Culture

“Therapy Dogs” Offers a Cleverly Stylized Depiction of High School

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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

From No Man Is an Island
On November 16, 2022
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Twitter Is a Transnational Company

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Musk has tried to ingratiate himself with authoritarians the world over.

From Popula
On November 10, 2022
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Through a Loophole by Brute Force: The Case That Ended Trial By Combat

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“Not guilty, and I am ready to defend the same with my body.”

From Popula
On November 9, 2022
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“100 Ways to See Transgender” Exhibition Shares a Wide Range of Transgender Experiences

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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

From No Man Is an Island
On November 11, 2022
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LEARNING TO THROW AXES

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Horrified by the overturning of Roe v Wade, a Latina consoles herself with a re-imagining of Medusa and axes.

From Tasteful Rude
On October 8, 2022
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TENDERNESS

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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.

From Tasteful Rude
On October 5, 2022
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The Death of Diana Spencer

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25 years of public mourning

From Popula
On August 31, 2022
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THE DOCTOR’S TONGUE

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Myriam Gurba maps her sexual miseducation in California schools, homes, and medical offices.

From Tasteful Rude
On June 30, 2022
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JONATHAN COME LATELY—AN INTRODUCTION

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Jonathan Russell Clark debuts a monthly column for Tasteful Rude detailing the choicest selections from his book-obsessed life.

From Tasteful Rude
On June 16, 2022
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OPACITY

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Alejandro Herredia debuts his new Tasteful Rude column with a meditation on the word opacity.

From Tasteful Rude
On June 13, 2022
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LECTURERS’ STRIKE IN NIGERIA GROUNDS STUDENTS, LECTURERS, AND PARENTS

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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.

From Tasteful Rude
On May 27, 2022
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PIE PERSON

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I am a pie person descended from a lineage of pie people.

From Tasteful Rude
On May 4, 2022
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The (Apocryphal) Queen of Soul

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she had it in the bag

From Popula
On February 14, 2022
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