that is the which parents predominately respond to The major reason that I’ve been using parenting styles, and parenting of Indian case, they are much less likely to have emotions. Within White American families White Americans as a comparison as immigrants or South Asian immigrants negative outcomes. we find that parents are much more likely opposed to other Americans, is that here in the US. to problem solve with children when generally the cross-cultural work in Some of the research that has already The other variable is how common the children experience negative emotions psychology compares another cultural been conducted has suggested that child perceives a given parent behavior like anger or sadness. So parents would group with White Americans. They might similar parenting behaviors have been in their community. If they think that kind of want to figure out which situation compare different ethnic groups in the linked with different child outcomes in corporal punishment is common in their caused the emotion and then help the United States, but they’re very likely to different cultures. So I’m also interested community, if they think other children child problem solve around it, and try to compare White Americans against for in identifying which parenting styles are get spanked too when they misbehave, fix the situation. example African Americas our Hispanic associated with healthy child outcomes again they’re less likely to have negative Americans. The reason may be that and which are associated with unhealthy outcomes. But if they believe that corporal In contrast, Indian parents focus much that’s where most of the research is done. child outcomes in different cultural punishment is rare in their community, more on acceptance of the situation and Some of us are beginning to realize that groups. spanking is associated with negative of the emotions. It’s very much a solution we may need to examine cultures in their outcomes. oriented approach versus an acceptance own right and not compare them to White So people who parent the same way oriented approach. Indian parents talk Americans. might have different outcomes in If a family has immigrated somewhere, about accepting the situation and moving different cultures? and their parenting style is unique on. To give you an example, the child My overall work is in the area of cultural in the new place, would the same comes home and says they got in trouble psychology. This is an emerging field Right. So I’ll give you an example of parenting style that was healthy in with the teacher without having done of research within psychology. So for

12| decades in psychology we used to and so we have more people who are pictures books to their children, they that show relationships. believe that we could study the human studying the field of psychology, like point out different things. That’s because mind, behavior, memory, cognition, and myself, who are from different cultures. they’re interested in different types of In the context of emotions, I want to development within one cultural group I would assume that as we started to socialization. When White American parent in a way that combines the two and that we could apply it to people all read these textbooks that were based moms read to their young children they approaches. I do recognize the Indian around the world because essentially on mainly research in North America, we will point out different objects and their preference that not all situations are in we’re all the same. We’re all humans; questioned what we were reading. So, properties and label those objects. our control. It is impossible to teach your so most of psychological research was for example as I started to read about ‘Look at that ball! It’s a red ball. Here’s a kid how to solve all of the situations that conducted in Western cultures mainly normal psychological development, I bunny. A bunny has four legs.’ are out there. But my guess is that I United States and Canada, but some started to question that based on my own The Asian moms on the other hand really would probably do a combination of the Western European countries and the values and experiences that I had from focus on the relationship between those two, where I teach my son to problem U.K. And then the entire world was sort growing up in a different culture. objects. So instead of saying, ‘Here’s a solve in situations when that is possible of the consumer of this research. So, cow.’ ‘Look, the grass is green.’ they and beneficial while accept and adapt to if psychology is being taught in India What was the cost of using such might say something like ‘the cow eats the situations where it is not possible. or China or Africa they read textbooks Western-centric ideas? the grass and produces milk; we drink that contain research that was primarily the milk.’ conducted in North America. I think the costs are two-fold. There is one definitely to the science itself and the I’ve actually found myself doing both Liz Landis is a biology student interested And, we thought that was fine because theory. The theory of normal emotional of these things when I read to my son. in the science going on around us. More we’re all human beings and so the research development, for example, based on I purposefully go through the book and of her science writing and contact info that we conduct with one group can just one cultural group is naturally very label things, and also make up stories can be found at landisea.wordpress.com easily be applied to understand another restricted and narrow. So the cost is that group. But in the last several decades, we came up with theories that are narrow there is an increasing recognition that and that are not necessarily applicable to that is not the case. So we’re learning people around the world who live in very, from some of our sister disciplines like very different conditions. anthropology that development is not the same across cultures, that parenting is I think the second cost is that psychology been around since not the same, that cognition and memory is a discipline that is applied. So whatever been1847...but around we since still potentially operate differently in different we learn about normal parenting cultures. So we’re kind of starting to practices or parenting practices that are 1847...buthave the freshest we still recognize the importance of culture and not as healthy, we use that knowledge havebeer theon tap! freshest of understanding different cultural groups to develop programs to teach parenting and even comparing, for example people practices to parents who may need it. beer on tap! in Asian cultures versus Western cultures There are lots of parenting programs to find differences between people in out there. When we have children with different groups. mental health issues, we need to provide psychological services to those kids. What changed? Why do you think If we provide those services around there is a shift? the world based on a science that only collected information from a restricted If we have a discipline such as group of people, mainly from the Western anthropology which is devoted to the study parts of the world, we really sort of run of culture and they are finding that there the risk of providing services that may are variations in things that psychologists not be relevant, helpful, or beneficial to Yellow Springs Farmers Market are interested in, like, as I said, cognition those kids. and memory and parenting and child Yellow SpringsEnjoy Farmers Ohio's Market Bounty! rearing and things like that. Margaret Are you a parent? Enjoy Ohio's Bounty! Mead did her ethnographic research in Samoa and found that the period of Yes I am. I knew you would ask me adolescence that we, in the Western that. My son is a year old, so I’m a new world, thought was really a stressful parent. period where you explore who you are and is your identity, an exploration phase, How do you plan to talk to your son she found that that’s not universal. She about emotions and the problems that found that in Samoa, for example, young come up? girls did not go through that period. So we learn from anthropologists. That’s I have thought a lot about this, as you one reason. can imagine. I’ll answer your question, but let me give you a slightly different The other is that we have more view on this with an example. 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After the Apocalypse listening to that sweet vinyl you just bought on Record Store Day could prove to be a challenge. We got you, B!

