Fascist Celebrity Rehab Fascist Celebrity Rehab
What are collaborators to do when their career is on the line? They get by with a little help from their friends.
Sep 25, 2019 / Tom Tomorrow
A Queer Underground Novel Finally Gets Its Due A Queer Underground Novel Finally Gets Its Due
A new edition of Larry Mitchell and Ned Asta’s 1977 book The Faggots & Their Friends offers both queer consolation and fuel for fighting.
Sep 25, 2019 / Sam Huber
New Air Force Anthem New Air Force Anthem
“Air Force says it sent crews to Trump’s Scottish resort up to 40 times.” —Politico Off we go into the wild blue yonder, Foreign threats ready to quell. As we fly, we begin to pon…
Sep 24, 2019 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America The Vexed Meaning of Equality in Gilded Age America
The agrarian, feminist, and labor movements of the 19th century elevated equality to a cardinal principle, but all three fell short when it came to transcending the divide of...
Sep 24, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Eric Foner
What Misogyny Does What Misogyny Does
In her new book, philosopher Kate Manne insists that what’s important is not what men intended but how women experience misogyny.
Sep 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Clio Chang
Tegan and Sara’s Memoir Captures the Wonders and Terrors of Growing Up Tegan and Sara’s Memoir Captures the Wonders and Terrors of Growing Up
We talked to Tegan Quin about adolescent artistry, how writing High School changed their music, and taking young women seriously.
Sep 23, 2019 / Samantha Schuyler
Martin Hägglund’s Case for Socialism Martin Hägglund’s Case for Socialism
If we knew there were no afterlife, would we make this life better?
Sep 23, 2019 / Books & the Arts / Peter E. Gordon
Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia Margaret Atwood Shouldn’t Exonerate Aunt Lydia
The Testaments, Atwood’s sequel to Handmaid’s Tale, gives undue credit to Gilead’s misogynistic female enabler.
Sep 19, 2019 / Column / Katha Pollitt
How Should We Remember the Art of Emil Nolde? How Should We Remember the Art of Emil Nolde?
A recent show in Berlin grapples with the legacy of a prominent German modernist who was a supporter of Nazism but whose art was derided by Nazis.
Sep 19, 2019 / Barry Schwabsky