The Overthinkers tackle 2012 New Year’s resolutions and The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.

Episode 183: A Prize Anyone Can Edit originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]

Matthew Wrather hosts with Peter Fenzel, Mark Lee, Josh McNeil, John Perich, and Jordan Stokes to overthink their resolutions for 2012, your personal Wikipedia vectors (and the strong Wikanthropic Principle), the difference between “eponymous” and “titular,” and Naruto vs. The Girl with The Dragon Tattoo, and the male gaze. That’s G-A-Z-E.


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Further Reading


The Anthropic Principle


The Gaze and Laura Mulvey


Christopher Plummer’s filmography


Humpty Dance Resources at Looptid.com


A Hypervortex of Ezra Pound’s Canto LXXXI at the University of North Carolina Greensboro


“Cut You Up with a Linoleum Knife,” by Mastodon


More on the Recent Magnitude 7.0 Earthquake in Tokyo


This Week’s Relevant Sentimetal Anime Fan Video, by LeandroShoiti

Episode 183: A Prize Anyone Can Edit originally appeared on Overthinking It, the site subjecting the popular culture to a level of scrutiny it probably doesn't deserve. [Latest Posts | Podcast (iTunes Link)]