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It's time to rewrite the "trauma plot."
There are a lot of big subjects that our culture has trouble talking about: wealth, death, addiction, religion. But one of the toughest has to be sex…
1 year ago
Why tech bros worship psychedelics (and think you should too)
America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we feel spiritual in some way. But – at the same time – we're getting less religious. S…
1 year ago
Poppers, the FDA, & a crackdown decades in the making
Poppers, a party substance long popular with gay men, were thrust into the national spotlight last week when one producer, Double Scorpio, claimed th…
1 year ago
How "race-neutral" can universities really be?
After the Supreme Court banned affirmative action in higher education, there was legitimate worry that Black and Hispanic students would be overlooke…
1 year ago
Goodbye, church... Hello, Wellness Industrial Complex!
America is a deeply spiritual nation. Over 70% of us say that we feel spiritual in some way. But – at the same time – we're getting less religious. S…
1 year ago
What's more "American" than the right to protest?
Last weekend, former Columbia University student Mahmoud Khalil was arrested by federal immigration authorities. The move was an escalation in the Tr…
1 year ago
"Gender is a negotiation" whether you realize it or not.
What does it even mean to be trans? That's the first question Torrey Peters asks readers in her new book, Stag Dance, and it's the question that ever…
1 year ago
"Celebrity" just isn't hitting like it used to...
When twitch streamers can sway elections and viral videos can turn fifteen seconds of fame into hundreds of millions of dollars, it kind of makes you…
1 year ago
Is Hollywood soft censoring Palestinian art?
Last weekend, the Academy Award for Best Documentary went to a film that still lacks a U.S. distribution deal. 'No Other Land' is a powerful look at …
1 year ago
The R-word is back. But why?
Over the past few years, Brittany has noticed the resurgence of the R-word - a word that otherwise left the cultural lexicon. And while that's troubl…
1 year, 1 month ago