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“Trainwreck”: Amy Schumer’s a comic genius, but this lumpy Judd Apatow rom-com doesn’t do her justice
Andrew O'Hehir
Comedy's feminist czarina tries to subvert the rom-com -- and gets upstaged by Tilda Swinton and LeBron James
“Clueless” and the end of Gen X: How Cher Horowitz taught us to stop worrying and embrace millennial optimism, post-racial fantasy and the 1 percent
Amanda Ann Klein
20 years ago, Amy Heckerling's updated "Emma" flipped the page from Gen X angst to millennial optimism
Lies I learned as a Southerner: Racism, the Confederate flag and why so many white Southerners revere a symbol of hatred
Charles McCain
Myths about the "Lost Cause," never mentioning race, came from our schools, from everywhere. Time to smash them
Satanists are masters at trolling conservatives — just ask Megyn Kelly
Amanda Marcotte
If conservatives were smart, they'd ignore Satanists, but they just can't seem to help themselves from engaging
Scott Walker’s “clarification” of his anti-gay Boy Scout remarks is mind-numblingly stupid
Sophia Tesfaye
This is supposed to make things better?
The right’s despicable new obsession: Fox News, Matt Drudge and Donald Trump’s fear-mongering is doomed to backfire
Heather Digby Parton
The Donald, along with much of the right-wing media, have seized on a tragic murder to fan xenophobic flames
Andy Cohen steps in it: Amandla Stenberg, Kylie Jenner and the trivialization of an important racial discussion
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Stenberg asked legitimate questions about cultural appropriation. Cohen turned it into a silly food fight
Fox News wore Jon Stewart down: How 16 years of debunking right-wing lies exhausted the last honest man
Sophia A. McClennen
Stewart is stepping aside because he's exhausted by our petty, dangerous politics. Now we're really screwed
Scott Walker’s vile gay bashing: This is what an Iowa-centric campaign looks like
Jim Newell
The Iowa front-runner reassures evangelicals that he won't be going soft on Big Gay any time soon
Mindfulness is a capitalist grift: How faux enlightenment maintains our status quo
Kali Holloway
The meditative practice favored by America's titans of industry bears no relation to its anti-materialist origins
The untold story of the Greece coup: Another democratically elected leader tossed overboard for not submitting to economic orthodoxy
Patrick L. Smith
The Greek people said no to austerity, knowing the path would be hard. They learned bittersweet, painful lessons
Capitalizing on marijuana: Here’s who’s behind all that weed
Janet Burns
As the cannabis industry takes off, everyone from Big Pharma to growers to specialty lawyers is looking to cash in
Fox News’ summer of discontent: Donald Trump, the Confederate flag and the GOP’s brewing electoral nightmare
Eric Boehlert
The right's ugliest elements are stepping out of the shadows, and conservatives have only themselves to blame
“Every Single Word Spoken by a Person of Color” has gone viral: Will anything in Hollywood change?
Paula Young Lee
Actor Dylan Marron edits big films down to only lines spoken by actors of color—many come in at 40 seconds or less
The Economist: Ta-Nehisi Coates’ “Between the World and Me” is “just good enough to get away with” justifying its existence
Scott Eric Kaufman
"He writes with the torrential outrage of a campaigning Victorian," the brave anonymous reviewer argues
Body-shaming, dangerous diet routines and “Honey Boo Boo’s” Mama June Shannon: What the tabloids leave out
Rachel Kramer Bussel
When celeb magazines show photos of dramatic weight loss out of context, they only reinforce unhealthy practices
Santorum can’t stop being Santorum: Why he won’t shed his obsession with the culture wars
Jim Newell
This go-around, he was supposed to be focusing on economics -- not railing against the gays. That didn't last long
The new sex therapy: Kink — even infidelity — can rekindle a marriage
Kali Holloway
The reality is that people cheat -- some therapists are helping couples rewrite the rules around sex and infidelity
“Bloom County” returns, thanks to … Donald Trump?
Mary Elizabeth Williams
Ack! After a more than 25-year hiatus, Berkeley Breathed's beloved comic comes back
Rick Santorum proposes a constitutional amendment banning same-sex marriage
Scott Eric Kaufman
It would be a "mistake" to allow states to choose -- some might select marriage equality over the 19th Century
Bill Cosby’s art collection to remain on view at Smithsonian — thanks to his undisclosed $716,000 gift
Jenny Kutner
Museum officials failed to publicize a massive donation the Cosby family made amid rape allegations last year
The “other woman” doesn’t deserve death threats: Kourtney Kardashian and Scott Disick devolve into celebrity breakup bloodsport
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Disick's possible girlfriend gets social media hatred -- let's remember, the guy's the one who actually cheated
Former Runaways member Cherie Currie responds to Jackie Fuchs’ rape allegations
Jenny Kutner
"If [we] saw an unconscious girl being brutally raped in front of us, we would have hit him over the head"
Romantic kissing is not a universal thing, apparently
Jenny Kutner
Smooching babies and children might be human nature, but making out is reserved for "complex" societies
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