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Culture Archive

Archives for January 2015

Culture
Why fashion designer Rick Owens shocked his audience with exposed penisesWhy fashion designer Rick Owens shocked his audience with exposed penises
Culture

Owens’ fashion aesthetic is making a larger point about sexuality.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
You need to listen to Bjork’s new album. It’s her best in years.You need to listen to Bjork’s new album. It’s her best in years.
Culture

An album about loss, despair, and grief that’s as heartbreaking as it is beautiful

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
Here’s how you thank the FBI for recovering your 300-year-old Stradivarius violinHere’s how you thank the FBI for recovering your 300-year-old Stradivarius violin
Culture

What happens when you recover a Stradivarius violin? For the FBI, it meant getting a free concert.

By Phil Edwards
Culture
How 3D glasses could make televisions obsoleteHow 3D glasses could make televisions obsolete
Culture

Technologies like Microsoft HoloLens could transform how we watch movies, TV shows, and sports.

By Timothy B. Lee
Culture
The State of the Union as NetflixThe State of the Union as Netflix
Culture

Making an old ritual work in an on-demand world.

By New America Foundation Weekly Wonk
Culture
Larry Wilmore’s new show had an incredibly confident debut weekLarry Wilmore’s new show had an incredibly confident debut week
Culture

The series has some rough spots to iron out, but this was a better debut week than most late-night shows have.

By Emily St. James
Culture
Some of you are lying about going to churchSome of you are lying about going to church
Culture

Why do so many people pretend to be more religiously observant than they are?

By Brandon Ambrosino
10 things I wish people understood about suicide
Features

“I think the better rebellion is to stay alive.”

By Jennifer Michael Hecht
Culture
Bakeries are at the center of the fight for LGBT rights. Why?Bakeries are at the center of the fight for LGBT rights. Why?
Culture

It’s not just about letting LGBT couples eat cake.

By German Lopez
Culture
X-Men: Apocalypse has found its Storm, Cyclops and Jean GreyX-Men: Apocalypse has found its Storm, Cyclops and Jean Grey
Culture

Sansa Stark will be an X-Man.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
The one time Harry Potter’s Sorting Hat was wrongThe one time Harry Potter’s Sorting Hat was wrong
Culture

Draco Malfoy might be a Slytherin, but the actor who plays him is a Gryffindor.

By Brandon Ambrosino
Culture
Obama’s Youtube appearance was overtaken by Illuminati truthersObama’s Youtube appearance was overtaken by Illuminati truthers
Culture

Is he an illuminati member? We can’t know.

By Kelsey McKinney
Culture
Kathy Bates’s accent is the strangest on TV. So we asked a linguist to place it.Kathy Bates’s accent is the strangest on TV. So we asked a linguist to place it.
Culture

We asked a linguist to explain Bates’s jagged Appalachian tootle.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Culture
The messy American Horror Story: Freak Show was at its best when it was at its saddestThe messy American Horror Story: Freak Show was at its best when it was at its saddest
Culture

Because, let’s face it, the story didn’t make any sense.

By Emily St. James
Culture
You’d be amazed to learn how much music is disappearingYou’d be amazed to learn how much music is disappearing
Culture

Conservators are working to recover old albums that they might have missed their first time around — while trying to find the sounds that need to be archived today.

By Kelsey McKinney