Sponsored by Reaktion Books Lauren Michelle Jackson Humorless Barbie Greta Gerwig’s Barbie finds its comedy in the inflexibility of plastic and modern womanhood. Jill Lepore The Everyman Library When my father died I inherited his library: tiny books, held in one hand, all bound in cloth, and smelling of Briggs tobacco. […]
Oliver Anthony responds after politicians discuss his No 1 hit on stage: ‘I wrote that song about those people’ Martin Pengelly in Washington @MartinPengelly Fri 25 Aug 2023 15.19 EDT Last modified on Fri 25 Aug 2023 16.01 EDT Oliver Anthony, the writer and singer of the mega-hit […]
Hip-hop turned 50 this month and while much of the surrounding conversation has focused on celebrating rap’s past (how a Bronx “back-to-school jam” exploded into a cultural juggernaut) and its future (it is indeed very much female), writer and culture critic Shamira Ibrahim is spending the present excavating […]
Sponsored by Classical Pursuits Sinead O’Connor, who passed away on July 26, was only twenty-three when she released her second, seminal album, I Do Not Want What I Haven’t Got, but she “had by then lived a lifetime and would go on to live several more,” writes the philosopher […]
Today’s best articles Justin Klawans How the collapse of the ruble could impact the war in Ukraine Rafi Schwartz Is Biden’s silence on Trump’s indictments a missed opportunity? Devika Rao How ‘personhood’ works as a legal defense of nature Advertisement from Wisebread Earn $200 After Spending $500 Brendan […]
Sponsored by Harvard University Press Fifty-four years ago today Richie Havens, substituting for the band Sweetwater, who were stuck in traffic, opened the Woodstock Music and Art Fair. While The New York Review of Books did not send a correspondent to the muddy dairy farm in Bethel, New […]
When Riverdale premiered in 2017, everyone who watched the show focused on the sex — not only between Archie Comics’ canonical teen characters, but also between Archie and now-hot Miss Grundy. A teacher-student romance? Angsty Jughead? Closeted Moose? Riverdale sounded like it would be just a dark reimagining […]
World Premiere at SXSW 2023. Satan Wants You tells the untold story of how the Satanic Panic of the 1980s was ignited by “Michelle Remembers”, a lurid memoir by psychiatrist Larry Pazder and his patient Michelle Smith. Supported by the Catholic Church, the bestselling book relied on recovered-memory […]
Sponsored by Reaktion Books FT Incomparable In recent years Sinéad O’Connor wrested her story back from a sneering media. But “if anyone truly wants to know me,” she wrote, “the best way is through my songs.” Joanna Biggs Acts of Accompaniment In Liliana’s Invincible Summer, Cristina Rivera Garza collects everything […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Marvin sat at a dimly lit bar near the Galeao airport in Rio de Janeiro, engaged in conversation with a potential client. He leaned in, his crouchy posture giving an air of confidentiality to their discussion. With every word, he weaved his signature […]
What are you streaming right now? Odds are pretty high the answer is Suits, an old USA Network cable series with over 100 episodes that are newly available on Netflix — in other words, the opposite of the prestige-y short-season shows that streaming services make these days. As […]
Keri Smith Aug 3, 2023 One of the biggest blessings of my past year has been getting to work with my friend Mystery Chris on my Deprogrammed Podcast on Wednesday nights. Chris is one of the smartest and funniest people I know, and it’s a gift to get […]
The Truth About Oppenheimer with Patrick MacFarlane The Corbett Report Aug 2, 2023 SHOW NOTES AND MP3: https://www.corbettreport.com/macfarlane-oppenheimer/ Oppenheimer is part of the cultural zeitgeist at the moment and is receiving a lot of attention from the establishment media hype machine. But what is being left out of […]
Prince Harry and Meghan Falling Out with Hollywood Elite Beckhams reportedly cut ties with Harry and Meghan, as their Hollywood fallout continues. Read More… Mom Dies on Treadmill in LA Fitness Gym A 36-year-old mother of four lost her life after falling on a treadmill during her routine workout at […]
On November 12, 2021, Britney Spears was released from a 13-year conservatorship, and most of the Free Britney fandom — who had been sounding the alarm bells on the pop star’s situation for years — moved on with their lives. But for a certain subset, her freedom was […]
1 Kelly Ripa tries to calm herself with meditation and fails hilariously We’re all very, very aware that meditation is good for us. We know it’s proven to reduce anxiety, improve focus, help us reclaim a sense of gratitude, purpose, clarity, well-being, yadda yadda yadda… But, just like eating vegetables or working out or creating […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Max Weber’s concept of the Protestant Ethic has had a significant impact on how American cities are planned and developed. This idea promotes the belief that hard work, wealth, and worldly success are signs of God’s favor and salvation. As a result, American […]
