A funny thing happened on the way to the rest of my life
I just dropped my daughter off for her first year of college. Finally, it hit me: This was her gig, not mine
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In Joe Rogan, Netflix continues mainstreaming misinformation and panic for laughs
Serving the conspiracist comedy podcaster to mainstream audiences normalizes far-right talking points with jokes
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#TradWives are not real housewives. “Fargo” shows us the heroic difference between the two
Dorothy Lyon is a stay-at-home mom who takes resourcefulness to heroic extremes. A tradwife would never do that
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FX’s fearless “Snowfall” comes to a close: A perfect ending to an American horror story
Here's what you should have learned after six years of "Snowfall," John Singleton's drama of the '80s crack era
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Jim Jordan issues sweeping information requests to universities researching disinformation
Jordan alleges colleges aided Biden's “censorship regime by advising on so-called misinformation"
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Netflix’s “Bullsh*t: The Game Show” is the trivial pursuit that fits an era dominated by lies
In the age of misinformation and The Big Lie, of course a trivia game rewarding persuasive deceit would be a hit
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“Dear White People” visits the “Big Brother” Cookout via a pointed parody of reality show racism
The finale season's "Big Brother" spoof hits just in time for the CBS show to feature a Black winner
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Why Ari Fleischer is against resurrecting the extinct White House press briefings
Salon talks to the Bush-era press secretary about the duties of that role and the current 300-day briefing blackout
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HBO’s “Watchmen” trolls history and heroic whiteness in the most extraordinary episode yet
Damon Lindelof's take on history meets up with that of the comic books' to tell a true American hero origin story
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Exclusive: Burning Man calls itself a safe space. Assault survivors say it’s got a sex crime problem
The Playa is a "lions' den" where security responds to sex crime scenes by trying to sniff out "consent accidents"
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Trump, Colin Kaepernick and the Super Bowl: Scholar David Leonard on white privilege in sports
Author of "Playing While White" on the lose-lose dynamic of black athletes, white blowback and political activism
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Ripley burns it all down: On “Aliens” and the dangers of dismissing women’s rage
Women's warnings have always been ignored, our trauma dismissed. Ellen Ripley proves men do so to their own peril
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How Bill Cosby, America’s dad, used TV to betray us
For decades Bill Cosby exploited TV to ensure that the public would believe him instead of the women he preyed upon
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The Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli on keeping it “fun” after death of a beloved bandmate
After the loss of guitarist Dave Rosser, the beloved '90s band drops a new album and soldiers on
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Sally Hemings’ slave quarters discovered at Monticello
Thomas Jefferson's most famous slave is believed by many to have given birth to six of his children
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Off-color, off-brand: What Kathy Griffin’s and Bill Maher’s gaffes have in common
2 comedians and 2 different gaffes enable us to witness the power of a star's brand
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Steve Bannon and the occult: The right wing’s long, strange love affair with New Age mysticism
If you think New Age alternative spirituality is solely the domain of lefty hippies, you don't know your history
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From 9/11 to 11/9: Is Donald Trump’s election collateral damage from the “War on Terror”?
How Trump exploited effects of the "War on Terror" on our political culture, economy and national psyche
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Punk pioneer Lenny Kaye reflects back on “the original sin of rock ‘n’ roll”
Salon talks to Patti Smith's original guitarist about the reissue of his New York punk pioneering compilation
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The 7 smartest, classiest porn sites
Smut doesn't have to be so boring and conventional. Sites like Hysterical Literature prove it can even be artistic
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The orgy prude: How I finally admitted I don’t like meaningless, porn-star sex
When I was drinking, I made myself so sexually available. Now I can finally admit I want something different
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White privilege: An insidious virus that’s eating America from within
Ferguson offers white people a chance to understand the price of our privilege
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Afghan Whigs’ Greg Dulli: “Writing songs is the greatest gift I could give myself”
Exclusive: Afghan Whigs singer on connecting with his '90s songs, loving R&B, how the band decided to record again
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Anthony Minghella, 1954-2008
Oscar-winning director of "English Patient" and other high-class literary adaptations dies suddenly in London.
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Say it, sister: “I had an abortion”
A Ms. petition for a new clampdown on women's rights.
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“The History of Fellatio”
Annie Auguste talks to author Thierry Leguay and finds out that humans may be the only animals that give blow jobs.
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