Cultural critic and gamer Anita Sarkeesian explores how the Damsel in Distress became one of the most widely used gendered clichés in the history of gaming and why the trope has been core to the popularization and development of the medium itself.
Sex education varies widely between school districts, leaving many teens without comprehensive information. We made a video that covers what some schools are too embarrassed to teach.
Astrophysicist Neil deGrasse Tyson wrote and narrates this video, covering an amazing range of topics in straightforward language. The accompanying music is The Firebird Suite by Igor Stravinsky.
The candidates for the Republican Presidential nomination weigh in on a variety of issues.
Global Zero wants you to know just how much is at stake in the Iran nuclear deal, and in this video some well known and well spoken people put it so simply that even members of Congress should be able to understand it.
eL Seed delights in juggling multiple cultures, languages and identities. His Arabic poetry artwork, inspired by street art and graffiti, aims to create art so beautiful it needs no translation.
It seems only fitting to use Antonin Scalia’s own words for a poetry slam, since the justice’s snarky dissents are filled with so many poetic gems. The Affordable Care Act victory was followed quickly by the same-sex marriage win, and Scalia’s dissents have become increasingly irate and colorful.
An animated short film by acclaimed artist Molly Crabapple, with narration by Bryan Stevenson, illustrating facts about American slavery and the elaborate mythology of racial difference that was created to sustain it. That mythology persists today. Slavery did not end in 1865, it evolved. #SlaveryEvolved
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