A New Shirt to Not Wear
This one’s been getting the social media special today, but is always worthy of a re-mentioning. The latest in sartorial controversy is one very offensive JCPenney shirt that actually delivered…
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Sam Riley
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Sam Riley is an adult who works at McSweeney's.
A Didion Present For You
Today the internet’s got some literary gold to offer you! Joan Didion’s essay, “Some Dreamers of the Golden Dream,” one of the essays from Slouching Towards Bethlehem, is online! (via…
“O Cinema Falado”
Brazilian songwriter/musician Caetano Veloso had a quick foray into the world of filmmaking from which O Cinema Falado (or in English, “Talking Cinema”) was born. UbuWeb’s got the experimental film…
Kashmir Festival Over Before it Starts
Kashmir was supposed to hold its very first literary festival at the end of September, but preempting violence from organizers and growing fears have unfortunately postponed the event. Salman Rushdie…
Tonight in Brooklyn!
Whatcha doin tonight, Brooklyn? There’s no better way to celebrate the end of the storm than going to this Believer Magazine event at Public Assembly. It’s a celebration of the…
Drug Violence and the Lacking American Media Response
The recent massacre at a casino in Monterrey, Mexico marks the pinnacle of drug war-related violence. The response to this tragic episode by the American media reveal the frailties of…
Run Yvonne, Run
Yvonne is the craftiest farm animal to evade slaughter since Wilbur. After this six-year old German cow ran away en route to the slaughterhouse back in May, she’s been on…
Happy Words Win
Headed by the University of Vermont’s Isabel Klouman, a team of researchers did a massive language study that revealed an optimistic tendency of the English language—there are more positive words…
Last Call! A Sweet Proposal For Sugar Followers
So some of you have been sending in awesome visual representations of your Dear Sugar loyalty. For those of you who haven’t heard yet, we were inspired by the loyal…
The Cartoon Grind
New Yorker cartoon space is highly coveted. Those illustrated laughs that punctuate essays are the ones that made it through the slough of rejection. It’s tough times for the gag…
Economics for Kids
Children’s books are teaching all kinds of lessons and not just the morals-heavy, value-driven ones that are meant to stave off latent delinquency. Read between the lines of children’s lit…
Jobs and Education
Technology and higher education have been enjoying a symbiotic relationship in recent years. Apple’s creative visions have been coming to life and flourishing on academic platforms, but now that Steve…