Category: Commentary
The Remarkable White Maleness of the 2015 Grammys
For as much shit as white men (and whites in general) receive for being overly exposed in the media, it has nonetheless proven to be ineffective [Read More…]
The Strange Evolution of the Super Bowl As A Feminist Enterprise
From a logical and objective standpoint, there is nothing feministic about the Super Bowl. However, in recent years, it seems the NFL has become more [Read More…]
The Death of SkyMall Means the Death of Something Greater
Granted, I’ve never been drunk enough or frivolous enough (though certainly been accused of being a raging materialist) to purchase something from the SkyMall catalogue [Read More…]
On the Weirdness of 2015’s Imminence Mainly Because This Was the “Futuristic” Year in Back to the Future II
While it’s obvious by now that 2015 won’t be offering the hover boards and petite pizzas that instantly turn full-size when you put them in [Read More…]
America: The Only Place Guaranteed the Pursuit of Happiness And Yet Possibly the Most Miserable
It was Anthony Soprano in a therapy session with Dr. Melfi who once pointed out that America is the only place that guarantees the right [Read More…]
Karma Officially Disproved by Florida Sex Offender Winning 3 Million Dollars in Lottery
Although it sounds like a headline from The Onion, a Florida sex offender named Timothy Poole has won three million dollars from a scratch-off game. [Read More…]
Why No One Has Come at Woody Allen When They’ve Come At Every Other (Black) Sexual Abuser
December 1st marked Woody Allen’s seventy-ninth birthday, and with it, the increasing passage of time since Dylan Farrow’s open letter in The New York Times [Read More…]
Ariel Pink: The Men’s Activist White Men Have Been Waiting For
Ariel Pink has been around longer than most L.A. restaurants, and yet, it is only now with the release of his thirteenth–yes thirteenth (fourteen, if [Read More…]
Topless “Activism”
To quote Lily Allen, “I’ll take my clothes off and it will be shameless ’cause everyone knows that’s how you get famous.” Indeed, this still [Read More…]
Dear Black People, Dear White People Is the Cultural Paradigm Shift/Compensation For Madea You’ve Been Waiting For
It would be easy for “white folk” to take Dear White People the wrong way, to interpret it as a sort of propaganda designed to [Read More…]
