Culture

#IfTheyGunnedMeDown Reminds Us Racism is Alive and Well in the Media

The racially charged shooting of an unarmed 18-year-old has Twitter activists up in arms. Here's why you should care.

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Watch: Montage Offers Tribute to Robin Williams’ Decades of Performance

A compilation of Williams’ many roles reveal his unique—and almost incomprehensibly intense—brand of talent.

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Lacy Chabert Sells Soul, Makes Movie that Looks Suspiciously Like Ad for ChristianMingle.com

Will "Christian Mingle" help America find God at the box office?

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It's Official: Dumbed-Down Shark Week Has Jumped the Shark 

Once focused on revealing the actual world of sharks, Discovery Channel's hyped programming has become dumb, weird and fake.

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An Open Letter to the Media: Stop Your Irresponsible Coverage of Robin Williams' Death

It’s time to institute best practices for covering mental illness. Happily there are years of in-depth research designed to do just that. The media just ignore it.

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Ravishly Stands with Jezebel Against Violent Misogynistic Trolling

We’re proud as hell that Jezebel is standing up against the terrorization of commenters. Sadly, they are far from alone in battling online misogyny.

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Of Women and Wormholes: A Brief History of Space-time Travel

The great Madeline L. Engle got me thinking: Will wormholes ever be a reality?

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There's a Hidden Internet that's Five Times Larger than the One You Use

Also known as Darknet, the unaccessible parts of the Internet actually make the majority of digital information...what exactly is hiding down there?

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