How to Make the Simplest Record Player in the World:

Materials: One Sheet of Paper One Sewing Needle One Record One Unsharpened #2 Pencil Scotch Tape Step 3 - Slide your needle into the point of your cone. Wrap tape tightly around the needle and cone. Make sure the needle is level and taped tightly.

Step 1 - Take unsharpened pencil and push through the hole in the center of your record. Leave more pencil on the top than bottom of the record. Spin the record like a top. If it spins level it’s perfect. If not, adjust pencil.

Step 4 - Put the needle on the record and hold in place. Start spinning your record using the pencil. Adjust your spinning speed until you hear music!

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|17 What’s so gay about having sex with men? by: Lars Soderlund Todd Glass and Identity Politics Initially, some of us think that it’s an issue of Glass’s discomfort with himself, but that doesn’t ring true. Glass says he’s Todd Glass is a comedian who began his career in the early 1980s. He has been seen on NBC’s always known he was gay, and he even Last Comic Standing in 2004, and heard as a has a long-term boyfriend. His friends co-host on the Comedy and Everything Else have not been unsupportive, and in an podcast (until his departure in September 2009) interview with Vulture a year later, he says and on his own Todd Glass Show podcast. that the overall reaction to his coming out Marc Maron’s WTF podcast has developed a has been positive. The overwhelming significant following since its creation in 2009 confidence he shows on the Todd Glass (interviewing comedians like Louis CK, Conan Show suggests he likes himself a lot. O’Brien, Robin Williams, and Gallagher). When Glass revealed his homosexuality on Maron’s Glass can’t find a word for his sexual show in early January, 2012, it garnered the orientation because all of the terms for show it’s most significant exposure to date. homosexuality he knows come from a world that does not readily accept gay Todd Glass can’t say he’s “gay.” Even a people. Even as LGBTQA communities year after coming out, there’s something fight for these terms, they can’t fight about the word he can barely bring the negative circulation of the vocab himself to say. In terms of language, he that make up Glass’s options for self- barely came out at all: when he appeared description: “homosexual” sounds clinical on Marc Maron’s WTF podcast (episode in a way that can suggest deviance, “gay” 245), it was Maron who first says the still gets used as another word for weak word. Maron follows some comic stalling or cowardly or lame, “queer” carries about why Glass is appearing on the show a self-conscious alterity with it, and of with the blunt, “Oh, I thought you were course there are many other awful terms coming on to say you were gay.” When we don’t need to talk about. Even LGBT Maron tries to get Glass to say it, Glass is tough for some people to identify with, demurs, saying he has a hard time with given its complicated timbre reminiscent “that term.” Really? . . . Gay” seems like of sandwiches. the most neutral term for homosexuality. What’s going on there? Glass doesn’t find kinship with these try our new lgbt sandwich! terms. He’s a guy from Philadelphia who is really pretty normal, especially for a comedian: his comedy is focused on common cultural references (the reason few suspected him of being gay), and listening to his podcast, one hears the strong influence of traditional media like radio plays, vintage interviews and AM commentary. He doesn’t seem to see himself as “other” in any way, and there isn’t an unloaded word for someone like him who loves other men (or a woman Photo Stephanie Baker who loves other women, for that matter). “homosexual” sounds clinical in a way that can suggest deviance, “gay” still Glass spent years in the closet, not gets used as another word for weak or thinking of himself as gay even as he cowardly or lame, “queer” carries a self- had homosexual relationships. From his conscious alterity with it, and many other perspective, he’s not “gay;” the term’s awful terms we don’t need to talk about. connotations have never applied to him, Even LGBT is tough for some people to and that hasn’t necessarily changed identify with, given its complicated timbre just because his sexual orientation is reminiscent of sandwiches. public. Maybe a quick visual will help explain it: imagine an open area with

