When American Radicals Take Over the Berlin Bienniale
At this year’s Berlin Bienniale, the organizers address war, terror, and migration via virtual reality and drones—while elevating…
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Lost in Space: Re-Claiming Awe in the Age of Social Media
At a time when we desperately need to care about Earth and the efforts to adjust our relationship…
Of Mice and Minions: Why Are All the Cartoon Animals Male?
I went to see The Secret Life of Pets to support the basset hound. I came away mad…
Why Is Everyone Going Crazy Over ‘Pokémon Go’?
We should have guessed this would happen, considering the research literature. By Francie Diep Deputy Editor Ryan Jacobs…
The Radical Politics of Keeping Your Head in the Clouds
How Gavin Pretor-Pinney’s Cloud Appreciation Society furthers a proud political tradition of doing nothing. By Colette Shade Stare…
The Only Good Tarzan Is a Bad Tarzan
Nobody wants The Legend of Tarzan—perhaps because Americans aren’t ready for a Tarzan with woke politics. By Aaron…
Don’t Look to the Movies to Learn About Disability
The next time you meet a disabled person, throw the films you’ve watched about them out the window…
Why Has It Taken the Menstrual Cup So Long to Go Mainstream?
Its long, sputtering history tells us that we change what we use only after we change how we think.
Elie Wiesel and the Unbearable Heaviness of History
How the Holocaust survivor and beloved author of Night challenged the way students think about history.