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Singular if not individual

The latest issue of Resistance Studies is out. Lives, singular if not individual: What the hell is a “roguelike” and why should I care? Critics of reality TV need to stop worrying about Jersey Shore and start worrying about Wife Swap. How the volcano eruption exposed the vulnerability of the global supply chain. The moral of the volcano is life’s really too simple: It’s best to depend on lots of things, but no one thing in particular. Why did they stay? Perspectives on Katrina survivors’ “choice” to stand their ground or evacuate. The Power of Lucky Charms: New research suggests how they really make us perform better (and more). A review of How the World is Made: The Story of Creation According to Sacred Geometry by John Michell with Allan Brown. A review of The Great Oom: The Improbable Birth of Yoga in America by Robert Love (and more). An interview with Anne Lutz Fernandez, co-author of Carjacked: The Culture of the Automobile and Its Effect on our Lives. Joe McCulloch reviews The Nobody by Jeff Lemire. Worried about overpopulation, why are you being such a girl about our one chance to be a Big Country? Andrew Potter reviews No Logo: 10th Anniversary Edition by Naomi Klein. More and more and more and more on The Authenticity Hoax: How We Get Lost Finding Ourselves by Andrew Potter. From History & Policy, a special section on Election 2010; a look at how history can help with today's toughest policy problems; and an article on proportional representation: Historical destiny beckons? A review of Cyber War: The Next Threat to National Security and What to Do About It by Richard Clarke (and more and more). As the Political Studies Association unveils the 20 greatest protest songs, Mark Fisher asks if music can change the world if our songs remain the same.