By centering victims, telling women’s stories, and acknowledging the everyday specter of violence that women deal with, My Favorite Murder gives me hope for a less horrifying, misogynistic world. Mandee Johnson When faced with a too-charming stranger, an overly inquisitive Lyft driver, or another potential creep, “Fuck politeness!” is my guiding principle, and I have […]
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Posted inVisual Art
Disjecta Has a New Executive Director, the Art Gym’s Blake Shell
Blake Shell Courtesy of Disjecta Take a break from panicking at your Twitter timeline, I’ve got art news: Disjecta has a new executive director, Blake Shell, most recently of Marylhurst University’s wonderful Art Gym, where she curated a number of shows, including this Heidi Schwegler show, which is singed into my brain forever. Salient details […]
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The Last Word Will Make You Miss Carrie Fisher and Nora Ephron More Than Normal
Because It Isn’t Very Good, And They Could Have Saved It
Because it isn’t very good, and they could have saved it.
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Fuck Politeness
My Favorite Murder Reclaims True Crime for Women
My Favorite Murder reclaims true crime for women.
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Can You Guess the Old Curmudgeon’s Dark Secret?
The Sense of an Ending, Ritesh Batra’s adaptation of Julian Barnes’ Man Booker Prize-winning novel, will make you cry if you see it on an airplane. It’s slow and a little boring, but it captures a wonderful balance between polite British domestic drama, Classic Tale of an Old Person Trying Out Being a Good Person […]
Posted inNational Politics
Tomi Lahren is Pro-Choice, And More Republicans Should Be Too
Remember pro-choice Republicans? Or as I call them: Republicans who actually believe in small government. Getty / kbeis The very annoying conservative pundit Tomi Lahren has my admiration today: She’s apparently been suspended from internet cesspool the Blaze for deigning to share that she’s pro-choice. First: IT CAME TRUE! Now, I’m sure plenty of Republican […]
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The Portland Art Museum Responds to Proposed Cuts to National Arts Funding
Donald Trump’s proposed chairman for the National Endowment for the Arts. (Jokes! He just wants to cut the whole thing!) Germanovich / Getty If you care about art, you know that the current president poses a threat to it that goes well beyond his horrendous taste in decor. Donald Trump, who lost the popular vote […]
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According to a Fox News Poll, Only 34 Percent of Voters Support GOP Clusterfuck Health Plan
Look, most of us just want old ladies to be able to go to the doctor. It’s not complicated, GOP. Getty / FatCamera CONSIDER THE SOURCE. Because if a Fox poll is saying this, you know Paul Ryan and his terrible gang of awful old men have quite a row to hoe. Salient points, to […]
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Want to Be Shamed For Supporting Hillary Clinton and Eating Rotisserie Chicken? There’s a Book for That!
Why I Am Not a Feminist: A Feminist Manifesto isn’t particularly feminist, nor is it really much of a manifesto. Melville House “Is this feminist?” is one of the least interesting questions I can think of, so I was ready for former Bookslut editor Jessa Crispin’s new book, Why I Am Not a Feminist: A […]
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At Last, A Feminist Manifesto for Brocialists
Or, I Read Jessa Crispin’s New Book and I Have Regrets
Or, I Read Jessa Crispin’s New Book and I Have Regrets
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The Sense of an Ending Will Make You Cry if You See It on an Airplane
Starring Everyone’s Polite British Grandpa, Jim Broadbent!
Starring everyone’s polite British grandpa, Jim Broadbent!
Posted inComedy
At Last, Some Good News! Your Bridgetown Comedy Festival Lineup is Here
The Bridgetown Comedy Festival 2017 lineup is here and it’s great—as usual, it’s a delightful mix of big-name stand-ups and local performers and I’m so excited about so many of them! I am especially looking forward to Karen Kilgariff, whose pleasantly crackly voice is in my earbuds every week when I listen to My Favorite […]