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HBO’s “Watchmen” trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet
“Know whence you came. If you know whence you came, there is really no limit to where you can go.” – James Baldwin “I would also remark that save for a smattering of non-white characters (and non-white creators) these books…
“Travelin’ Thru” is the Dolly Parton song that can’t be forgotten
When Dolly Parton spoke, one could tell she always had her tongue planted firmly in her cheek — and I’m not just talking about the way she’d deliver her “S” sounds with a slight whistle, courtesy of her distinctly lovable…
Will Hurricane Dolly hit Mar-a-Lago?
We’re already well into the 2026 Atlantic hurricane season, and storm trackers are closely watching what forms near Cape Verde, off the west coast of Africa, that may become the next big storm. So far, America has been hit by…
The high cost of MAGA manhood
If there’s one thing MAGA males believe deep in their bones, it’s that “real” men eat a lot of beef. Multiple members of Donald Trump’s Cabinet, including Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth and Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy…
Why the right is so afraid of the Girl Scouts
The American culture war has always had a bit of a sweet tooth. There were the Oreos that became boycott fodder after the brand released an ad centered on a young man coming out to his family. There were the…
HBO Max is sacrificing its credibility to vertical video
Historians like to claim that the pre-millennium monoculture is dead. Really, it’s just blurred. Smartphones have fooled us into thinking that we curate what our screens show us. But when so much of the media we consume is presented the…
“Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” made me want to date again
There are two scenes in Jane Schoenbrun‘s “Teenage Sex and Death at Camp Miasma” that I hope will be among the first things to flash through my mind at the hour of my death, somewhere right after “oh sh*t,” and…
Dolly Parton blazed a path that modern country stars can’t follow
Dolly Parton made a lot of things across her 60-plus-year career: massive hit songs, a theme park, a children’s literacy initiative that gave away over 300 million books, movies of both the smash-hit and cult classic variety. But she shied…
Trump’s mystery meat problem – Salon.com
One of the things I have always loved about “Bob’s Burgers” is the bittersweet certainty that the Belchers may get ahead, but never by very much. Sixteen seasons have been built, in part, around the small economies of restaurant life:…
Marco Rubio won’t give up his Pop-Tarts for MAHA
Secretary of State Marco Rubio has enough on his plate managing American foreign policy. Apparently, Robert F. Kennedy Jr.‘s sauerkraut won’t be joining it. Rubio and his wife, Jeanette, offered a surprisingly candid glimpse into life inside the Trump administration…