There are some very striking similarities.
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All tagged politics
Netflix’s Collateral aims small – and wins big
It’s both a respite from, and a reminder of, our current political moment.
Late night television grapples with politics in the age of Trump
Daily Show alums John Oliver and Stephen Colbert do it best, though.
There are no guarantees those same things will go right this time around.
Slate's new podcast Slow Burn, about the downfall of Richard Nixon, is an excellent new addition to the ocean of podcasts about Trump, in large part because it stays away from direct comparisons. Plus: SNL parodies fashion shows in the age of #metoo, and a speedrun of Titenic (yes, Titenic) will make your day.
The year of the ladies
2017 was a watershed year for many reasons, but one thing stands out above all others: the massive cultural transformation in society's treatment and understanding of, and attitudes toward, women. This trend has been driven, in large part, by female voices and characters in pop culture.
The world as it is
Democrats' willingness to clean house gives them the moral high ground, but it leaves them crippled, politically. Plus: The Girlfriend Experience nails down our current political moment, and Daniel Shaver's execution by police in Arizona underscores the need for police reform.
Can you love someone who did bad things?
Sarah Silverman has a powerful, and difficult, response to Louis C.K.'s sexual misconduct, and Harry Potter fans protest against Johnny Depp's new role in the franchise.
a message of empowerment that resonates long after the music stops.
Molly Ringwald weighs in on Weinstein, St. Vincent perfects her sound on her fifth album, Masseduction, and Broad City leans into the current political moment.
anything can happen on Halloween
In this ghoulish edition of the work, our culture editor offers up a brief list of of the spookiest things you can watch, listen to, and read to help get in the Halloween spirit.
gone fishing (down rabbit holes).
A few recs from our editor while the work is on hiatus.
forget the real world, long live "the real world"
Is MTV trying to kill The Real World? and the Emmys moves toward inclusion.
if i pulled you closer
In the pilot episode of The Tumbledown, our new podcast on all things culture, Brendon and Rachel talk about the new music video from PRETTYMUCH, Simon Cowell's newest boy band.
the work's hurricane irma edition
Some recs from our contributing culture editor before she hunkers down for Hurricane Irma.
everything is okay
Cirocco Dunlap's new web series, Everything Is Okay, mixes the technological paranoia of Black Mirror with the absurdist cityscapes of Man Seeking Woman, and Taylor Swift goes full Game of Thrones in her new video for "Look What You Made Me Do."
'look what you made me do'
The solar eclipse gives us much-needed perspective (and that awesome photo of Trump staring directly at the sun), Wet Hot American Summer returns for no good reason, and Taylor Swift's new single disappoints the internet.
the white liberal’s burden
The events in Charlottesville are horrifying, frustrating, and exhausting, and prove that it's white men and women who need to have the conversations and the confrontations that will beat racism off Main Street and back into bunkers and mountain compounds and dank corners of the internet.
gone fishing (down rabbit holes).
A few recs from our contributing culture editor while the work is on hiatus.
who dares wins
Earwolf's new podcast Off Book: The Improvised Musical takes improv to new heights, and Vic Mensa describes his depression and suicide attempt in his significant new song, "Rage."
excellence is not strange.
HBO's Insecure returns for its second season, and Daughters of Destiny, the new documentary from Netflix, follows the students of a school in Bangalore, India as they try to break the cycle of generational poverty.
'and i know i may end up failing, too'
Molly McAleer's Emotionally Broken Psychos engages in nostalgic discussions of the "golden era" of reality TV, and Simon Cowell's new boy band PRETTYMUCH looks like a hit.