
“The distinction between complex thinking / right-answer thinking increasingly defines the difference between elite educational opportunity and education of the rest.”"If the SAT Were a Key to All Mythology" by Monica Cohen


Flower creation, maggot painting, microbe literature, and bio art.
April 13th, 2013
Kirsten Smith rounds up her favorite Teen Girl Movies
April 12th, 2013
'Twin Peaks,' 'The Killing," lost girls, and the female detective story
April 6th, 2013
On Joss Whedon's 'Much Ado About Nothing' adaptation
April 5th, 2013

On Emma Lazarus's "The New Colossus"
April 2nd, 2013

On the politics of BBC's Doctor Who
March 30th, 2013
Comparing 'Lord of the Rings' to the HBO series
March 30th, 2013

Critics, Firearms, & Trieste Kelly Dunn
March 29th, 2013
'Spring Breakers,' 'Tender is the Night,' & the American promise of spring break
March 25th, 2013
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"Art is making something out of nothing and selling it." — Frank Zappa... More

"Life doesn't imitate art, it imitates bad television." —Woody Allen... More