The web’s top three #54
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
The Oscars 2023: where to watch the Best Picture nominees this year
The 95th Academy Awards will be held on March 12 from the Dolby Theatre at Ovation Hollywood. The ceremony will air live on ABC beginning at 8 p.m. (Eastern Standard Time), and will be televised in...
Iran: unions and civil rights groups demand democracy and social justice
Simin Fadaee, University of Manchester Forty-four years after Iranians rose up against their hated monarch in February 1979, a group of 20 organisations engaged in long-term social and economic...
The bot that saved International Women’s Day from pinkwashing
When you're a journalist, days dedicated to causes tend to be spent fending off an influx of irrelevant press releases. So overwhelming is the number that it can actually take the shine off them;...
Why Tennessee’s law limiting drag performances likely violates the First Amendment
Mark Satta, Wayne State University On March 2, 2023, Tennessee became the first state to enact a law restricting drag performances. This law is part of a larger push by Republican lawmakers in...
The web’s top three #53
Every Monday on Global Comment, we share the slow, thoughtful, considerate words that our brains - and souls - need but that it's easy to miss in our busy world. We distil the best of the web and...
“Tense, melancholic and violent fiction”: The Last Of Us
Starring Pedro Pascal and Bella Ramsey, the post-apocalyptic series, The Last of Us has become a commercial and critical phenomenon. The HBO drama brings to life one of the best video game stories of...
“An earthly Götterdämmerung of unparalleled savagery”: Ran
The film director Akira Kurosawa was often called The Emperor. In Ran, we only need to bear witness to the demonic majesty that depicts the slaughter of Lord Hidetora Ichimonji’s retinue on the...
Cosplaying as a cool guy in a post-apocalyptic wasteland
When it comes to the aesthetics of the apocalypse, human beings have always dreamed vividly about the end of the world. I like to think that this is because we are a world unto ourselves. Awareness...
Mocking the police got an Ohio man arrested – and the Supreme Court ignored The Onion’s plea to define the limits of parody
Jane E. Kirtley, University of Minnesota Can Americans be jailed for making fun of the government? Most would respond with a resounding “No, of course not! The First Amendment protects us from...