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PS Picks: ‘(Not) Getting Paid to Do What You Love,’ a New Book That Depicts Vlogging as Aspirational Labor

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

PS Picks: ‘Star Trek: Discovery’ and a More Optimistic Vision of the Future

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

William Oldroyd receives the award for international movie for his movie Lady Macbeth on stage during the Award Night Ceremony during the 12th Zurich Film Festival.

PS Picks: The Buried Aggression in Lady Macbeth

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

A screenshot from 'The Prison in Seven Landscapes.'

PS Picks: Exploring Mass Incarceration as a Societal Problem in ‘The Prison in Twelve Landscape’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

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PS Picks: Zeynep Tufekci’s ‘Twitter and Tear Gas’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

PS Picks: Netflix’s ‘Bill Nye Saves the World’

PS Picks is a selection of the best things that the magazine's staff and contributors are reading, watching, or otherwise paying attention to in the worlds of art, politics, and culture.

Kristina Kutateli

PS Picks: Our Recommendations for What to Watch, Read, and Listen to Right Now

This month: The Mapping Journey Project at the Museum of Modern Art; Mark Lilla's attempt to understand political reactionaries; Nate Parker's gritty new film, The Birth of a Nation; and the documentary Command and Control.

Pacific Standard Staff