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Is the Harlem Shake Offensive?
The Harlem Shake and the dangers of cultural appropriation.
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From Puppy with Love
Long-distance relationships are hard, but sending puppy pictures can help.
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Profile Bios of Twitter Spambots
This is what the robots think of us.
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Recommendations, 3/15
We like sci-fi shows, the Pope’s security guards, and of course, Taylor Swift.
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Secret of Momma
In the role-playing game of life, the “adopted” attribute is often misunderstood.
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Are We Over SXSW?
Like everything on the internet, the backlash to the country’s largest tech conference is warranted but also too vocal.
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Excalibur
Introducing the ultimate product for men.
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Holy Shit This Conversation from Castlevania: Dawn of Sorrow Is Awful
How should a powerful warrior witch respond to being stuck with housekeeping duty? Our hero has some opinions.
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House of Cards Recaps, Based Entirely on Texts From My Mom
“Gaby I can’t stop watching this show.”
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See The Bygone Bureau at SXSW
If you’re in Austin this weekend, check this out.
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Don’t Think Twice: An Interview with Hunter Payne
“Drawing was every kid’s thing, I just kept doing it.”
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Cat Census 2013
Hallie surveys her neighborhood felines.
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In Defense of Saturday Night Live’s “The Californians” Skit
“What are you doing here?” “I could ask you the same thing.”
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What Is the Best Radiohead Song?
We offer the definitive answer to the great question of our times.
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Manic Pixel Dream Girl, Part 2
Growing up, videogames were a passion and identity, and also a means of not fitting in.
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The P-Word
Not exactly, but sort of a defense of the word panties.
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Recommendations, 3/1
Some things we like right now include: George Eliot, Bunheads, screaming goats.
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Looking Back, I Think My Tanzanian Pen Pal Was Actually Just My Mom
“The three things I like the most are playing the quiet game, wearing helmets, and listening to CDs from start to finish on long car trips.”
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Everything Else
“I’d wager that success in transition, in being a transgender person, involves a lot of simply being able to forget that you’re transgendered at all.”
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An Illustrated Guide to Katharine Hepburn’s Slacks
An exhibit featuring Hepburn’s classic wardrobe reveals the elements that make her such an enduring Hollywood icon.
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To Mailbox or Not To Mailbox
Mailbox is a popular new email app that radically re-thinks the inbox. But does it work?
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What I Learned on the Island of Pohnpei
To celebrate the launch of our new ebook Nowhere Slow Jonathan Gourlay shares some lessons learned from eleven years on the island of Pohnpei.
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Parks and Recreation: The Pursuit of Happiness
The secret behind one of TV’s best sitcoms is optimism.
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My Roommate Played a Character in a Videogame
The voice, image, and movements of Sage Mears are digitally transformed into the female lead of the latest Devil May Cry.
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The Only Times I Approved of My Brother Dating a Sex Robot
“Caught myself before I asked Cal if he and Ashlynn were having safe sex. Wave of enduring relief on multiple levels washed over me.”
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For the past month, we've been writing about this year's Academy Award nominees for Best Picture in a number of different ways. Catch up with all our pieces before the show this Sunday. Jonathan Gouraly thinks Amour is too boring Kevin Nguyen talks about the problems in Arg ...
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A Very Special Episode of Lincoln
The jarring experience of recognizing so many television actors in Steven Spielberg’s Lincoln.
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Beauty and the Beasts of the Southern Wild
An interview with the film’s visual effects art director Japhy Riddle.
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There’s a New Phoenix Song and I Have Listened To It Twenty Times
“There is a part of me that wants Phoenix to never change.”