Did the New OneRepublic Song Rip Off Florence + the Machine?
by: Nico Lang America, the dog days aren’t over after all. If you’re a big fan of the Florence + the Machine song on which this pun is based, you […]
Category Archives: Art/Culture
The Ashes of Memory: A Review of “How to Survive a Plague”
by Ryan McDermott Reflecting on his own experiences living with HIV, author, editor, and political commentator Andrew Sullivan describes journalist and filmmaker David France’s latest documentary, How to Survive a […]
What “Hair” Can Teach Us About Current Social Justice Struggles
by: Agnieszka Karoluk We starve, look at one another, short of breath Walking proudly in our winter coats Wearing smells from laboratories Facing a dying nation of moving paper fantasy […]
Sleeping While Trans
by: Jen Richards Note: This piece was originally posted on We Happy Trans and was republished with permission. You can find the original here. I paused at the door and […]
Reclaimed Space: Current Queer Art at Chicago’s Sullivan Galleries
by: Kevin Sparrow The evolving definition of queer and an accompanying comprehensive theory are gaining momentum in the academic world and through social portals such as blogs, Tumblr, and television. […]
Reel Solidarity: Black Queer Reflections on Palestine and BDS
by: Jason Tompkins Yes, I did know it was the money I earned as a poet that paid for the bombs and the planes and the tanks that they used […]
The Innocence of Muslims: A Disgusted Film Commentary
by: Lindsey Gavel The acting is pretty terrible. The green-screen work? Kinda looks like a child did it. The audio quality makes everyone sound like they’re speaking from the inside […]
Reaching People: A Parable with Bookstores, Libraries, Museums and the Internet
by: Clarisse Thorn Regular readers won’t be surprised to learn that I’ve worked in more than one bookstore. I read obsessively when I was growing up; I wrote constantly, and […]
Whitewashing: On the Racist Reactions to Hunger Games Casting
by: Dominick Mayer (Spoilers ahead, relative to the fact that I’ve been remiss in my duties as a pop culture scholar and haven’t finished the Hunger Games trilogy yet. Also, […]
A Tale of Two Cities: A Love Letter to Carl Sandburg
by: Agnieszka Karoluk I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell me what is happiness And I went to famous executives who boss the work of […]
