Author: Jacob Silverman

Columns

Who’s Afraid of the DNC?

Jacob Silverman

November 27, 2017

It took all of five minutes for Tom Perez to quote Hamilton.

Panic in Textopolis

Nathaniel Friedman

November 22, 2017

Roundly criticized, yet supposedly anodyne, "The Emoji Movie" is a capitalist trojan horse for the grade school set.

American Pimps

Shawn Hamilton

November 22, 2017

As Iceberg Slim might put it, the players and public alike have been sold a series of air castles.

Revolutionary Redux

Micah White,  Emmett Rensin

November 22, 2017

The following letters are a response to Emmett Rensin’s Issue 36 essay,“Total Quality Revolution.” Reinventing Activism Micah White I have been an activist my entire life—but I have never felt accepted by the activist scene. I organized my first protest at the age of ...

The Professional Friends of YouTube

Kaila Philo

November 21, 2017

The new generation of YouTube stars has unwittingly created a solipsistic bubble of political weirdness.

Phony War, Phony Peace

Ryan Ruby

November 21, 2017

Julien Gracq's "Balcony in the Forest" (1958) wonders whether we see too many futures at once.

The Trash of the System

Dan Duray

November 20, 2017

Is the art world total bullshit? Two new films offer an enthusiastic, "Yes!"

How Education Reform Ate the Democratic Party

Jennifer C. Berkshire

November 17, 2017

The problem is that the Democrats have little to offer that’s markedly different from what DeVos is selling.

The Grim Circus of Power

Abi Wilkinson

November 17, 2017

If it wants to transform the UK’s culture of sexual harassment and assault, Westminster will have to change.

The Miseducation of Lady Bird

Lauren Oyler

November 15, 2017

Greta Gerwig's much-praised "Lady Bird" puts us all in a teenage wasteland.

Norms Follow Function

Maximillian Alvarez

November 15, 2017

Change is all the things you don’t notice.

23andUs

Jacob Silverman

November 14, 2017

Recently I’ve been stalked . . .