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GamerGate rides again: Corporate arrogance just turned SXSW’s “big tent” into a three-ring circus
Arthur Chu
SXSW plans a day-long "summit" on harassment — and invites the ambassadors of online abuse to share the stage
“It’s like being on ecstasy”: The orgasm no one talks about
Carrie Weisman
The cervix rarely comes up in conversations about female orgasm. Here's why it should
Abortion and “Jane the Virgin”: Ultimately, giving birth is the one choice that matters on this show
Nico Lang
Like many shows and films, the telenovela often struggles to walk its pro-choice talk
Blood for oil: U.S. State Dept. calls Bahrain’s tyrannical monarchy a “close, valued partner,” thanks it for oil
Ben Norton
A State Dept. speech in Bahrain exposes the unbelievable depth of hypocrisy of U.S. policy in the Middle East
The Stone Roses reunion freak-out: With 21 years since the band’s “Second Coming,” a new album could be worse than leaving well enough alone
Scott Timberg
There are reasons to be both cautious and ecstatic about their announcement
Amy Schumer’s new agenda: Avoiding “stale” old jokes about race, making people “laugh and feel better” and supporting “badass” Hillary Clinton
Anna Silman
On "The New Yorker Radio Hour," the comic told David Remnick that Clinton was "smart" to avoid talking feminism
“My little war-porn addiction”: David Shields on how the New York Times made the Iraq and Afghanistan wars look “really cool, really glamorous, really bloodless”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to David Shields about the Times' "jingoistic flag waving" in its "war is heck" photography
All hail the Satanic Temple: Up close with the brilliant “Satanists” who drive the faith-deranged nuts
Jeffrey Tayler
Lucien Graves explains the “need for a counterbalance against the dominant religious privilege in America today”
The war on women is not a war at all: It’s a one-sided assault by sad, insecure little men
Valerie Tarico
Conservatives don't give a damn about the direction of the culture. They just want to control women's bodies
This is why Jonathan Franzen infuriates: Breaking down the suspicious intellectual loner, the mainstream writer, the despised cultural magnet
Philip Weinstein
Franzen's work involves both rage-driven highbrow critique and love-energized mainstream appeal. It's a high wire
We’re destroying our kids — for nothing: Too much homework, too many tests, too much needless pressure
Vicki Abeles
We have our kids in an achievement race -- it's bad for their health, and not the way they learn
Wall Street is just this dumb: “There are traders who are smart, though not many”
John Kay
We've got really good at creating financial products that merely move wealth around. This is capitalism gone amok
I wanted to go as Daenerys Targaryen or The Bride — but, apparently, badass costumes are not for fat girls.
Laura Bogart
For years, the shapeless undead would be my go-to Halloween look. I wanted this Halloween to be different.
“Simply appalling”: Bill Simmons slams ESPN for “callously” shuttering Grantland as fans mourn
Erin Keane
ESPN announced today that they were pulling the plug on the features and pop culture spin-off site Simmons founded
Paging “Dr. Ken”: A TV show that should be one small step forward for Asian-Americans feels like two giant steps back
Christine Jun
I resent the show's whitewashed portrayal of Asian-Americans, but I'm also starved for more Asian characters on TV
The medical miracles of Mike Huckabee: Inside the absurd, dangerous & contradictory health care plans of the GOP candidates
Heather Digby Parton
Step 1) Ban life-saving research. Step 2) In spite of that, find cures for all of the diseases. Should be simple!
Let’s call them conservatives in name only: Here’s how we expose the Ted Cruz/Donald Trump fraud
Mary Barker
These hucksters aren't extreme conservatives. They're extremely anti-conservative -- and it's time we fought back
Victory for the douchebags: Not taking sides is the easiest way to help the worst guys win
Arthur Chu
When SXSW refused to take a stand on GamerGate, one was taken for them—by the most odious players
Beyond a three-way in 3-D: The awkward delights of “Love,” Gaspar Noé’s gorgeous real-sex movie
Andrew O'Hehir
A French bad-boy filmmaker grabs headlines with real sex and a male orgasm comin' atcha. But there's more to "Love"
Jeb Bush’s stunning, televised implosion: How the former GOP frontrunner became a sad, pathetic joke
Heather Digby Parton
In last night's GOP debate, Bush sealed his fate. He'll never be president. No way, no how.
These Republicans are petulant children: What’s really behind their whining about the big, bad media
Jesse Berney
Republicans put the media refs on notice: Ask us tough questions, and you'll pay
The “liberal media” lie: “The Washington press corps is much closer to Wall Street than it is to Main Street”
Scott Timberg
Salon talks to media scholar Mark Crispin Miller about the "lunacy" of last night's GOP debate
Jeb’s Asian American “canary” votes might not fly: What the GOP gets wrong about this potentially powerful voting bloc
Paula Young Lee
Bush has said Asian American GOP votes will signal rising minority support, but it could all backfire spectacularly
A 5-year-old “chooses heaven” over the hospital: Backlash is the last thing parents helping a dying child refuse treatment need
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The treatments for Julianna Snow's incurable disease are "a slow motion horror story." Julianna is ready to stop
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