Culture Archive
Archives for October 2014
The right is convinced that Obama hacked the former CBS reporter over Benghazi. She released a video as proof.
There are no sexy jellyfish in the wild.
A worrisome theory from Wall Street: The TV networks have helped lower their own ratings by selling their shows to Reed Hastings’ streaming service.
“The most ambitious experiment happening in media right now.”
It’s Halloween, one of the best holidays of the year. And what would make Halloween even better? Charts!
The mechanics of how Comcast throttles Internet speed, using Photoshop to solve a murder and more.
Every on-screen death in the Star Wars trilogy, from Greedo to Emperor Palpatine, with the Girl Talk track “Play Your Part, Part I” in the background.
The movement has — perhaps accidentally — revealed real weaknesses in online publishing’s business model.
Taylor Swift has dominated the album charts — and the news — this week, with the release of her fifth studio album 1989. But did you know she might also control the beloved American pastime of baseball?
“She got one hundred cat calls, let me add one hundred and one. Damn, baby, you’re a piece of woman.”
“You attacked male gamers for enjoying looking at big-breasted women with tiny armor that barely covers their nipples,” Colbert said, highlighting the gulf between #GamerGate’s demands and their threats against women’s lives.
Three ways of looking at the newer GoPro action cameras.
Steven Johnson talks about the six innovations that made the modern world.
But being a part of the female fandom isn’t worthwhile if it makes women feel bad about their bodies. Luckily, the women who love comics have found a way to feel empowered by celebrating the human body without body-shaming: cosplay.
Sasheer Zamata, a comedian, actress, and writer who is currently on the cast of Saturday Night Live, made a hilarious bit about being harassed by a man.