Don’t Discount People’s Opinions Because They’re Celebrities
During the lead-up to last year’s presidential election, both candidates recruited celebrities and other well-known public figures in order to ...
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Expectant Mothers Face the Unexpected
“You can eat whatever you want when you’re pregnant. It’s great!” “Labor is magical.” “It’s the miracle of life.” “I ...
Milo Yiannopoulos is Finished. Milo Yiannoupoulos is Boring.
Milo Yiannopoulos is boring. He’s hateful and racist. He’s a white supremacist and a xenophobe. He’s homophobic, transphobic, misogynistic, and ...
Let the Computer be Your Ruler
Humans as a species have proven that they cannot properly govern themselves or the Earth. The United States is rife ...
Tom Brady and the Immorality of Apoliticism
Tom Brady is not a gladiator. He undeniably shares many of their defining traits; Brady is a fierce competitor, a ...
Trump and the Need to Follow Norms
Not long after his electoral victory, then President-elect Trump made the crucial mistake of accepting a phone call from the ...
Why the Continued Debate on Obamacare Could Come Back to Hurt Republicans
Since Barack Obama signed his signature legislation, the Affordable Care Act (ACA), into law on March 23, 2010, Republicans have ...
SNL’s War on Trump Raises Interesting Questions About Activism in Comedy
Donald Trump is our nation’s first president to be featured in a Comedy Central Roast. In 2011, six whole years ...
I Don’t Care That You Don’t Care About Beyoncé
Trigger Warning for Extended Discussion of Racism and Sexual Violence There is a particularly ugly trend—a culturally delusional, woefully self-involved ...
ABBA and the Importance of Self-Care in a World Gone Crazy
I’ve written a lot of pieces as editor of this section about fears and trauma in this new political climate. ...