Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis Reading Judith Butler’s “Gender Trouble” in the Age of Ron DeSantis
More than 30 years after it was published, the seminal queer theory text still has some things to say.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Naomi Gordon-Loebl
House Music is Still the Sound of the Future House Music is Still the Sound of the Future
As raves took over the world, American electronic music kept growing in the places it began.
Dec 14, 2022 / Feature / Hubert Adjei-Kontoh
Winners Winners
Among the people Trump will not denounce, Who’s leading now for statements that appall us? The race remains quite close, but in the lead It’s Ye and his pal Fuentes über alles.
Dec 13, 2022 / Column / Calvin Trillin
The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish The Birth of a New Brand of Exercise Fetish
From Bikram yoga to Tae Bo, the 1990s exploded with exoticized consumer fitness products.
Dec 13, 2022 / Feature / Natalia Mehlman Petrzela
How the Third Way Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable How the Third Way Made Neoliberal Politics Seem Inevitable
An overhyped new paradigm proved to be a slogan without a movement.
Dec 13, 2022 / Feature / Lily Geismer
Nell Zink’s California Nell Zink’s California
There is Hollywood, there are lights, but only the rich are allowed to enjoy them.
Dec 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alana Pockros
How Sister Souljah Went From Radical Activist to Scapegoat to Blockbuster Novelist How Sister Souljah Went From Radical Activist to Scapegoat to Blockbuster Novelist
After Bill Clinton used her to catapult himself to the presidency, the activist Souljah was sidelined. But the novelist Souljah continued to produce work that spoke to millions.
Dec 13, 2022 / Feature / Dani McClain
Were We All Wrong About “Tár”? Were We All Wrong About “Tár”?
What made the movie both striking and dubious was somewhat overlooked in the initial critical fervor.
Dec 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Phoebe Chen
Congo: Curriculum Vitae (excerpt) Congo: Curriculum Vitae (excerpt)
[When one of us goes] When one of us goes to the other world, we gather and weep so that the ocean of our tears may take the deceased to their final resting place. [The path of lif…
Dec 13, 2022 / Books & the Arts / Alain Mabanckou
AI Comes for the Writers AI Comes for the Writers
It's long been assumed that truck drivers' jobs would be first on the chopping block. Not anymore.
Dec 12, 2022 / McCaffrey Blauner