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The Baffler

April 28, 2017

• Ja Rule’s Fyre Festival—a.k.a. Coachella for even richer, and even stupider, people—has been canceled due to Lord of the Flies-like conditions. (Some have also compared it to The Hunger Games.) The “luxury” festival—which promised resort-style accommodations ...

Big-League Bluster

Marissa Gemma,  Arielle Zibrak

April 28, 2017

The persistent overuse of adjectives signals the speaker’s doubt that they have something to say in the first place.

Put Me In, Coach!

Sarah Jaffe

April 27, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

The Mismeasure of Media

Chris Lehmann

April 27, 2017

The Jaundiced Eyeball

Without the broader class background furnished by the righteous elite crusade against Sandersism, the miscalled general election comes off as freakish.

Mary Shows Up

Jessa Crispin

April 26, 2017

Paradise Tossed

The degradation of sacred femininity has a tendency to trickle down.

Bomb Envy

Rafia Zakaria

April 26, 2017

Alienated

A refusal to assess damage is tantamount to caring only that a bombing occurs rather than what or whom it kills.

Against Fear

Sarah Jaffe

April 25, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

The Anatomy of Liberal Melancholy

J.M. Bernays

April 25, 2017

In a moment that cries out for new approaches to economics and politics, liberalism regresses to a simpler time.

A Typical Wall Street Republican

Sarah Jaffe

April 24, 2017

Interviews for Resistance

Welcome to Interviews for Resistance. Since election night 2016, the streets of the United States have rung with resistance. People all over the country have woken up with the conviction that they must do something to fight inequality in all its forms. But many are wondering ...

The Wave of the Future

Amber A’Lee Frost,  Sam Kriss

April 24, 2017

Whale Vomit

Episode 4: The British election, the French election, and the strange rise of fascism among the youth.

Daily Bafflements

The Baffler

April 21, 2017

• Today in tech: Elon Musk engages in some “consensual telepathy.” • The Juicegate saga continues. In case you haven’t been keeping up with the story of the century, the company that produces a $400 juicer called Juicero has been taking some flack ...

The Sound and the “Furious”

Niela Orr

April 21, 2017

Bread and Circuses

In the land of the Fast, it never pays to focus on the details.