A new issue of Journal of Social Work Values and Ethics is out, including a review of Shock Therapy: The History of Electroconvulsive Treatment in Mental Illness by Edward Shorter and David Healy. From The New York Observer, a look at why gays go gaga over Andrea Mitchell; an article on the new math of the male mind; and why do young male writers love icky, tough guy deadbeats? Jason Zengerle on Joe the Plumber and the future of foreign correspondents. The book that changed my life: Peter Tatchell chooses Animal Liberation by Peter Singer. From TLS, a review of Chesterton and the Romance of Orthodoxy: The Making of GKC, 1874-1908 by William Oddie; enthusiasts versus bureaucrats: Why the teaching of literature should be impassioned as well as informative; and a review of books on the limitless ambitions, and problematic achievements, of science and urban planning in the early twentieth century. Seventy per cent of Jewish Israelis say they want a two-state solution, but that doesn't mean they have a high opinion of Arabs — consider the hardcore fans of Beitar Jerusalem FC. The World's First Facebook Film: Could a documentary about guys named Aaron Cohen, made by a guy named Aaron Cohen, be the funniest Jewish comedy since Woody hooked up with Soon-Yi? Not yet a woman: Teaching Beyonce, Taylor Swift, and other pop starlets how to grow up.
