existential angst

Preacher's Daughter: The Mountain Goats' John Darnielle and that Goddamn Rush of Adrenaline and Blood

Music post by Kristin Rawls on October 19, 2011 - 1:05pm; tagged Catholicism, Christianity, culture, existential angst, feminists, indie rock, religion, slut-shaming, spirituality, The Bible.

So, Mountain Goats frontman John Darnielle, songwriter and poet laureate of the existentially anguished, identifies as a feminist and has even said that his feminist ideals conflict with his Catholic faith. When I first heard this, I was quite surprised. Why? Well, listen to one reason, a song called "Bad Priestess" (lyrics).

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The Young and The Feckless: Mo' Education, Mo' Problems?

Social Commentary post by J Maureen Henderson on April 14, 2010 - 10:20am; tagged alcohol, education, existential angst, female ceos, home ownership, London School of Economics, post secondary education, Telegraph, The Young and The Feckless, wage gap.

According to a study by the London School of Economics, British women with degrees are 86 percent more likely to drink frequently and to report having a drinking problem than those women without post-secondary education. The more education a woman has, the more likely she is to hit the bottle. As a graduate school educated young woman who had to do some quick mental math to remember when she last imbibed (spiked eggnog at Christmas?), I couldn't help but find find this story fascinating.