Mike Kanin

Female Scholarship In Islam Is Challenging Patriarchal Leadership

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For so long, I had grown up believing that social justice discourse, particularly through a gendered lens, was a completely separate sphere from Islamic discussions.

From Preachy
On March 21, 2022
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A Welcome Back Yak

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Welp, we kind of took an inadvertent (?) Preachy break there, huh? I dunno about you — except I kinda do cause we just had a chat about it — but I think I kinda needed it.

From Preachy
On January 17, 2022
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On Beer and Home

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Yuengling is an objectively terrible beverage. Even a quick pull from a longneck that originated at the longest-running brewery in the United States leaves you wondering just what you’re doing trying to put a thing that actually tastes like spoiled grain into your body.

From Preachy
On November 22, 2021
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Opaque Strategy Number 13

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we present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies. Here is Opaque Strategy number 13:

From Preachy
On November 12, 2021
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Space Object of October: NGC 884

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This Friday, we present a Space Object of the Month, in which a Preachy co-editor invites you to learn how to use his telescope (with him):

From Preachy
On October 8, 2021
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Opaque Strategy Number 11

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Each Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies. Here is Opaque Strategy number 11:

From Preachy
On October 1, 2021
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Playlist to go with My Own Personal Jesus

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Co-editor Mike Kanin was so inspired by Joe MacLeod’s Monday Thought about Bela Lugosi as Jesus that he made a playlist about it. We hope you enjoy it.

From Preachy
On September 17, 2021
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Opaque Strategy Number 10

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We present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies.

From Preachy
On September 10, 2021
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For Corinne Wasserman on Rosh Hashanah

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You’re supposed to eat sweet things for a sweet year on Rosh Hashanah. My Nana’s pot roast is kind of sweet. Mostly it’s the memory of it, I think.mike

From Preachy
On September 6, 2021
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Space Object of September: Neptune

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Items I will try to find: Neptune. Why?: ’Cause … the planet is at opposition and on close approach. When: September 14, 2021

From Preachy
On September 3, 2021
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Playlist: Music to go with Death to the Baobobs!

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From Salawu Olajide, our colleague at Olongo Africa, who is also the author of Death to the Baobobs!

From Olongo Africa
On August 29, 2021
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Opaque Strategy Number Nine

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Each Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present our re-casting of Brian Eno and Peter Schmidt’s Oblique Strategies cards. We call our version Opaque Strategies. Here is Opaque Strategy number nine: Watch something rot. It might do you some good. Or not.

From Preachy
On August 13, 2021
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Space Object of August: The Perseid Meteor Shower

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Each Friday, the folks at Preachy will offer you something of a reflection for your weekend. This Friday, we present a Space Object of the Month, in which a Preachy co-editor invites you to learn how to use his telescope (with him): Items I will try to find: The Perseid Meteor Shower Why?: ’Cause … it’s pretty damn easy to see

From Preachy
On August 6, 2021
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