In many ways, the documentary film She’s Beautiful When She’s Angry reaffirms the old proverb: “the more things change, the more they stay the same.” This documentary about the triumphs and pitfalls of the second-wave... Read More

Yesterday morning, following the previous night’s Academy Awards extravaganza, the folks at Fox News started to crow. They were outraged that the film American Sniper didn’t win more awards (it was nominated for six Oscars,... Read More

Traditionally, thick magazines filled with beautiful ads for dresses, venues, and honeymoon destinations were the go-to advice manuals for the “perfect wedding.” These days, individuals are increasingly turning to online resources for event planning, especially... Read More

New comics by Jesus and Mo, Ape Not Monkey, and The Bad Chemicals!              

Richard Dawkins, Sam Harris, Michael Shermer, and others take note: Baba Brinkman sells atheism with a smile and elicits more than a few belly laughs in his brilliant new one-man show, The Rap Guide to... Read More

Last week Jon Stewart startled audiences by announcing that when his contract runs out in September, his sixteen-year run on Comedy Central’s pivotal satire The Daily Show would end. Stewart’s farewell has prompted entertainment writers... Read More

It was the twentieth-century Italian social theorist Antonio Gramsci who gave us the concept of a hegemonic ideology—an ideology that has so successfully beaten out its competitors that it no longer appears to be an... Read More