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A Pear, a Bear, and Some Hair: Caricature and Freedom of the Press
Victoria Dailey considers the art of caricature and freedom of the press under Louis Philippe and Donald Trump.
Victoria DaileyAug 21, 2017
Game of Thrones: Season 7, “Beyond the Wall”
JON SNOW: I would like to be excluded from this narrative.

GAME OF THRONES: NOPE.
Aaron Bady, Sarah MesleAug 21, 2017
- Dear Television
How to Remember My Mother
Colin DayanAug 21, 2017
- Nonfiction
Return to Rapture: Celebrating the Legacy of BioShock on its 10-year Anniversary
Rennie McDougall reviews the video game BioShock on its 10-year anniversary.
Rennie McDougallAug 21, 2017
The Return of Fun: BOOM! Box Comics Make Progressive Politics Entertaining
Aaron Kashtan looks at the many innovative and noteworthy comics coming out of BOOM! Box imprint.
Aaron KashtanAug 20, 2017
McGregor Versus Mayweather and the Puncher’s Chance
Does MMA champion Conor McGregor have a puncher’s chance against Floyd Mayweather? No. And yes.
William D’UrsoAug 20, 2017
- Television
Soviet Pseudoscience: The History of Mind Control
The long, strange history of Soviet mind control experiments.
Giovanni VimercatiAug 20, 2017
- History
- Science & Technology
The Korean Health Club: A Cultural Trial by Fire, Ice, and Nakedness
Stefano Young visits a Korean Health Club with his girlfriend's father.
Stefano YoungAug 20, 2017
The Bodies We Won’t See: Gary Simmons and “Face to Face” at the California African American Museum
Evan Kleekamp on several exhibits currently at the California African American Museum.
Evan KleekampAug 19, 2017
- Art & Architecture
- History
Fabulous, Tragic Kurt Tucholsky
One of the best-paid German journalists in the 1920s, Kurt Tucholsky was the canary in the coal mine of the Weimar Republic.
Franz BaumannAug 19, 2017
- Around the World
- Politics
From Pariahs to the Privileged: On Keri Leigh Merritt’s “Masterless Men”
"As poor whites began to enjoy more of the privileges of whiteness, symbols of the slaveholders’ crusade came to represent general whiteness."
Steven WhiteAug 19, 2017
- History
- Politics
The American Flag in and as Contemporary Art
Farrah Karapetian discusses the use of the American Flag as a motif in contemporary art.
Farrah KarapetianAug 19, 2017
Gazing at Wholeness: Jacqueline Woodson’s “Another Brooklyn”
Jon Lewis-Katz reviews Jacqueline Woodson's "Another Brooklyn."
Jon Lewis-KatzAug 18, 2017
- Fiction
The Last Bastion of Free America?: Meagan Day’s “Maximum Sunlight”
Olivia Durif reviews Meaghan Day’s book about Tonopah, Nevada.
Olivia DurifAug 18, 2017
- Cultural Studies
- Memoir & Essay
Christopher Nolan in Command: The Dunkirk Spirit Fleshed
How does Christopher Nolan's "Dunkirk" differ from earlier on-screen iterations of the evacuation?
Jerome ChristensenAug 18, 2017
- Film
Red Ink of Revisionist History
Kavita Das discusses James Baldwin’s “Talk for Teachers” and the red ink of revisionist history.
Kavita DasAug 18, 2017