Culture
“Therapy Dogs” Offers a Cleverly Stylized Depiction of High School
Therapy Dogs is a creatively stylized take on high school, following two friends in their senior year. Though the film is unlikely to appeal to all viewers, given its deliberately disjointed narrative, it manages to capture something of the nihilism–and violence–of wayward teenagers
Twitter Is a Transnational Company
Musk has tried to ingratiate himself with authoritarians the world over.
Through a Loophole by Brute Force: The Case That Ended Trial By Combat
“Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same with my body.”
“100 Ways to See Transgender” Exhibition Shares a Wide Range of Transgender Experiences
This past weekend, over 200 participants came to see the Taiwan Alliance to Promote Civil Partnership Rights’ (TAPCPR) "看見跨性別藝文展 100 Ways to See Transgender" exhibition at 二空間 SPACE TWO. Since their first Transgender Film Festival in 2020, TAPCPR has made it a tradition to do larger scale public engagement programming around transgender issues every year in the month of November. Last year was the second Transgender Film Festival, and this year is the 100 Ways to See Transgender exhibition
LEARNING TO THROW AXES
Horrified by the overturning of Roe v Wade, a Latina consoles herself with a re-imagining of Medusa and axes.
TENDERNESS
Tenderness teaches us that if we consider softness with enough rigor, if we consider ourselves with enough softness, a wound is a portal, not an end.
THE DOCTOR’S TONGUE
Myriam Gurba maps her sexual miseducation in California schools, homes, and medical offices.
JONATHAN COME LATELY—AN INTRODUCTION
Jonathan Russell Clark debuts a monthly column for Tasteful Rude detailing the choicest selections from his book-obsessed life.
OPACITY
Alejandro Herredia debuts his new Tasteful Rude column with a meditation on the word opacity.
LECTURERS’ STRIKE IN NIGERIA GROUNDS STUDENTS, LECTURERS, AND PARENTS
The university store where Bimpe Alabi sells snacks and drinks at the park is usually crawling with customers. Since University of Ilorin's lecturers have gone on strike, this has changed. Alabi stands outside, inviting passersby. Her profits have shrunk, pushing her family into hardship.