The Feminist Taylor Swift account may be a joke, but country music's long history of strong women isn't
Deena Shanker Wednesday, Jun 19, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Entertainment Taylor Swift, Country Music
The humorous feed injects quotes from the singer with feminist ideals
Prachi Gupta Saturday, Jun 15, 2013 4:44 PM UTC
Entertainment Kanye West, Taylor Swift
Oswalt opens up about the attitudes that hurt comedy -- including those that helped a minister plagiarize jokes
Daniel D'Addario Friday, Jun 14, 2013 8:47 PM UTC
Entertainment Patton Oswalt, prodigalsam
The not-quite-enlightened country star gets a makeover as an equal-rights crusader in "Feminist Taylor Swift"
Daniel D'Addario Friday, Jun 14, 2013 6:33 PM UTC
Entertainment Taylor Swift, Twitter, Feminism
Government has too many of us convinced that the whistle-blower is somehow worse than the crimes he reports
David Sirota Friday, Jun 14, 2013 12:00 AM UTC
Politics Edward Snowden, Twitter, Reuters
The social network hopes to help users better identify popular topics of discussion
Barbara Ortutay, Associated Press Wednesday, Jun 12, 2013 9:56 PM UTC
Technology Associated Press, Facebook
Twitter's a nice start. But if she wants to get serious about 2016, she needs to get involved in the 2014 midterms
Joan Walsh Tuesday, Jun 11, 2013 2:39 PM UTC
Elections Hillary Clinton, Barack Obama
Get ready for #tweetsfromhillary
Mary Elizabeth Williams Monday, Jun 10, 2013 6:08 PM UTC
Life Hillary Clinton, Twitter
Users are saying that the NSA whistleblower really blows their whistle
Katie Mcdonough Monday, Jun 10, 2013 3:47 PM UTC
Life Edward Snowden, NSA, Surveillance
The popular science fiction author died Sunday of cancer. A look back at what made his Culture series so memorable
Andrew Leonard Monday, Jun 10, 2013 12:20 PM UTC
All Salon Iain M. Banks, science-fiction
Google and YouTube may be under NSA surveillance, but you can still surf the web without Big Brother watching
Kris Holt, The Daily Dot Sunday, Jun 9, 2013 12:00 PM UTC
Technology the daily dot, Internet, FBI, NSA
Sammy Rhodes is stepping away from "Twitter for a season, for the sake of my family, ministry, & own soul…"
Prachi Gupta Saturday, Jun 8, 2013 9:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Comedy, Twitter, prodigalsam
The fourth season of the beloved series isn't nearly as cringeworthy as bloggers and critics have made it out to be
Dustin Rowles, Pajiba Saturday, Jun 8, 2013 4:00 PM UTC
Entertainment Pajiba, TV, Netflix
"Apparently the only word NSA technology can't pick up is 'Tsarnaev'"
Prachi Gupta Friday, Jun 7, 2013 4:50 PM UTC
Media NSA, Prism, Twitter, Comedy
Sammy Rhodes tells Salon that some of his material might resemble other jokes, but he's "riffing," not ripping off
Daniel D'Addario Friday, Jun 7, 2013 11:44 AM UTC
Entertainment sammy rhodes, Twitter, Comedy
Writers and journalists respond to the question posed by the PEN/Hemingway Award-winning writer
Prachi Gupta Thursday, Jun 6, 2013 8:22 PM UTC
Entertainment Books, literature, teju cole
A South Carolina minister stole jokes from Twitter's most popular comics -- and got Internet-famous as a result
Daniel D'Addario Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 5:33 PM UTC
Entertainment sammy rhodes, Patton Oswalt
As protests rage in Turkey, it's time we re-examine one of the world's most popular anti-riot measures VIDEO
Anna Feigenbaum, Waging Nonviolence Wednesday, Jun 5, 2013 4:02 PM UTC
Politics Video, Waging Nonviolence, Turkey
The cracker company makes a bid for the misogynist market. What was it thinking?
Andrew Leonard Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013 7:14 PM UTC
Technology Wheat Thins, Twitter, Sexism
Feminists and others mock the misogynist tag with jokes about parking restrictions and Spiderman
Prachi Gupta Tuesday, Jun 4, 2013 5:00 PM UTC
Entertainment humor, Twitter, Comedy