Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Don’t trust the credits. Just as producer credits are sometimes handed out like bonuses, screenwriter credits often fail to reflect work that directors do on scripts they shoot. But one of…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The first zine that I ever read was called Snotrag, and its author was a straight-edge hardcore fan, bike enthusiast, and occasional raver who lived in Vermont. I was none of…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When Layla and Tarek meet up on a street corner one night in Brooklyn, they greet each other with the jerky unease of people who don’t know whether or not to…
It doesn’t take a conspiracy theorist to notice recurring cliques of prominent media personalities. Credit: Melissa Bender One night in 2019, around the time she wrote an article in New York Magazine accusing President Donald Trump of rape, the writer…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story The word “content” is a workhorse of the digital era, referring to any form of culture or media pumped through the distribution tubes of the Internet, regardless of its medium. “Intellectual…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story When Jon Stewart announced that he would return to “The Daily Show” as a part-time host, the reaction among fans was split. The nostalgists were vindicated on Monday night: there was…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Did you really think that the Kansas City Chiefs were not going to win the Super Bowl? It’s true that they struggled offensively this season, and entered the playoffs as a…
Things may be bleak, but sometimes you just have to laugh. Credit: Getty Images/Mario Tama Did you know there was a whole genre out there of Joe Biden parody tunes? Most are quite professional, and riff off popular songs to…
Save this storySave this storySave this storySave this story Paul Valéry wrote that taste is made of a thousand distastes. Generally, it feels better to share the former than the latter, and toward the end of each year, when distributors…
Will the influx of blue state refugees into the heartland ruin the country or save it? American Refugees: The Untold Story of the Mass Exodus from Blue States to Red States, Roger L. Simon, Encounter Books, 232 pages America is…