War on (A Creepy But Also Somehow Boring Version of) Christmas
Lynn Beisner, like many of us, has been accused of waging a “war on Christmas.” In an essay at Role/Reboot, she explains why she’s tempted to do just that. If…
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Qatari Poet Sentenced for Life
This past Thursday, after a five-minute hearing, Qatari poet Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was sentenced to life in prison for his poem “Tunisian Jasmine,” in which he expressed support for…
Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee
Chillin’ out on the magnetic highway. Today in vintage illustration porn: WPA literacy posters and old kid’s stamps. Old timey explorer disputes are the best disputes. Curiosity is getting a…
The History of Black Lesbian Cinema
It’s about a year old now, but whatever: this primer on black lesbian cinema is too good not to read. Salamishah Tillet walks us through twenty years of movies by…
The Stick-Figure Antics of Hemingway’s Wartime Pals
What comes to mind when you think of Ernest Hemingway? Simple declarative sentences, the banal horror of war, endless rounds of booze, and…whimsical schoolboy-style doodles? Hemingway’s fellow ambulance drivers drew…
McSweeney’s Holiday Party!
Come out this Thursday night to The Makeout Room from 7-10 for McSweeney’s annual Holiday Party! Tickets can be purchased here and guests receive a free copy of the Believer or Lucky…
Tiny Beautiful Things Makes Every List
Brain Pickings has come up with a list of The 10 Best Psychology and Philosophy Books of 2012, and #2 is our own Sugar/Cheryl Strayed’s Tiny Beautiful Things. Don’t forget you…
The Essay That Should End the Irony Wars
Irony can acknowledge our natural, justifiable feelings of insignificance, or show that we understand our subjectivity. With some humor, if we can manage it! Irony demonstrates that we know we…
Sleep Song, The Poetic Epilogue to War, Cancelled
Sleep Song, the third installment of Vijay Iyer and Mike Ladd’s poetic performances that showcase stories about soldiers of color in wars, had its Harlem Stage show cancelled because its…
FUNNY WOMEN #92: How to Almost Probably Not Die of Rabies
Probably you will not get rabies if your dog licks your face, and you remember afterwards that the previous morning he may or may not have bitten a shrew.
A Year in Reading
Instead of trying to wrestle a year’s worth of literature into one tidy little list, The Millions has asked various writers to simply discuss anything good they read this year,…
Reminder of the Importance of NASA
Glasses, extra light wheelchairs, satellite technology, and even moon boot technology in KangaROOs. But even more impressive is NASA’s ability to get Gloria Steinem and Charlton Heston in the same…