Gamers and fantasy fans are often maligned as freaks and geeks, but they also foster close-knit communities that support each other and are wary of outsiders. Writer Ethan Gilsdorf left the gaming...
Black femininity falls squarely into three social constructions: jezebel, mammy and sapphire. Each construction is meant to discipline Black women into subservience and marginalization. Socially,...
I am an unabashed sci-fi fan. I love "Star Trek," and even tried to get into "Enterprise." I have watched all six "Star Wars" movies and "Blade Runner" in the theaters during their first weekend of...
The fight over health care reform in the United States has gotten nastier and nastier. Part of what passes for debate has been shrill charges from those opposed to providing health care for the...
Blogs allow those who have traditionally had no voice and very little social power to be heard. In this atmosphere, "mommy blogs" have become big business. Dooce is the most popular personal blog and...
In his new book, The Anti-Globalisation Breakfast Club: Manifesto for a Peaceful Revolution, Laurence Brahm, an ex-lawyer who worked closely with many East Asian governments during their economic...
When I was growing up, the space race between NASA and the Soviet space program was a major topic of conversation. The race to the moon between the United States and Russia was a major avenue of Cold...
This excerpt is published with permission from Roast Books. Selling Light is a seaside tale that explores the relationships forged between a young research student, a grieving widower, a...
I'm not going to make any cute jokes about how “the revolution will be tweeted,” mostly because they have already been made. Also, because the most inspiring thing about the protests in Iran...
Wikipedia could very well be the single greatest repository of knowledge that our species has ever created. It’s incredibly accessible, cross-referenced, fractally complex and fantastic in scope....
