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The Guts and the Gory

The Quentin Tarantino paradox.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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In Defense of Sports

Why let capitalists have all the fun?

Bhaskar Sunkara

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Scroungers and Strivers

We are encouraged to sneer at poverty and hardship.

Jane Miller

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Twilight of the Twi-Hards

The triumph of Team Katniss.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Catastrophiliacs

For some, the end of the world can't come too soon.

Sasha Lilley

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Blinded by Thrift Store Irony

It makes very little sense to characterize irony, strictly speaking, as a matter of self-presentation.

Chris Lehmann

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Fall of the Monarchs

Can we save North America’s most beloved butterfly?

Molly M. Ginty

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Swiftian Logic

The narcissistic non-feminism of pop 'princess' Taylor Swift.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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Lincoln: Better Off Undead

Spielberg's new Lincoln doesn't hold a candle to Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter.

Louis Nayman

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The Ice Man, Radioactive

Harold Simmons: the GOP’s $50 million man.

Greg Palast

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Mothering Hypes

Jessica Valenti's new book debunks myths maternal.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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A Heathcliff We Haven’t Seen Before

Crafty casting turns Wuthering Heights into a love story haunted by the guilt and ghosts of slavery.

Michael Atkinson

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After the Gold Rush

An artist turns a vacant house into a confrontational sculptural object.

Danielle McCullough

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America’s Most Famous Living Poet

Poet and author Lawrence Ferlinghetti is as well-known for his activity off the page.

Peter C. Baker

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The Battle for Black Studies

The forgotten African-American education-reform movement of the '60s and '70s.

Julianne Malveaux

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Tears of Gaza

A new documentary explores the Gaza War from the point of view of children.

Michael Atkinson

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Honey, We Shrunk the Parks

Reclaiming public space, inch by inch

Isaac Dalke

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Occupy Gotham City

What the Dark Night Rises says about violence, morality and people's power

Slavoj Žižek

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Father Roy Bourgeois’ Journey

How the founder of School of the Americas Watch became an activist

George Fish

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Vulnerability: The New Girl Power

It’s tempting to view the female confessional as apolitical. In fact, it's a new form of feminism.

Jude Ellison Sady Doyle

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There Will Be Blood ... and Movies

The evolution of our interaction with film

Michael Atkinson

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The Scourge of Meritocracy

An elite based on merit could be more impenetrable than one based on nepotism.

Jane Miller

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Oprah-iate of the People

On finding a new (and unexpected) appreciation for Oprah.

Bhaskar Sunkara

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The Bradbury Chronicles

Decades after their publication, Ray Bradbury's stories mirror our present realities.

Ron Dorfman