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Finding Comfort in the Dystopia of 'East of West'
Jonathan Hickman's brilliantly dark comic series provides eerie parallels to our own current reality.
Rory from ‘Gilmore Girls’ Is Actually the Worst
While watching the cult TV show I once loved as a teenager, I've realized one crucial thing most people seem to forget about Rory Gilmore: She sucks real bad.
People Are Having Less Sex After the Election
Will we ever have sex again with a "pussy grabber" in the White House?
How Reality TV Made Donald Trump President
Donald Trump's campaign successfully used family reality television tropes to help win him the presidency.
New Yorkers Have a Duty: Be Rude to the Trumps
Don't stop your dog from barking at them. Don't take their money. If you're making coffee for them, make it wrong.
A Racist White House Doesn't Surprise Black People
A white guy endorsed by KKK affiliates becoming president is scary, but not unprecedented in American history.
Why Sci-Fi Gives Me Hope for the Future as a Muslim
Writing science fiction stories can provide a safe, sacred space and an alternative to our current realities.
Explaining Trump to My Teen Son Was More Painful Than I Imagined
I wanted to cry, but I kept driving my son to practice.
How Trump's America Will Hurt Women
I used to have a science teacher who said that because women have an extra layer of fat on their bodies, they are better able to withstand hot dishwater than men. I fear this kind of thinking is about to go national.
America and Britain Are Being Hit by the Same 'Whitelash'
White Americans and white Brits have been stirred up by rhetoric that normalized racism, misogyny, and homophobia, and pushed, again and again, the idea that their nations were exceptional places.
How Marijuana Won the Election
Weed did well at the polls, but the national picture is a murky one as Donald Trump—not necessarily a traditional drug warrior but very much a law-and-order guy—makes his way to the White House.
How Trump's Election Will Make British Politics Worse
The British far-right have helped a creature of their own take the most powerful job in the world; how will Trump's triumph impact the UK's quickening slide into dystopia?