After Lorca
Bitter Oleander
Patty Dickson Pieczka’s poem “After Lorca” marks the Spanish poet’s murder by Spanish fascists on August 16, 1936.
tv
How Gossip Girl Broke the Fantasy of Being the World’s Most Special Girl
Vox
The original Gossip Girl sold viewers a romantic fantasy — then proved the fantasy was always a lie.
books
African Europeans: An Untold History
The New York Review of Books
Reviewer Martone calls this book "a well-researched, ambitious, accessible, and concise but comprehensive introduction to this neglected story in European history.”
books
Disability, Class and Agency
International Socialism
The books under review give manifold examples of how Britain’s austerity regime penalizes differentially abled people, but the examples are equally evocative of conditions in the US and elsewhere. The essay looks at how affected people fight back.
food
Minnesota Rice: Twin Cities Chefs Team Up To Combat Racism
Food & Wine
Asian American chefs are sharing their stories the best way they know how—through food. "We're trying to get people to start that conversation about anti-racism, but start it by inviting people to the table," Minnesota Rice founder Nguyen says.
tv
Simone Biles Doesn’t Owe Fans Anything
Jacobin
At the end of the day, Simone Biles is a worker. And she was right to put her mental health first, just as any worker should be able to stay home sick instead of pouring their life force into serving someone else.
film
"Cousins": New Zealand Maori Film About Family Separation and Land Rights
Hollywood Progressive
Central to "Cousins" is the struggle of the Maoris to retain ownership of their age-old lands in the face of settler colonialism dating back to the British invasion of Aotearoa/New Zealand by 1840.
books
The Problem of Pain
Dissent Magazine
It’s easier to blame individuals for the opioid crisis than to attempt to diagnose and cure the ills of a society.
Heine’s Heartmobile
The New York Review of Books
The liveliness and invention of Heinrich Heine’s writing changed 19th century German literature for the better. Poet, writer, literary critic, satirist and ironist, but banned in his homeland and expatriated to Paris, he was well appreciated by Marx
poetry
Can We Touch Your Hair?
Rattle
“I wrote this poem in response to the sense of horror I felt,” says New Orleans poet Skye Jack, “and in
memory of my ancestors who would not have been given the privilege to refuse their touch.”
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