We See You
Rattle
Oregon poet Angela Decker speaks calmly but insistently—“We see you”—to the “plague” of race murders.
tv
How Issa Rae and Crew Left An Indelible Mark On Television History
AV Club
While many iterations of the friendship sitcom exist, a Black woman invented the genre as we know it today, and a Black woman perfected it in Insecure
books
To Beat the Right, We Have to Understand Their Arguments
Jacobin
Since the French Revolution, the Right has deployed a common set of arguments to resist the drive to democratize economic and political power. The Left will only win if we analyze their rhetoric — and counter it.
film
What Happened to the Friendly Neighborhood (Working-Class) Spider-Man?
Jacobin
Sam Raimi’s Spider-Man trilogy introduced us to a working-class kid from Queens struggling to both save his city and pay the rent. Disney has wealthy new benefactors rewriting just what it means to be a superhero.
food
Betty Crocker turns 100 – why generations of American women connected with a fictional character
The Conversation
Betty Crocker's name was invented as a customer service tool that would sound friendly and personal; also it seemed more likely that female customers would trust a woman.
books
Has the Myth of the ‘Good War’ Done Us Lasting Harm?
The New York Times
“Has the prevailing memory of the ‘Good War,’ shaped as it has been by nostalgia, sentimentality and jingoism, done more harm than good to Americans’ sense of themselves and their country’s place in the world?”
poetry
Christmas Comes
New Verse News
For Pagans and other Non-Christians, the holiday spirit can mean helping the hungry and homeless, and remember to wear a mask.
tv
In HBO’s Sex and the City Reboot, the Thrill Is Gone
Jacobin
At its best, the original Sex and the City took the romantic lives of its characters seriously while presenting them hilariously. But its reboot, And Just Like That…, has sucked all the fun out of its stories.
music
Radicals Go Caroling: The Untold Story of Progressive Choirs
Yes! Magazine
The power of song to literally transform the brain and move people to action has given it a place of privilege in mass political actions. Almost every revolutionary movement in modern history has had an accompanying singing culture.
books
Blood on the Fog
East Bay Express
Tongo Eisen-Martin’s latest book of poems challenges whiteness and the status quo with a strong revolutionary practice.
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