Culture

Sheeran, Malone, Mars

Songs of Aggression Songs of Aggression

A review of popular music reveals striking and distressing similarities in the way men talk about and deal with women in today’s society.

Dec 8, 2017 / David Hajdu

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time Susan Meiselas’s Redemptive Time

In her new photo-memoir, the photographer returns to the origin of her career to reflect on all she’s remembered, and why it’s worth remembering.

Dec 5, 2017 / Ratik Asokan

Tom Tomorrow Cartoon

Life in Stupidverse Life in Stupidverse

It’s stupid! 

Dec 5, 2017 / Tom Tomorrow

Gitmo

What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo What We Can Learn From Art Painted Inside Guantánamo

A New York exhibition gives a rare glimpse into America’s most controversial prison.

Dec 4, 2017 / Erin L. Thompson

Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire

Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire Sally Hawkins’s Voiceless Desire

Of all the big year-end films, Guillermo del Toro’s The Shape of Water is the most deeply moving.

Dec 1, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Stuart Klawans

What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?

What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS? What Does It Mean to Remember AIDS?

We’ve seen a flood of retrospective projects about AIDS—from books to dance to architecture and art. But who is being remembered? And why?

Nov 30, 2017 / Alisa Solomon

Puzzle No. 3450

Puzzle No. 3450 Puzzle No. 3450

Click HERE to download a printable PDF of this puzzle. For over a decade, Oxford University Press has asked its staff and online community to help it choose a Place of the Year. Pa…

Nov 30, 2017 / Joshua Kosman and Henri Picciotto

What Revolution?

What Revolution? What Revolution?

Enzo Traverso’s new book offers us a guide to the left that the 20th century left behind.

Nov 30, 2017 / Books & the Arts / J. Hoberman

The Peregrinations of Raja Shehadeh

The Peregrinations of Raja Shehadeh The Peregrinations of Raja Shehadeh

After the loss of his father and the failure of Oslo, the Palestinian activist turned to writing in order to continue crossing into those territories that became increasingly off l...

Nov 29, 2017 / Books & the Arts / Ursula Lindsey

Freedom of Thought

Freedom of Thought Freedom of Thought

Individual freedom may well be a particularly American illusion, but can it be used to support progressive politics?

Nov 28, 2017 / Brad Baranowski

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