18| a straight crowd of people and a gay crowd of people standing there, with a dividing line between them. Glass has spent all his life standing among the straight people as they refer to the gay side, whether generously or spitefully. Glass hasn’t been “gay,” really, and it’s hard to say that being more public with the things he does in private makes him suddenly something different from what he’s always been.

Glass’s story seems sad, but there’s also a hopeful message about how words change, and how they lose their punch over time. We all know how exhausting words can be (“I’m sorry I called you ‘Kristen,’ Kirsten.”), but we often forget that words can get exhausted, too.

The example of Glass shows why bigoted discrimination fails. When a group is labeled in a derogatory way, they won’t simply internalize the criticism. Some will, but many will rebel and others will choose not to identify with the label. Still others will simply join with the bigots in knocking down their straw man, because the monster being described does not actually exist.

Labeling doesn’t stamp out otherness but can actually accomplish the opposite: it can simply not take with the marginalized group, or it can allow the marginalized group to strengthen its self-perception using the derogatory terms thrown at it. In the case of Glass, we see that the harder people try to associate the word “gay” with qualities out of step with the gay community, the less effective their language becomes.

Lars Söderlund is an assistant professor of English at Wright State University, where he teaches courses in Rhetoric as well as Professional and Technical Writing.

|19 OH BEER! by: landon Mckibben

Photos Stephanie Baker Toxic Brewery the work ourselves and that has taken a lot more time than expected. Everything This week’s beer... What do you get when a young gun from the designing of the building and An amazing-ass American Style raised in a military home, who loves to the brewing has been done by us while Barleywine packed with a bunch snowboard, skateboard and surf, that we all still have our day jobs to carry out. of Northwest style hops from 21st just happens to be a chemist and aspires I’m the owner and there are three other Amendment brewery (California) called to run his own brew company? You get partners involved. Two of my partners Lower De Boom. It’s a creamy, malty Shane Juhl and Toxic Brew! I sat down live out of state while Jason and I live barleywine that packs a big ole punch with him for a minute to talk about his here. So slowly but surely we’ve been carrying an 11.5% IBU. The brew comes long coming project. making progress on it. It has just taken in an 8 ounce can and looks like a golden longer than expected. energy drink! This beer is seriously Landon: What exactly made you flawless. Get it. Drink it. Let me know choose Dayton let alone the Oregon L: What is your vision when it comes to what you think. District to open up a brewery? Where the beer you want to bring to Dayton? did this passion come from? S: The main idea is to brew a beer that Shane: “It started with home brewing. anybody with any taste can come in and photo by Sarah Browning I always had a love for Belgian beers find something that they enjoy. That is my and so when I realized I couldn’t afford goal as a brewmaster. We’ll be serving these beers I decided to make them our beer from 11:00 am to 2:30 am. TAPROOM myself. From there my hobby turned into a passion. Not only do I love the process L: Five years down the road, what do of brewing beer but it excites me to see you expect? someone taste a craft beer I made myself. NOW OPEN! I wanted to make a place that offered that S: In five years we hope to still bea plus a comfortable setting to drink it in. I brewery. We hope everyone still enjoys chose the Oregon District because what what we are doing. We obviously want better people to tend to and there is great to stay in the Oregon District- If in case foot traffic here as well.” the demand gets to an extremity we Wed - Friday 3pm-10pm would love to get to a point where we L: When you initially started this start kegging and bottling- If that comes Saturday 1pm-10pm • Sunday 1pm-6pm venture you had given an original to play we’ll deal with that and hopefully opening date. Now a year has passed keep that in Dayton as well. 305 N. Walnut St. Suite B