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Getting Private Chelsea Manning’s Gender Right 27 Aug 2013 | 06:25 am
Whenever a prominent transgender person hits the news, the US media seem to stumble. Not just on the respectful and humane treatment of the transgender community, as ample lascivious, gross, and explo...
Is Devious Maids harming the Latina community? 22 Aug 2013 | 12:51 pm
Lifetime’s incredibly soapy and evidently immensely popular drama Devious Maids has just been picked up for a second season, which is either enough to destroy your faith in Hollywood or further eviden...
Review: AlunaGeorge Body Music 20 Aug 2013 | 08:23 am
AlunaGeorge are a UK based duo who’ve created a lot of buzz the past two years with their mining of the sweet spot between r&b and bass genres like UK garage. After such an extended build-up, finally ...
Union Bashing in San Francisco: The BART Strike 17 Aug 2013 | 01:45 pm
California’s Bay Area, home to San Francisco, Berkeley, Oakland, Marin, and points surrounding, is widely considered to be one of the most liberal areas of the United States—so much so that conservati...
Six Myths About New York TV Taught Me 15 Aug 2013 | 06:40 am
Prior to this week, I hadn’t been in New York City in a very long time. I don’t want to say that an ice age had passed, but let’s just say that the last time I passed by Calvary Cemetery in the rain o...
An Open Letter to Big Feminist Media Regarding Hugo Schwyzer* 12 Aug 2013 | 02:52 pm
[TW: Discussion of the abusive behavior of an attempted murderer and sexual predator.] Dear Big White Upper-Middle Class Cis Heterosexual Media: Let’s get this out of the way straight out of the gat...
A Tale of Three Hunger Strikes 10 Aug 2013 | 10:16 am
This week, the hunger strike at Guantànamo Bay Prison reached the six-month mark. Six months ago, during a routine prison inspection, a prison guard kicked and ruthlessly mishandled a Muslim inmate’s...
Review: Only God Forgives 8 Aug 2013 | 02:48 pm
Nicolas Winding Refn’s follow up to “Drive,” “Only God Forgives” is a grotty, nasty, stylish revenge flick set in Bangkok, Thailand. Refn once again reunites with “Drive’s” leading man, Ryan Gosling w...
Surprise, it’s an old white guy! The new Doctor Who 5 Aug 2013 | 01:44 pm
The world tuned in with bated breath this Sunday to find out who would be the next Doctor, after weeks of speculation and the bandying of names from Helen Mirren to Chiwetel Ejiofor. With Steven Moffa...
Review: Orange is the New Black 2 Aug 2013 | 11:40 am
I want to love Orange is the New Black. I really, really do. Based on the memoir of the same name by Piper Kerman, the Netflix original series exploded onto computers across the US this July and quick...
