Wild Wild East
America has never stopped repeating stories about cowboys and Indians, even when the frontier is somewhere else
Craven Family Values
Wes Craven gentrified the exploitation genre, but by the end of his career he was priced out himself
Security Theater
What crisis actor conspiracy theorists believe to be fake implies a much more generous view of the real
Hall of Mirrors
A self is not true or false when it is illegible, uncontained
Fossil Fools
The fossil fuel-based economy seems impossible to leave behind, but it’s only as immoveable as it is profitable.
Scents of an Ending
The #YouStink protests will either consign the Lebanese regime to the dustbin of history, or go in its place.
The Jewish Messiah
A new documentary about former Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin's murderer hits too close to home for Israeli authorities
How to Win Tinder
Tinder involves managing the vulnerability of “putting oneself out there” by playing it like a video game
MPREG versus Homonormcore
There is perhaps nothing more “normal” than teen girls fantasizing about boy-on-boy relationships and male pregnancy
My Father’s Sign
When a father dies, you are left with at once so many stories and never enough.
Daddy O
Gay porn works out the complexities of filiation and paternity the hardcore way
The Bod of the Father
The dad bod dad is not so much a person as an organizational principle of patriarchy
The Paradox of Progress
In Jurassic World, all modern concepts have merged with their opposite, so nothing is able to change
She Mad and She Magic
Black women's anger towards supposed allies is never taken for the self-preserving force it is
The Monster and the State
It’s easier to condemn a hate crime than a war crime, especially on occupied land.
You Deserve It, Sweetie
Getting paid for sex upholds the fantasy of unconditional love by masking the very real conditions of lovability