“Everyone is Awful”: A Review of “Joker”
Joker is a hyper-realistic and dark journey through the lens of a mentally unstable protagonist who is left behind by a Reaganite government, drawing chilling comparisons to the modern day.
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Place, Nations, Generations, Beings: Students Inspire University-wide Investment in Indigenous Art
“This project has always been about increasing visibility, better representing Native people, and having the opportunity to better educate non-Native people about our societies, knowledge, and cultures.”
Something Old // Something New: MoMA’s Renovation Reignites Debates over Privilege in Fine Arts
The museum’s renovation seeks to create new dialogues between the viewer and the work, and between the works themselves.
Antigone Re-envisioned: A Night at the Park Avenue Armory
To watch Satoshi Miyagi’s production of Antigone is to watch three plays at once.
Jia Tolentino’s “Feverish, Electric, Unlivable Hell:” The New Yorker Writer’s First Book Reckons with Self-Delusion and the Internet
In her new essay collection “Trick Mirror,” Jia Tolentino paints a bleak picture of our world of scams, mistruths, and self-delusions—all exacerbated by the internet. Is there a way out?
Superheroes, Comics, and Diversity in Film: An Interview with Dennis Liu, Writer and Director
“When you have young adults and teens and kids looking up to these heroes, and you don’t have a face for yourself, I think that really influences confidence, self-identity, and a host of other issues.”
Hulu’s Shrill Is a Revolution for Fat Characters on TV—But It Needs More Breathing Room
It is difficult to overstate how revolutionary these moments are for a television ecosystem that has long relegated fat women to predetermined categories: gross, hypersexual (or, alternatively, asexual), subordinate, unintelligent, and of course, shrill.