According to Bureau of Justice statistics, an average of three women a day are murdered by a man who 'loves them'. It doesn't feel like a stretch, if one is venturing to make a suggestion on...
Before we delve into the posts we’re reading and loving elsewhere on the internet, read Tala Woods' moving piece on being an Englishwoman with a Syrian background. And subscribe to the Global...
Good morning! This week we're delving into longreads on the present and future of women, the groundwork for Trump, and...cloning? Follow us down the rabbit hole, please drop your favourite reads of...
Discussions of violent versus nonviolent resistance usually revolve around morality. This framing leads to further demonization of marginalized people while remaining generally unhelpful. Violence is...
AMC's Preacher wouldn't have been possible without Hannibal and True Blood before it — it's an orgiastic, perplexing, sometimes confusing celebration of violence and mayhem. Trying to sum up...
Game of Thrones aired another predictably bloody and explosive season finale on Sunday, sending the internet into a tizzy and leading readers of the books to note that finally everyone is in...
California’s Bay Area enjoys a reputation as one of the most liberal regions in the country, a locale infamous for ‘San Francisco values,’ the alleged libertine attitudes of the Castro, the...
The developments of this week were truly remarkable: Alleged protests outside the US embassies in Benghazi* and Cairo that culminated in the killings of four US diplomats – and all of it allegedly...
A worrying rise of the far right is occurring across Europe, and not for the many reasons people want to claim it is; while some argue it’s the result of economic disparity and financial distress,...
Trayvon Martin's death is on tape. Anyone with a decent internet connection and a strong stomach can listen to his final moments. They're heartbreaking. It would be nice to think that this was an...