Issue #56: May/June 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Scenes The Culture Pages A Look Inside the Refugees’ Theatre As the population of displaced Syrians swells in Germany, one storytelling series aims to expedite integration through first-person narrative. Morgan Meaker
News in Brief The MPAA Has Finally Granted Elle Fanning’s Transgender Teenage Drama a PG-13 Rating On Thursday, independent film distributor The Weinstein Company announced that it had settled with the Motion Picture Association… Katie Kilkenny
Social Justice Why Is This Transgender Teen Drama Reportedly Rated R? The MPAA has a long history of penalizing films for sexual references, language, and drug use — while being lax with those containing explicit violence. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief Steven Mnuchin Apologizes for ‘Lego Batman Movie’ Plug Though the comment was made in jest, watchdogs likened it to Kellyanne Conway’s plug for Ivanka Trump’s fashion line. Katie Kilkenny
Issue #55: March/April 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Scenes The Culture Pages Dating the Petroglyphs of the Mongolian Altai The history of man and climate, written into the bedrock of Mongolia. Kevin Stark
Issue #55: March/April 2017 Magazine Previous Issues Scenes The Culture Pages India’s First Transgender Band Is Fighting Prejudice One Song at a Time And Bollywood may just be the perfect platform. Prathap Nair
News in Brief Manchester by the Sea Director Defends Casey Affleck The director of Manchester by the Sea called a piece written by a college junior “a tangle of illogic, misinformation and flat-out slander.” Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief Disney Announces Its First-Ever ‘Gay Moment’ in a Movie But some warn not to get too excited, as the scene involves the comic-relief character, LeFou. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief For Now, Californian Actors Will Have to Continue Disclosing Their Ages on IMDb A California judge has put a stay on enforcing a law requiring entertainment databases to remove age information at subscribers’ requests. Katie Kilkenny
News in Brief The Myth of Trump Forget 1984. To better understand Trump, read Mythologies. By James McWilliams (Photo: Martin Menu/Flickr) As Americans turn to… Pacific Standard Staff