Names and Housetops
Poet Esther Kamkar meditates on an exhibit of quilts made by enslaved women.
poetry
Poet Esther Kamkar meditates on an exhibit of quilts made by enslaved women.
Poet Esther Kamkar meditates on an exhibit of quilts made by enslaved women.
food
The Woman Who Hid 600 Recipes From SS Officers
Jewish Food Society
In the memoir, "Hidden Recipes," Eva Moreimi recounts how her mother, Ilona Kellner, while a prisoner at Buchanwald, collected more than 600 recipes, which she hid from the guards in a small pouch in her coat.
tv
Maximum Pleasure Guaranteed: Tatiana Maslany and Murray Bartlett Make This Pleasurable TV Indeed
The Guardian
Apple’s superbly twisty thriller about a beautiful camboy blackmailing a divorced mum is like the new No Country for Old Men – with added Nick from New Girl
film
‘The Nuance of Being a Black Woman in America’: Is God Is Turns Righteous Rage Into Gory Horror
The Guardian
Actors Vivica A Fox, Kara Young and Mallori Johnson on subverting revenge tropes as Aleshea Harris’s play storms on to the screen
books
Why Puerto Rico Remains a Colony in All but Name
Jacobin
Cold War Puerto Rico by Steve Howell argues that Washington has long treated the island as giant aircraft carrier. The result has been severe: residents face economic strain while lacking many democratic rights and social protections.
books
Red Specters and Right-Wing Fever Dreams
Los Angeles Review of Books
A. J. A. Woods’s new book explores how the Right’s obsession with Cultural Marxism emerged from the backlash against the 1960s.
food
The Creation of Instant Coffee
Works in Progress
In 1942, demand from the US military was so great that the government classified it as 'vital to the war effort.’ Today, contract processors brew roaster's beans to precise standards, freeze dry, and package it under the roaster’s own brand.
poetry
Reach Inside the Flag
Poet Beau Beausoleil, in a moment of introspection, considers the necessity and the limits of activism.
film
The Devil Wears Prada 2 Hits the Right Bleak Notes
Jacobin
At this point, the Devil Wears Prada franchise is a major cultural phenomenon. And The Devil Wears Prada 2 is a worthy addition, with more than a dash of topicality in its treatment of some of the bleaker aspects of contemporary existence.
tv
Eric Kripke As Baffled as the Rest of Us by Reality’s Race To Catch Up With the Boys
AV Club
Having previously issued a joking "I appreciate the marketing," Kripke has now been reduced to sharing memes about the show's absurd overlaps.
Spread the word