49 years ago, Mr. Rogers saved the neighborhood. On May 1, 1969, Fred Rogers stood before the U.S. Senate Subcommittee on Communication and defended the value of his show, public television, and...
My school was pretty strict about its uniform policy. Wearing a coat that wasn’t brown could get you sent home and wearing the wrong coloured socks meant you had to wear someone else’s manky old...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Louise Hung's exploration of AAPIs on television, and how the Simpsons and Roseanne controversies...
I was recently approached to work on a script. At first I was pretty excited about it. It was the brainchild of someone I’d worked with before, someone I liked and had worked well with on previous...
“Are you afraid of what could happen if the authorities find out you spoke to a journalist?” I asked the grieving father as we sat in his kitchen in the Crimean city of Bakhchysarai. “No, I’m...
The Deep State really screwed me over today. First it was the weird weather — too cold in the shade, too hot in the sun, so that I kept having to take my scarf out of my bag and put it on and then...
If you've seen a few more mentions of banned piledrivers, extravagant entrances, and people going through Spanish tables during Spring Break on your social media feeds lately, you might be aware that...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, don’t miss Darrin DuFord's review of Boarding House Reach, one of our most popular posts last week! And...
Picture the scene: you’re at a hospital because you have an unwanted pregnancy and are seeking out a termination. You have seen all the appropriate professionals and had all the relevant tests. You...
“What is that?” My friend asked me this when she saw the little “altar” I’d set up in the corner of my living room. I say “altar” because it’s not really an altar. Calling it such...