and you still aren’t open. Could you explain why it has taken so long? Yellow Springs, OH 45387 L: So when are you now aiming to open? 937.767.0222 S: When we purchased the building it was a pawn shop so we knew we had to S: We’re aiming for late May early June. YELLOWSPRINGSBREWERY.COM convert the building completely and with Photo Stephanie Baker that came many hurdles. We had to get L: How long are you growing that Landon Shayne McKibben: it rezoned and the building is 130 years badass beard out? Bartender @ Lucky’s Taproom & party old so we had to get it up to the 2011 supplier @ Belmont Party Supply IT’S A BEACON OF HOPE zoning requirements. We ran into a lot S: Well I’m waiting till we open to cut it. I enjoy beer, bud, music and singing in of problems with the building department If anything my wife will cut it off in my Grand Mammoth; a rock & roll band in but they were just doing their job. One FOR YOUR PALATE. sleep. Dayton. of the main reasons there were so many [email protected] delays is because we have done all of

20| Blood Ceremony and Urban Nights by: Brock Mckibben

Blood Ceremony themselves (and rightfully so), touring with Sweden’s ‘Ghost’ and England’s Urban Nights “I See Witches in the Sky” are the lyrics doom metal heroes ‘Electric Wizard’, It’s time, once again, to shuffle your feet belted out by Alia O’Brien. Her haunting, playing the legendary Roadburn Festival on the streets of downtown Dayton and quasi-operatic vocals are featured on the and also headlining tours. The closest check out all there is to witness during track ‘Into the Coven’. The witchy, folk- Blood Ceremony will get to Dayton is a the bi-annual Urban Nights. Urban Nights laden, doom band Blood Ceremony hails show at Columbus’s ‘Ace of Cups’ venue is a free event that highlights the arts, from Toronto/Ontario, Canada. Blood on Saturday, June 8 2013 along with nightlife, dining, retail and even housing Ceremony lyricist Alia is also the flautist Lazerwulf, White Hills and headlining options throughout downtown and the and organist. The band was founded band Kylesa. Blood Ceremony is touring Oregon District. There’ll be musicians, in 2006 by Sean Kennedy (guitar) and in support of their highly anticipated third artists and entertainers of all sorts on Chris Landon (former bassist) and has album that was released May 27 of this the streets, restaurants and businesses been consistently impressing fans of year titled ‘The Eldritch Dark’. This is an offering specials, galleries open ‘til late Folk, New Age, Classical, Stoner, Metal, incredible band and a must-see act so do and houses open for tours. Hard Rock and Doom genres. The group all that you can to support them! But I’m here to talk about the music! obviously has an impressive cross-over The featured tunes will be happening on appeal. Lucas Gladke (bass/backing Here’s a brief discography: Blood the corner of Fifth and Pine in the O.D. vocals- replacing Kennedy) and Michael Ceremony - 2008, Rise Above Records, with four bands playing from 5-10. Carrillo (drums) complete the band’s Reissued on Metal Blade; Living With the sound. Ancients - 2011, Rise Above Records, Blood Ceremony has a beautifully Here’s the line-up: Metal Blade; Eldritch Dark - 2013, Rise distinct musical style which includes -The Broken Lights Band (Blues/Rock trio) Above Records, Metal Blade siren-esque vocals, dark classical flute, 5 - 5:45pm heavy, Sabbath-infused riffing with a Check out their songs on youtube; if -Meghna & The Majority (Folk/Rock) touch of medieval folk guitar. The bass you like them you can find their albums 6 - 6:45pm lines fluctuate from tastefully creepy relatively easily. Check out Omega -Cherry Lee and The ‘Daddy Katz (Country/Rockabilly) to perfectly doomy and the drums are Records or online at riseaboverecords. heavy as hell- which balances everything 7-7:45pm com and metalblade.com. out; driving through it all without ever -Magic Jackson (Funk/Rock) overdoing it. Alia’s enchanting, graveyard 8-10pm tones on the electric organ and her Questions, Comments or Suggestions: lyrics invoke the occult, mysticism, email me at [email protected] vintage horror, witchcraft, magic and or hit me up on facebook (Ichabod Crane) necromancy. Stay Strange, Dayton! Come on down and check it out; there The band’s made quite a name for won’t be another Urban Nights ‘til fall.

