Virginia Weaver, Senior Staff Writer  Microwaved Beef is a column by Virginia Weaver that reflects on flashpoints from the last few years in the culture wars. The rapid pace of contemporary discourse makes it easy to forget critical moments and trends that have defined our social and academic lives. Microwaved Beef brings those moments back into the spotlight. Today, however, we’re microwaving some beans.  Chaos broke out when, on January … Continue reading Social media’s most infamous can of baked beans