{"id":45,"date":"2011-03-02T12:00:31","date_gmt":"2011-03-02T12:00:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/editors-picks-february-2011.html"},"modified":"2011-03-02T12:00:31","modified_gmt":"2011-03-02T12:00:31","slug":"editors-picks-february-2011","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/editors-picks-february-2011.html","title":{"rendered":"Editor&#8217;s Picks &#8211; February 2011"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>Welcome to the first ever &#8220;Editor&#8217;s Picks&#8221;!&nbsp; It may be a surprise, but I do in fact have an editor.&nbsp; In an even bigger surprise, he actually likes some of what I write.&nbsp; Crazy, I know!&nbsp; Since he is an awesome guy with exceptional taste, I&#8217;ve asked him to pick out his favorite posts each month.&nbsp; If you missed something, now&#8217;s your chance to check it out!&nbsp; <\/p>\n<p>Here are his picks from February!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/dont-be-a-drag-just-be-a-queen.html\">Lady Gaga&#8217;s &#8220;Born This Way&#8221; Causes Internet Fights<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/02\/britney-spears-hold-it-against-me-video-is-futuristic-kung-fu-madness.html\">Britney Spears&#8217; &#8220;Hold It Against Me&#8221; Video is Futuristic Kung Fu Madness<\/a><\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/the_prophet_of_pop\/justin-bieber-bible-study\/\">From Front to Back &#8211; The Justin Bieber Bible Study<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Thanks to my editor Evan for these great contributions, and thanks even more to you for reading and commenting!&nbsp; I feel the love!!<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.twitter.com\/theprophetofpop\">Click here to follow the Prophet of Pop on&nbsp;<b>Twitter<\/b><\/a>&nbsp;or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/prophetofpop\">on&nbsp;<b>Facebook<\/b>!<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Welcome to the first ever &#8220;Editor&#8217;s Picks&#8221;!&nbsp; It may be a surprise, but I do in fact have an editor.&nbsp; In an even bigger surprise, he actually likes some of what I write.&nbsp; Crazy, I know!&nbsp; Since he is an awesome guy with exceptional taste, I&#8217;ve asked him to pick out his favorite posts each&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":95,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[12],"tags":[142,141,3,147,145,182,819,150,210,211],"class_list":["post-45","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-pop-star-riot","tag-bieber-faith","tag-bieber-god","tag-britney-spears","tag-britney-spears-femme-fatale","tag-britney-spears-hold-it-against-me","tag-justin-bieber-bible","tag-justin-bieber-bible-study","tag-lady-gaga-born-this-way","tag-lady-gaga-controversy","tag-lady-gaga-theology"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v23.9 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Editor&#039;s Picks - February 2011 - The Prophet of Pop<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/editors-picks-february-2011.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Editor&#039;s Picks - February 2011 - The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Welcome to the first ever &#8220;Editor&#8217;s Picks&#8221;!&nbsp; It may be a surprise, but I do in fact have an editor.&nbsp; In an even bigger surprise, he actually likes some of what I write.&nbsp; Crazy, I know!&nbsp; Since he is an awesome guy with exceptional taste, I&#8217;ve asked him to pick out his favorite posts each&hellip;\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/the_prophet_of_pop\/2011\/03\/editors-picks-february-2011.html\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"The Prophet of Pop\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2011-03-02T12:00:31+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"S. 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