Looking for some good reads to start off the week? Here's what's been intriguing us lately... 'Interview with Libya's Prime Minister: 'We Will Not Become Like Somalia'' (Spiegel) What's happening in...
In her 18th book, writer and Distinguished Professor of English at CUNY Staten Island Sarah Schulman takes on the weighty topic of interpersonal conflict, abusive behavior, the “overstatement of...
We’ve all seen the numbers, the horrendous “favorability” and “likability.” News commentators keep telling us that this year we have the choice between the two most loathed presidential...
The term “biopolitics” was first ushered into wide use in a variety of academic fields of inquiry by French theorist Michel Foucault during his lecture series “Society Must Be Defended,”...
Of all the rampant sexism being flung around during the 2016 Olympics, the most hateful may be what's happening to American gymnast Gabby Douglas, who is suffering a thousand cuts at the hands of...
Happy Monday, gentle readers! It's been quite a weekend of excitement in Rio and beyond, so let's take a look at some of the stories that are getting us excited (or horrified, or fascinated) this...
Another day, another case in which a US judge hands down an extremely lenient sentence to a white, privileged rapist with a 'bright future' ahead of him. Cue fury, with people rising up to demand a...
Last year, the future arrived. At least, the future as predicted by Back to the Future Part II. And for the most part, it was pretty accurate. We now have video messaging, high quality pocket-sized...
Though Susan Sarandon likely has never heard of Angie Rowntree, for fans of female-focused porn she’s a household name. A longtime adult filmmaker (as is her husband Colin), Rowntree is the mind...
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