Common Sense in the Face of Danger
Poet Esther Kamkar unspools the story about the snake and the garden.
poetry
Poet Esther Kamkar unspools the story about the snake and the garden.
Poet Esther Kamkar unspools the story about the snake and the garden.
tv
Is Kim Kardashian Actually Going MAGA?
Vox
The influencer’s love for Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, and the Trump family has some fans wondering.
books
The Missing Persons of Reconstruction
The New Republic
Enslaved families were regularly separated. A new history chronicles the tenacious efforts of the emancipated to be reunited with their loved ones.
film
‘Anora’ Is More Than a Brooklyn Cinderella Story
The New York Times
A sex worker in a romantic comedy isn’t new. How the Oscar-nominated film uses immigrant Brooklyn to subvert the genre? That’s different.
food
Why Did We Start Drinking Milk? On the Ancient Rise of Dairy Consumption
Lithub
In her book, “Spoiled: The Myth of Milk as Superfood,” Anne Mendelson explores the prehistoric origins of nonhuman milk in our diet.
food
These Foods Will Likely Get More Expensive After Trump’s Tariffs Take Effect
Food & Wine
There may be “some pain” Trump admitted of his tariff schemes; “But we will Make America Great Again, and it will all be worth the price that must be paid.”
tv
US Pop Culture Has Long Raged Against Health Care Injustice
Jacobin
The memes celebrating Luigi Mangione are far from novel: they represent a long tradition of American popular culture voicing outrage at the injustices of our health care system, from Dog Day Afternoon to Star Trek: Voyager to John Q.
books
Beauvoir and Belle: A Black Feminist Critique of the Second Sex
Marx & Philosophy Review of Books
Reviewer Simmons-Thorne this book aims to show "how de Beauvoir and black feminists conceive women’s oppression disparately and to criticize how de Beauvoir’s conception marginalizes Black women and other women of color in feminist thought."
film
The New ‘Captain America’ Movie Isn’t Great. But Don’t Call Him a D.E.I. Hire.
The New York Times
The most remarkable part of this film is the irony of how it lands in the political moment: “Brave New World” features a Black iteration of the quintessential American superhero a month into an administration dedicated to eliminating diversity.
food
The Mediterranean Diet Is a Lie
Politico
The Mediterranean diet has become a mishmash of hyperbole, half-truths and howlers, stirred together for political and commercial ends.
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