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TV dinner: 5 of our best stories about the intersection between what we eat and what we watch
Ashlie D. Stevens
From interrogating the culinary capacity of the "Star Trek" replicator to the TV genre of celebs who can't cook
“Squid Game”: Why you shouldn’t be too hard on translators
David Orrego-Carmona
The rise in foreign-language entertainment also showcases the complex work of international translators
“Love Life” resets the rom-com by presenting a Black man’s perspective on what it’s like “out there”
Melanie McFarland
Move over, Anna Kendrick! HBO Max's comedy gives "The Good Place" star William Jackson Harper a chance to find love
A new theory puts dark matter on the chopping block, possibly upending our understanding of gravity
Nicole Karlis
Has our understanding of gravity been wrong all along? A group of researchers put forth a compelling theory
Conservatives conjure up a 21st-century Satanic panic. Will it work?
Amanda Marcotte
The Loudoun County case was rape. The anti-trans hysteria unleashed in Virginia, however, is wholly invented
Joe Biden calls out Glenn Youngkin for trying to distance himself from Trump: “Is he embarrassed?”
Igor Derysh
"He won't allow Donald Trump to campaign with him in this state" — but pledges his loyalty in private, Biden says
“Squid Game” costumes are being banned from some schools for “violent message”
Kylie Cheung
Maybe kids just want to wear comfy green tracksuits!
Humans domesticated pigeons, then abandoned them. Is it time for a reappraisal?
Nicole Karlis
Their reputation as disease-ridden is unwarranted — and Rosemary Mosco explains why pigeons deserve our love
The right’s latest anti-trans hysteria just blew up
Amanda Marcotte
Anti-trans hysteria isn't just baseless — it's harmful
Madison Cawthorn wants American women to raise more “monsters.” They already are
Chauncey DeVega
GOP wonder boy tells on himself: Cawthorn calls on (white) women to do their duty by raising little fascists
What “Shang-Chi and the Legend of Ten Rings” gets right about Chinese food
Xinrou Shu
As a Chinese woman living in America, here's why I think the congee in the film was a game-changer
25 famous songs with misunderstood meanings
Erik Van Rheenen, Scott Beggs
These songs possess more ambiguous lyrics that hold unexpected meanings
More “disease” than “Dracula” — how the vampire myth was born
Stanley Stepanic
Modern vampires like Nandor in "What We Do in the Shadows" are dashing, but weren't in original vampire myths
“The brain has a backup system”: Why people missing much of their brain can miraculously recover
Mary Elizabeth Williams
"Embodied Mind" author Thomas Verny on consciousness and the brain's amazing "backup system"
The truth behind my grandma’s (not-so-secret) corn casserole
Kelly Vaughan
And how I found out that everyone eats it, too
“Insecure” to the end: Issa Rae’s groundbreaking comedy sails into its final season
Melanie McFarland
Knowing that one of the realest show on TV is heading into its final season is tough. But it has also come far
How higher education can win the war against neoliberalism and white supremacy
Henry A. Giroux
Universities have been under attack for decades — because fascists know higher education is a weapon for democracy
Joshua Jay explains how magicians think — without ruining the magic
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The author of "How Magicians Think" talks to Salon about misdirection, deception, and why magic matters
Netflix execs and “Squid Game” VIPs are playing from the same out-of-touch handbook
Kylie Cheung, Hanh Nguyen
You can put on a green tracksuit and claim all the sympathy you want, but the actions don't quite match the costume
Razor blades and weed edibles: Behind the enduring Halloween “candy poisoning” urban legends
Ashlie D. Stevens
Societal anxieties and a few real tragedies underlie the annual fears over tainted trick-or-treat candy
Between the measles and COVID, “You” makes a bizarre creative decision that doesn’t make sense
Kaitlin Thomas
As TV series try to figure out whether to address the pandemic or not, Netflix's thriller shows how not to do it
How Netflix affects what we watch and who we are — and it’s not just the algorithm
David Beer
Look at names of your categories. Into action thrillers, comedies or chilling horror? What do they say about you?
From Hasselbeck to McCain, “The View” needs the “right” hook when casting its conservative co-host
Melanie McFarland
Meghan McCain says "The View" needs a "real conservative." But what does that mean in daytime TV terms?
Andrew Yang on America’s “very bizarre direction” — and why the two-party system needs to go
Dean Obeidallah
Onetime 2020 candidate says his new Forward Party aims to overhaul our voting system and discourage extremism
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