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Pornification and purity in “Cuties” are two sides of the same patriarchal coin
Bernadette Barton
Conservatives objecting to raunch in "Cuties" conveniently also miss its critique of purity culture
AOC just delivered a live-stream of her playing a video game. Here’s why this is a big deal
Matthew Rozsa
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez may be the only congressperson who streams gameplay. She is unlikely to be the last
In Wayne Wang’s poignant “Coming Home Again,” a son cleaves to his dying mother by cooking galbi
Gary M. Kramer
The acclaimed director of "Joy Luck Club" & "Smoke" spoke to Salon about his new film, career & life's transcience
I can’t believe we have to say this: Pulling a “New Yorker Zoom Incident” at work is a bad thing
Erin Keane
First came the jokes about Jeffrey Toobin's reported "incident." Then came the rush to sympathy
“Change immigration laws”: Linda Ronstadt reflects on her Mexican heritage & music in new film
Gary M. Kramer
The famed singer's new doc "Linda and the Mockingbirds" crosses the border to celebrate Mexican culture
Kamala Harris responds to “incredibly racist” dogwhistle attack from Senate colleague
Jon Queally
GOP Georgia Sen. David Perdue willfully mispronounced Kamala Harris' name at a Trump campaign rally Friday night
Historian Timothy Snyder warns that America is already in its own “slow-motion Reichstag Fire”
Chauncey DeVega
Salon talks to Snyder about how Donald Trump uses pain and suffering as a weapon to remain in power
“Emily in Paris” brings all the ugly American tropes to the dining table
Ashlie D. Stevens
When the show is assessed through the lens of its food, a bitterness towards non-American culture is revealed
Toxic masculinity has become a threat to public health
Nicole Karlis
A bootstraps, hyper-macho mentality is making many Americans eschew masks and push their feelings down deeper
I grew up surrounded by toxic masculinity, but I evolved: We have to give people a chance to grow
D. Watkins
When I hear calls to "divest" personally from straight Black men, I think about the lessons I learned as a boy
California’s karmic debt to the world
Curtis White
The Golden State’s misdeeds, from genocides to resource extraction to car culture, have come back to haunt it
The United States of Paranoia: Was American history a conspiracy?
Steve Fraser
From the Salem Witch hunt to conspirator-in-chief Donald Trump
Inside the fall of the CDC
James Bandler, Patricia Callahan, Sebastian Rotella, Kirsten Berg
How the CDC was brought to its knees by a virus, the president and the capitulation of its own leaders
Can America be saved from Donald Trump’s black hole of lies?
Chauncey DeVega
Media critic Eric Alterman warns that Trump's lies are a black hole which has sucked in the country and news media
From the “Green Book” to Buicks, PBS’ “Driving While Black” examines the history of Black mobility
Priscilla Ward
Historian Gretchen Sorin spoke to Salon about how cars and highways offered freedom but also brought new dangers
Trump advises Brett Kavanaugh to sue his accusers, trigger full public review of evidence
Roger Sollenberger
Hours later, the president expressed his admiration for disgraced Fox News CEO Roger Ailes
Why are Republicans obsessed with Amy Coney Barrett’s kids? To troll feminists
Amanda Marcotte
Anti-choicers argue women don't "need" birth control or abortion — Barrett's brood is meant as an illustration
Cornel West on Trump, the virus and the future: “Imagine a world that is worth fighting for”
Chauncey DeVega
Accountability for Trump and his regime is one thing, says West. But don't succumb to a bitter desire for revenge
In the stunning yet grim “The Last Ice,” melting glaciers and development threaten Inuit way of life
Gary M. Kramer
The Nat Geo Wild film captures how these indigenous people are suffering from cultural and environmental changes
Taking the next knee: Is this athletic revolt for real and is it a danger to Donald Trump?
Robert Lipsyte
A look at the COVID chaos of American sports and the range of protests growing within the "bubble" of those games
Netflix’s “Deaf U” wants viewers to see “there is no one right way to be deaf”
Hanh Nguyen
Salon talks to producer Nyle DiMarco about his new series, deaf gain, and the sign names for Trump and Biden
“Utopia” shows the disheartening problems of pandemic TV
Melanie McFarland
Amazon's thriller evokes our current moment too closely & nowhere nearly as imaginatively as the moment demands
Democratic voters beware: “Vote by mail” in U.S. battleground states is a trap
Steven Hill
Why it makes more sense to promote "early voting" in battleground states rather than vote by mail
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