Culture Trust

Columns

Something for Nothing

Nathaniel Friedman

September 05, 2018

Nike’s decision to feature Kaepernick in its upcoming sneaker campaign set off shockwaves throughout the world of sports and beyond.

America Shoots Itself

Scott Beauchamp

August 23, 2018

Joseph DeLappe's streaming artwork plays out American gun homicides in real time.

Queer Poserdom

G’Ra Asim

August 22, 2018

With an act of self-disclosure, Max Bemis of Say Anything has placed himself at the cultural margins—without assuming the risk or vulnerability of the marginalized.

Soundtrack to a Drug War

Matthew Ismael Ruiz

August 10, 2018

A DIY music scene in the Philippines sets itself against Rodrigo Duterte.

The Queer Art of Failing Better

Laurie Penny

July 24, 2018

Queer Eye for the capitalism-damaged and toxically masculine.

Mermaid Mania

Nora Caplan-Bricker

July 23, 2018

Samantha Hunt's

WorryFree™ and Always on Script

Gene Seymour

July 17, 2018

Boots Riley's Sorry to Bother You faces race and abasement in a battered republic.

A Shoot-Em-Up for the Resistance

Rose Fiala

July 17, 2018

Thirty minutes into his 2017 BAFTA Games Lecture, Far Cry 5’s executive producer Dan Hay explained his inspiration for the game. He’s a cold war kid of the literal sort, having spent the anxious eighties watching history happen all around him. The next ten or so years were ...

The Last Temptation of Paul Schrader

Sam Thompson

July 04, 2018

The actor is powerless, caught in a net of deceit. Here we are again: predestination and grace.

Begone, President!

J.W. McCormack

June 18, 2018

The President Is Missing, by Bill Clinton and James Patterson, merely confirms the claim of its title.

Nanny State of Mind

Jessa Crispin

June 12, 2018

It is as if Slimani worries the reader’s sympathies might accidentally lie with the murderous nanny.

Discover Weakly

Liz Pelly

June 04, 2018

Spotify has paid lip service to gender equality on its platform, but the numbers reveal an entirely different story.