Jose Nino’s Digest Here are my most recent articles for you Jason Aldean’s “Try That in a Small Town”: A Tribute to Traditional American Values under Siege Share When did celebrating the ethos of small-town America become a controversy? When did it become acceptable to castigate those who […]
J. Hoberman A scene from Unrest. (Courtesy of KimStim) This article appears in the June 26/July 3, 2023 issue. Cyril Schäublin’s Unrest may be the most orderly movie about anarchists ever made. That is part of the point. Uncannily serene as well as romantic, absurdist, and politically astute, […]
MONDAY, JULY 31, 2023 The line between investigating and persecuting is a very fine one, and the junior senator from Wisconsin has stepped over it repeatedly…. We must not confuse dissent with disloyalty. We must remember always that accusation is not proof and that conviction depends upon evidence […]
Jose Alberto Nino Jul 31, 2023 Share When did celebrating the ethos of small-town America become a controversy? When did it become acceptable to castigate those who honor the hard-working, law-abiding citizens of this great nation’s heartland? Jason Aldean, a beloved country singer, released his song, “Try That […]
I love the Barbie movie memes of people going to the theater expecting a fluffy good time and finding themselves inexplicably crying. It’s a deeper, more thoughtful, more feelings-y movie than any toy-based entertainment really needs to be. And yet, it was not totally clear what all those […]
An actress who used PTO from her tech job to shoot a Netflix series. A streaming star who paid $6,000 a month for her own publicist. A writer who’s thankful he got in a car accident because the payout is keeping him afloat right now. The current Hollywood […]
1 Margot Robbie meets a deaf fan and is so excited to speak with him in sign language It would be hard to choose anyone to be the “person of the moment” right now other than actress Margot Robbie. Her new film, “Barbie,” which she also produced, is currently at […]
Rising Tide Foundation Jul 20, 2023 By Raj Vedam Ramayana is well-known all over India, and its impact is seen in ancient and popular culture spread across south-east Asia, including Japan, China and Mongolia. I often state the incongruity of Indian culture spreading only to its east, but […]
Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds. Adam K. Johnston Jul 20, 2023 “Now I am become Death, the destroyer of worlds.” After witnessing the first nuclear weapon detonation in 1945, this excerpt from Hindu scripture consumed Robert Oppenheimer’s mind. Oppenheimer played a crucial role in […]
written by Charles Haywood The Glass Bees, a novel by the crucial Ernst Jünger, is not directly a political work. The focus here is the relation of man to technology, especially the resulting alienation of man, not from the fruits of his labor, but from his grounding in […]
Martin Filler Oppie’s Problem Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer captures the drama of the physicist’s life to thrilling effect but glosses over an essential part of his conundrum. Willa Glickman ‘People Are Not a Crisis’ Eric Adams has insisted that his administration is doing its best to house New York’s […]
July 22, 2023 Hey there, Insiders! It’s finally Saturday. If you’ve ever considered living in a van, beware of downsides like the hidden costs that people don’t talk about. Before you pack up for van life, we have a “Barbenheimer” edition ahead: Why major companies are transforming […]
Briahna Joy Gray and Robby Soave react to Country Music Television’s decision to pull Jason Aldean’s music video “Try That In A Small Town” after critics took issue with what they perceived as being supportive of gun violence and lynching. #jasonaldean #cmt
Lisa Marie Presley’s Cause of Death Revealed The Los Angeles County Medical Examiner has revealed the cause of death for Lisa Marie Presley. Read More… 19-Year-Old Woman Killed in Shootout After Abduction A 19-year-old woman lost her life following an alleged abduction by her ex-boyfriend at a Wingstop restaurant in Fayette County, […]
Duncan Hosie How DeSantis Packed the Florida Supreme Court In pushing the state court to the right, the governor of Florida has been carrying out a mission of the Federalist Society and removing barriers to his political agenda. Julian Bell Opulence and Humility An exhibition devoted to Saint […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Andy Warhol famously predicted that in the future, everyone would be famous for 15 minutes, but I think that Rupert Pupkin actually captured this prophecy much more accurately in The King of Comedy when he mused that it’s “better to be king […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit The prevailing narrative about heroin is that it is a substance defined exclusively by tragedy. This narrative has come to taint the legacy of everyone who has ever had anything to do with it and in few cases has that narrative distorted […]
