The Week in Greed #12: Who Let the Dog Whistles Out?
The goal isn’t just to rile white voters up, but to make them feel that their own racist impulses are merely reasonable responses to a culture stacked against them.
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The Comedian Mayor: The Rumpus Interview with Jón Gnarr
Iceland's most famous comedian ran for mayor of Reykjavic, and won...
Russian Punk Band Pussy Riot Sentenced to Two Years for ‘Hooliganism’
Today in a Russian court, three members (Nadezhda Tolokonnikova, 22, Maria Alekhina, 24, and Yekaterina Samutsevich, 30) of the all-female Russian punk band Pussy Riot were sentenced to two years in…
THE WEEK IN GREED #11: The Ayn Rand Program
I know I’m supposed to write about Paul Ryan, because he’s the new media brand, but I’m having trouble getting the guys in the Give-A-Shit Department on board.
90 Days, 90 Reasons
With time waning in the electoral race between Obama and Romney, the lack of energy and enthusiasm is striking. Obama’s reelection seems to be met with the proverbial sound of…
Pussy Riot Link Round-Up
Three women of the feminist punk collective Pussy Riot are on trial in Russia for hooliganism, which carries a charge up to seven years in prison, following their arrest in March…
The Rumpus Interview with Karen Prior
A formerly freckle-faced pothead with a penchant for getting arrested, Prior admits she doesn’t hide emotions well and so to some, she can be a handful.
Give Money to the Arts? An Exchange with Queer Artist Tim Jones-Yelvington
The other day I received an email from Tim Jones-Yelvington soliciting funds for an art project. I questioned some of the “perks” for donors, which included an “XXXMas CD,” or…
A Tale of Three Coming Out Stories
We are still in that time in our history where public figures come out of invisible closets largely built by a public insatiable in its desire to know all the intimate details of the private lives of very public people.
A Chik-Fil-A Flap Roundup
Sorry. I couldn’t resist the chance to make a bad joke. I tried to work people having beef with the company into the title but it was too cumbersome. Anyway,…
Will Durst with advice for Mitt Romney
THE BAIN OF HIS ELECTORAL EXISTENCE. You might say it was a turbulent week for Mitt Romney. You could also say a light lemon sugar wash makes for ineffective mosquito…
The Rumpus Interview with Nato Green
"The first assumption people make when they think about comedy and social movements is that our role is to change the minds of people who disagree with us politically, but that’s both incorrect and simplistic."