The sounds of what I am told is a gun rally pound against the windows of my hotel room in Madison, Wisconsin, as I write. A man’s angry voice, distorted by amplification, and the sounds of a...
Classically-trained pop pianist Tori Amos released her 14th studio album last week; while its title (Unrepentant Geraldines) is a bit of a head-scratcher, many critics and fans have praised the album...
In the United States, if you’re a critically ill sex worker, society will leave you to die, as adult performer Eden Alexander has learned over the last few days. After starting a fundraiser to help...
The Eurovision Song Contest, that glorious, glittery spectacle that isn’t just out of left field, but comprises the field, had quite the 2014 edition. A televised competition featuring entrants...
Three weeks ago, over 200 Nigerian schoolgirls were abducted from their secondary school in Borno state by the Islamist group, Boko Haram. The girls were taken at gunpoint and forced into the dark...
As a veteran protestor in the US and abroad who started out as a pacifist and later marched with the Black Blok and other groups that argue violence is sometimes necessary in defense of our freedoms,...
Allegations of sexual impropriety, abuse and violence have been an increasingly regular part of Australian football culture over the past 10 years. By pointing this out, I don’t suggest that the...
Can anyone contend with the Coen brothers? Fargo on FX is trying to do just that, with a series based on the 1996 film of the same name. Set in the icy reaches of the Midwest, where everyone behaves...
Chronic illnesses and their symptoms may be very different from one another, but if there's one thing that people who have chronic illness, pain, and/or fatigue can agree on, it's that being sick all...
In (coastal) America the line between performance art and pornography has long been walked by a plethora of female provocateurs, from Annie Sprinkle right up to Sasha Grey. So in this sense Femen –...