By Nicky Reid aka Comrade Hermit Once upon a time there was this crazy fucking thing called gangsta rap. It was far from perfect, but it was generally a pretty accurate account of life outside the law on America’s inner-city streets. White people fucking hated it, but their […]
By Aleksey Bashtavenko Academic Composition Herman’s life took another profound turn when he delved into the writings of Leslie Feinberg, guided by his transgender English professor. Immersed in Feinberg’s words, he gained a deep understanding of the struggles faced by gender-fluid individuals, and this knowledge opened his eyes […]
July 10, 2023 Welcome back! Pals, a word of advice: It’s never a good idea to fake-propose. But a better idea as far as partnerships go may be the one being forged between Hollywood studios and the influencers helping them market their films. Influencers are helping studios […]
In Kerri Arsenault’s review of Morgan Talty’s short story collection Night of the Living Rez, which appeared in the Review’s June 20 issue, she asks, “What does it mean to live in a nation that’s in pieces and parts, or under another government’s control—where the boundaries are as murky and hazardous as […]
Story by Erick Massoto Whether you like The Purge film series or not, you can’t deny that the franchise makes a powerful social commentary about violence, legislation, and the lengths that modern society is willing to go to address its problems without actually fixing them. This is the […]
A few issues ago, New York exhaustively explored the behind-the-scenes ways in which the TV industry hit new chaotic peaks over the past year. The people who make TV are invaluable (pay writers fairly!), but the chronically online who have made it their literal job to make versions […]
Anahid Nersessian The Republic of Translation Two new translations of poetry travel from ancient Sardinia to modern Paris. Jeffrey Toobin Keeping Speech Robust and Free The case of New York Times v. Sullivan set a vital standard in libel law. Could the clash between Fox News and Dominion […]
“One of the most intimate and quiet of painters, and one who often chose to work on an unusually small scale, Vermeer has become, paradoxically, a crowd-pleaser.” So writes Ruth Bernard Yeazell in the July 20 issue of the magazine, on the occasion of a recent show of […]
It’s here!!!! The whole album will be premiered and I’ll be hanging out in the live chat with you all 🙂 Prepare for a spiritual musical portal under the full moon! Now available on all streaming platforms (see below) Credits: Lyrics and Music by Regan Keely Bauman Mixed […]
Singer: Pete Seeger Lyrics: The Workers on the S. P. line to strike sent out a call; But Casey Jones, the engineer, he wouldn’t strike at all; His boiler it was leaking, and its drivers on the bum, And his engine and its bearings, they were all out […]
Singer:Unknown(sorry) Lyrics: There are women of many descriptions In this queer world, as everyone knows, Some are living in beautiful mansions, And are wearing the finest of clothes. There are blue blooded queens and princesses, Who have charms made of diamonds and pearl; But the only and thoroughbred […]
Singer: Utah Phillips Lyrics: Are you poor, forlorn and hungry? Are there lots of things you lack? Is your life made up of misery? Then dump the bosses off your back. Are your clothes all patched and tattered? Are you living in a shack? Would you have your […]
Claire Goforth Tech Posted on Jun 29, 2023 Updated on Jun 29, 2023, 8:59 am CDT “We aggregate the culture war so you can avoid it.” This is the promise made by a crowdsourced review site that allows users to filter movies by various metrics that indicate “wokeness”—which […]
Madonna Found Unresponsive in NYC Famous singer/actress, Madonna, 64, was admitted to a New York City hospital after being found unresponsive. Read More… Billionaire Dies in Race Car Crash A Chicago-based billionaire and respected philanthropist, tragically lost his life in a car crash at the Aspen Motorsports Park in […]
Caitlin Johnstone Jul 2, 2023 Well the online fundraising auction of my painting “Assange’s Dad” was a success. After closing at $5,200 USD a late bidder came in with an offer of $10,000, which the initial auction winner graciously allowed to take his place. All the proceeds will […]
“The beauty of Bookworm,” observes Kevin Lozano for the NYR Online, “is that it elevates conversation—the dance between two minds—into an intellectual pursuit.” He is referring to the Los Angeles public radio show hosted by Michael Silverblatt and dedicated primarily to wide-ranging interviews with writers. Since its first broadcast in 1989, Lozano […]
Nemesis: The Last Days of the American Republic by Chalmers Johnson
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