Clik here to view.
The Almost-Villains of the Marvel Universe
In many, many ways, Avengers: Age of Ultron is a Marvel movie. There are the Avengers themselves, of course, the top tier of Marvel’s superhero menagerie, played by actors deemed worthy of screen time...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 6: What Is This Show Doing?
Scaachi: Can’t Sansa have anything?Haley: No. Her storyline is a long, horrible lesson in not having high expectations. (Or, I guess, the cruel irony of being happy to do exactly what you were “born...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A Hero's Just A Sandwich
We all spend at least a few thoughts on our place in the world. We worry whether we are being perceived as we intend by our friends, co-workers, maybe even our families. Are we how we present...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
Punk-Rock Comedy in a Late-Night Suit
I got into David Letterman young—like, way younger than one should get into a guy whose show didn’t go on until past midnight. But I’ve always been a bad sleeper, so as a little kid, after a few hours...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'Our Brownness Does Not Belong Here'
A few weeks ago, I ran into an old high school friend in Toronto’s PATH, a winding underground community of interconnected shopping malls, food courts and subway platforms. The PATH’s lighting is all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'If You Stop and Look, You Will Literally Die': An Interview with Merritt Kopas
Horse Master begins like any other horse mastery simulator. “You have trained your whole life for this moment,” Tom McHenry’s game says, adding that you are “sturdy, calloused, wind-blown.” You even...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 7: This 'Strong Woman' Mould Is Crafted By...
Scaachi: The undercurrent of sexual violence against women in this show is so hard to watch sometimes, I don’t know how so many people have done it for so long.Also good afternoon, Haley, how are...
View ArticleClik here to view.
'He's Not Really Here'
“…they can be rescued from the dunes by memory, receding, and tucked up in their waking beds again, still tenants of the room.”—Being Dead, Jim CraceI’m sitting across from my grandfather, holding his...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Clik here to view.
How to Fix a Soccer Game
Kenan Erol was a man with a plan. On April 6, 2005, he walked up to Sefer Hakan Olgun and tried to bribe him. Erol brought a bag stuffed with 500 euros to his meeting with Olgun, the goalkeeper for the...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Female Gaze of Sally Mann and Kim Kardashian West
My father was a photographer, which meant the house I grew up in contained more pictures than words. Before I could read, I built careful forts using the high-gloss monographs of Yousuf Karsh and...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Should People Move?
Jordan Ginsberg: Greetings, friends! We are talking to each other, on our computers, at a bar, like prisoners very quietly passing each other wry yet urgent notes, due to our office being closed ahead...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Game of Thrones, Season 5, Episode 8: World's Creepiest Sleepaway Camp
Scaachi: Finally, a Jon Snow plotline I can really care about.Haley: You only care because his imminent death looms ever nearer.Scaachi: Explain this Zombie King to me, because it might be the most...
View ArticleClik here to view.
A User's Guide to Judy Blume
Dear Raisin,I don’t have much advice for you. I likely never will. When you get older, you’ll know better than to ask me: Your mom is smarter, kinder, and taller than I am. In most cases, she’ll know...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Page Two: The Red Notebook
I had to start a new notebook this month. It’s a small red thing, leather, with a heart pressed into the cover. I hate the heart. I think it makes the whole endeavor of keeping the notebook look...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Beloved Country
Life-giver. Her body is always our first home.Women are the beloved country. They are the land. The most effective way to destroy a culture is to murder the women. Canada is not alone in this....
View ArticleClik here to view.
What Do Muslim Women Need?
Until fairly recently, I didn’t self-identify as a feminist. I don’t mean I rejected feminism in the way we see young and privileged actresses scoff at the term because they “love men” or we’re “all...
View ArticleClik here to view.
Glamorously Housebound: An Interview with Simon Hanselmann
The premise of Simon Hanselmann’s Megg & Mogg is mostly contained in its title. Megg is a young witch, with green skin and a pointy hat, whose depression manifests as thick black slime; her feline...
View ArticleClik here to view.
The Same War
Life-giver. Her body is always our first home.Women are the beloved country. They are the land. The most effective way to destroy a culture is to murder the women. Canada is not alone in this....
View Article