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Making an Ice Queen
December 11, 2017
I, Tonya’s tabloid palette and pop orchestration reflect the fact that a story, once told, can never really be retold.

Fresh Hell
December 08, 2017
Hire an “ambiance and atmosphere model” for your office holiday party. Attractive men and women—but mostly women—are being hired in droves to pretend they’re guests at Silicon Valley holiday parties. You know, to lend an air of fun! Totally casual, ...

The Silence of the Burbs
December 07, 2017
The burbs have inspired iconic horrors in the past, from shopping zombies to mechanized housewives, so why does suburban gothic in 2017 lack oomph?

Reading like a Bureaucrat
December 04, 2017
“Perhaps it is just as well that writers do not have political power,” wrote Steinbeck after receiving ideas from Faulkner.

Fresh Hell
December 01, 2017
This motherfucker’s name is CHAZ. Novelist Emma Cline has a shitty ex-boyfriend who puts our shitty ex-boyfriends to shame. This shitty ex-boyfriend hired a shitty lawyer to do incredibly shitty things. Hopefully both the shitty ex and the shitty lawyer get ...

American Pimps
November 22, 2017
As Iceberg Slim might put it, the players and public alike have been sold a series of air castles.

Revolutionary Redux
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 ...