What about SOPA
If all the talk about SOPA/PIPA hasn’t reached you, then I can only assume you haven’t been sitting in front of your computer for close to 8 hours a day…
Politics
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Flexible Working
A British thinktank, the New Economics Foundation, is advocating for a shorter work week as a cure for Britain’s economic, social, and environmental woes. The economists argue that the solution…
Women-Only Worlds in Science Fiction
At the BBC, writer Sarah Hall explores “the popular motif in science fiction of an all-women society surviving without men.” In the two-part program, Hall talks with authors, professors, and…
THE LONELY VOICE #15: Be Aware of Your Own Ridiculousness, A Small Tribute to Václav Havel
That Václav Havel’s death was overshadowed by Kim Jong Il, that loopy coward, is a joke that might have made Havel, the writer, laugh. Idiot tyranny finally pays him back…
Graphic Renaissance
“If a comic can serve as the mediating mask of tragedy, that might help explain why graphic novels are proving so successful in depicting not only torture and war but…
Baghdad Country Club
The following is an excerpt from “Baghdad Country Club” by Joshuah Bearman. You can find the full story on The Atavist. *** Iraqis have a word, barra, which means “out there,” and…
Ending Violence Against Sex Workers
This past Saturday, December 17th marked the 9th year of the annual International Day to End Violence Against Sex Workers. SF Bay Guardian looks back at the history of the…
“Baghdad Country Club”
Rumpus bud Josh Bearman tells the tale of the Baghdad Country Club. You can preview the story before scooping it up at The Atavist and check out an excerpt here.…
Cinema’s Occupy Zeitgeist
Rumpus columnist Nicholas Rombes explores the “Occupy zeitgeist” in 2011 cinema over at Filmmaker. Rombes reveals how films such as Drive, Meek’s Cutoff, Martha Marcy May Marlene, and Tree of…
Aimee Bender on The Situation in American Writing
Aimee Bender responds to Full Stop’s Situation in American Writing survey. Bender discusses literary criticism’s transition to the Internet, the political tendencies of American writing, and whether she imagines a…