BoJack is Back, and Better Than Ever
The third season of Netflix’s acclaimed animated series BoJack Horseman was made available for streaming last week. This dark comedy series follows the adventures of a washed-up alcoholic actor...
I’ve only caught one Pokémon, and not just due to server issues
Damnit, I was so excited for Pokémon GO a few months ago. A Pokémon game on cell phones where I could walk around in the real world and catch my very own Pocket Monsters? It felt like the stuff of...
Tim Kaine: The Wonderbread of VP picks
So… Tim Kaine, I guess. Huh. Hillary Clinton’s VP pick, the matter of speculation, excitement and fervid political fan-fiction for months, has turned out to be the mother of all disappointing...
Must reads: Sierra Leone, US politics, honour killings
What a month to be alive. Two US political conventions, new BoJack Horseman, and mayhem in British politics. We sifted through the internet for some of the news that's making us think — now share...
6 ways to stop Trump
Last night, Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump formally accepted his party's nomination in an interminable speech that incorporated fascist demagoguery and outright lies. It far...
Qandeel Baloch died a feminist hero
Qandeel Baloch, Pakistan's contentious social media celebrity, model, and feminist activist, was brutally strangled to death by her brother Waseem Azeem, who confessed that he choked her in...
What Turkey’s attempted coup means for Erdogan
The failure of last Friday's attempted putsch in Turkey, which was foiled within a few hours, and the rapid crackdown on dissenting elements in Turkey's legal and military system, has led to some...
Gamergate’s Ghostbusters box office bust
As reported on breitbart.com, Sony’s Ghostbusters opened this weekend to a slew of empty seats in empty theaters, taking in an impressive $46 million dollars from the men of various...
Must reads: Tiny houses, Turkey, Trump, refugees, debtor’s prisons
This week, the RNC opens in Cleveland, Turkey is in political turmoil, France reels in the aftermath of a terrible terrorist attack, and more police officers were shot and killed in the United...
Can you be an expat in your own country?
My mother never forced me to speak Cantonese. Despite spending the bulk of my childhood in Seattle and then Texas, my mother feared for my English. While she continued to speak to me in Cantonese...