Small Town, Big Noise
Every year in late July, unless you keep away from the center of town shutters drawn and silicone earplugs firmly in place, you’re bound to see Elvis Presley getting takeout from The Olde Red Hen...
Category: Culture
Assassin’s Creed Odyssey and When Good Intentions Go Wrong
Mainstream entertainment is becoming more diverse. Gaming lags behind film and television, but we are starting to see concentrated efforts from developers and publishers to create more female, people...
Us is a stellar entry in the hood horror art form
So, you enjoyed Get Out but maybe that movie centered whiteness a little too much for you. Maybe you found it a little too neat and on the nose after the fact. Well, I’m happy to announce that Us...
Juanita demonstrates all the best parts of what Netflix can be
Like Napster back in the day, streaming (and pirating) has been allegedly killing the film business for a decade plus. It’s actually not, but that’s the latest thing for us to shake our fists at...
A man you’ve never heard of died. Here’s how he changed the world
I’m disabled but I don’t have a disability. For a long while, I was both disabled and able-bodied at the same time. Does that sound like it doesn’t make any sense? Let me explain. I know that...
Karl Lagerfeld is dead. Let’s talk about his legacy of hateful comments.
Having the luxury to have your work separated from your negative actions as an individual, is the one of the many, many, many definitions of “white male privilege”. And one of the prime examples...
The Notorious BHL: Bernard-Henri Lévy on Peshmerga and the Fate of the World
Long hailed as France’s most famous – and controversial – public intellectual, Bernard-Henri Lévy has been making waves through his writing and speaking (and outsized personality) since his...
London’s surprisingly open drug scene destigmatises a taboo topic
Almost four years ago I moved to London, filled with excitement of living in one of the most electrifying cities in the world. I was eighteen, just starting university and filled to the brim with...
Assisted suicide is a danger to disabled people. RCP members must vote against it.
The Royal College of Physicians (RCP) is polling its membership of doctors over their support for assisted suicide. The status of doctors in the UK is currently that they have voted ‘against’ but...
Abortion is health care. Pass it on.
Abortion is in the news in the U.S. this week as two states pass legislation designed to reduce barriers to access for patients who need later abortion. The right is screeching about baby killing,...