The Man Booker Longlist 2015
The longlist for the 2015 Man Booker Prize was announced Wednesday at midday London time. It’s a 13-book list with some interesting omissions, and possibly (although this is arguable) some emerging...
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Transgender Reality? I Am Cait Premieres
On Sunday night, the US was treated to the first entry in the eight part docuseries I Am Cait, following Caitlyn Jenner’s first steps into the limelight post-transition. It’s perhaps not...
Bernie Sanders: The Serious Socialist Presidential Candidate
Running openly as a socialist member of the Democratic Party, Bernie Sanders, who has been an independent socialist for some time, has found that the term may not be as toxic as he'd been led to...
Not a Joke: Why Donald Trump Might Be the Next Republican Candidate
When Donald Trump entered the 2016 presidential circus, it almost seemed like a joke, and his poll results reflected it, taking a nosedive almost immediately after his initial announcement. Those...
It’s Time To Stop Ghettoising Women’s Sports
The US National Women’s Team utterly routed their Japanese counterparts in the thrilling World Cup final in Vancouver on Sunday, making sports history. The women also made history for another...
Review: Slow West
Former Beta Band member turned director John Maclean’s debut feature, “Slow West” looks and feels like a random train of thought, a glorious meandering diversion from “The Assassination of...
#SaveHannibal: Will Hannibal Be Resurrected?
Word broke this week that NBC’s Hannibal won’t be returning for a fourth season, much to the dismay of the show’s small but extremely dedicated fan base. Everyone’s favorite cannibal stirs...
Why Are People Suddenly Surprised Game of Thrones is Violent?
Game of Thrones aired another predictably bloody and explosive season finale on Sunday, sending the internet into a tizzy and leading readers of the books to note that finally everyone is in...
Open Season on Transgender Women: The Post-Jenner World
This weekend, the New York Times opted to publish a transphobic and hateful opinion editorial piece by Elinor Burkett, who apparently considers herself the judge of ‘what makes a woman’—and...
Sense8’s Brave New Transgender World
The Wachowski siblings have taken to an unusual new medium: Netflix. In Sense8, a Netflix Original science fiction series, the two are illustrating that the streaming giant has the ability to command...