|21 questionable advice in questionable times

ADVICE FROM MAMA CASS stress, sober talk-it-out session. Set up a time to meet mono e mono and stick Dear Mama Cass, to it. I have a super messy roommate. I am not the ‘queen of clean’ but I’m also not Let him know that you feel unwelcome down with filth, either. He doesn’t mind in your own home because you are mold or dirty toilets or weird, anonymous uneasy. It’s important to not be mean or hairs in every room. He brings a lot of judgmental when discussing his habits fun and carefree qualities to my life but that don’t jive with your own. Also, bear seems incapable of throwing out food that in mind that it’s not your fault that you’re has been living on the kitchen counter uncomfortable. You guys are two entirely for SIX DAYS. How do I tell him I need separate, different people, trying to a cleaner home without pushing him out make a home together. That takes time, Urban Nights the door? patience and work. However, realize that Downtown Dayton/Oregon Arts District/Wright-Dunbar Please help! a basis of hygiene is completely within Friday, May 10 from 5 to 10 p.m. Distressed By Dirt your rights to request. But, keep in mind that you might have to give something in Get around downtown during our spring Urban Nights event. More than Dear Distressed, return for amping up the Sally Homemaker 30,000 people are expected to pack the streets, to come join the fun Roommates can bring as many vibe. Good luck! and experience your downtown! conveniences as disadvantages. Architecture Day Often, the easiest way to clear up Mama Cass RiverScape MetroPark Saturday May 11, 2013 9:00 AM - 3:00 PM miscommunication is through a low-

We’re celebrating all aspects of architecture at RiverScape with this FREE event with activities for all ages. We'll have full-scale building Telephone’s phrasal template word game demonstrations, you can paint a wall mural, play with giant building blocks, tubes and Legos, test your knowledge of local architecture, go on a fun Urban Nights! A great time to get off of the ______and downtown scavenger hunt, eat lunch at our food truck rally, and get free noun architectural consultations at 'Speed-dating With An Architect.' explore Downtown ______. Instead of ______around, go out Big Brews and Blues location verb (ing) Carillon Historical Park Friday May 17, 2013 5:00 PM - 9:00 PM this Friday and ______what it’s all about. The streets will be verb Our 4th Annual All Draught Beer Tasting Offering a unique selection of flooded with more than ______. There will be ______draught craft beer for sampling and full tasting with an array of local blues number noun noun bands live on stage with tasty local cuisine offered for your enjoyment. and discounts at many area ______, as well as, live music at Fleurs et Vin downtown location over ______venues. One special event that will be going on Carillon Historical Park Sunday May 19, 2013 1:00 PM - 4:00 PM number

With over 400 wines to taste, gorumet food from Dayton's Best is The Great Dayton ______of 1913 bus Tours. These tours will Independent Restaurants. a beer garden, great music, live and silent noun auctions, this is the DON'T MISS wine event of the year! take guest for a ______excursion telling the story of our city’s adjective ______natural disaster. Remember that on Urban ______one adjective plural noun of the best ways to get around is by ______. So bring a ______verb (ing) adjective pair of ______and come see what it’s all about. You never know plural noun what kind of ______might be waiting for you right around the plural noun ______. noun

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