Cultural Criticism and Analysis

Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?

Where Is the New Cyberfeminism? Where Is the New Cyberfeminism?

Virtual reality remains stuck in age-old ideas about women and their bodies.

Jul 28, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Cecilia D’Anastasio

The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us

The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us The Depressing Truth About How Sexism Changes Us

In Sex Object, Jessica Valenti asks “Who would I be if I didn’t live in a world that hated women?”

Jun 24, 2016 / Lauren Duca

LeBron James

LeBron James Wins His Own Rumble in the Jungle LeBron James Wins His Own Rumble in the Jungle

Muhammad Ali staked his claim to the title of the Greatest when he beat George Foreman at the Rumble in the Jungle. LeBron James just gave us the sequel.

Jun 20, 2016 / Dave Zirin

USPS Snowstorm

USPS vs. Congress USPS vs. Congress

If ever there was a time to make a case for the Postal Service’s necessity in American civic, political, and cultural life, it may have already passed.

Jun 20, 2016 / Nathan Smith

Muhammad Ali service

Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Was His Last Act of Resistance Muhammad Ali’s Funeral Was His Last Act of Resistance

The powerful gather in Louisville to pay their respects to someone they tried to destroy, but couldn’t.

Jun 10, 2016 / Dave Zirin

Everybody Wants Some!!

Chuffah Degree Zero Chuffah Degree Zero

Why has trivial conversation become essential in contemporary cinema?

Jun 7, 2016 / Joshua Clover

What Was She Wearing?

What Was She Wearing? What Was She Wearing?

Katherine Cambareri’s photographs remind us: When its survivors are condemned, rape is condoned.

May 19, 2016 / Natalie Pattillo

The Annie Dillard Show

The Annie Dillard Show The Annie Dillard Show

In felicitous language, she enables us to see the world afresh. But there is always a distance, a sense of performance.

May 18, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Rebecca Tuhus-Dubrow

A Blues for Albert Murray

A Blues for Albert Murray A Blues for Albert Murray

His name was never household familiar. Yet his complex, mind-opening analysis of art and life remains as timely as ever—probably more so.

May 16, 2016 / Books & the Arts / Thomas Chatterton Williams

“Hunger March,” n.d., by William Gropper

Let’s Not Forget Socialism in the Resurrection of Socialist Art Let’s Not Forget Socialism in the Resurrection of Socialist Art

William Gropper’s art offers a lasting lesson in how useful pencils and paintbrushes can be in the fight against the exploitation of the many for the profit of the few.

May 12, 2016 / Richard Kreitner

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