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Culture Archive

Archives for May 2015

Technology
BuzzFeed Won’t Be a TV Network, but We Will See BuzzFeed on TVBuzzFeed Won’t Be a TV Network, but We Will See BuzzFeed on TV
Technology

BuzzFeed’s approach to TV will look like its approach to Internet publishing: Go anywhere.

By Mark Bergen
Technology
Les Moonves Says CBS Will ‘Probably’ Sign Up for Apple’s New TV Service (Video)Les Moonves Says CBS Will ‘Probably’ Sign Up for Apple’s New TV Service (Video)
Technology

“We’re excited about it.”

By Peter Kafka
The most predictable disaster in the history of the human race
Science

Bill Gates on what the world needs to learn from the 20th century’s “death chart.”

By Ezra Klein
Movies
Hey girl, let’s read Feminist Mad Max and watch the patriarchy burnHey girl, let’s read Feminist Mad Max and watch the patriarchy burn
Movies

The feminism of Mad Max: Fury Road, explained.

By Alex Abad-Santos
Technology
The Challenges Google Needs to Deal With at I/OThe Challenges Google Needs to Deal With at I/O
Technology

It’s developer conference season --- here’s a long to-do list for Google.

By Jan Dawson
The Vox summer reading list: 28 great picks, from Friday Night Lights to Junot Diaz
Features

Books we really, really enjoy reading.

By Vox Staff
Politics
A massive merger would create the nation’s second-largest cable companyA massive merger would create the nation’s second-largest cable company
Politics

Regulators need to decide whether to approve the deal that would combine Time Warner Cable, Charter Communications, and Bright House Networks.

By Timothy B. Lee
Culture
By stripping out its politics, Game of Thrones has made the Wall much more boringBy stripping out its politics, Game of Thrones has made the Wall much more boring
Culture

Also: nobody should be excited for the High Sparrow’s rise to power.

By Matthew Yglesias
Culture
Game of Thrones’ version of justice involves heaping punishment on those who deserve itGame of Thrones’ version of justice involves heaping punishment on those who deserve it
Culture

Every so often, bad things happen to bad people on this show. Treasure those moments.

By Emily St. James
Technology
‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘Pen Down, Dumbledorf.’‘Silicon Valley,’ Season 2, Episode 7: ‘Pen Down, Dumbledorf.’
Technology

Like it or not, porn leads tech.

By Amy Keyishian
Culture
Someone did a statistical analysis of New Yorker cartoons, and it’s pretty depressingSomeone did a statistical analysis of New Yorker cartoons, and it’s pretty depressing
Culture

The default setting for characters is white dude.

By Joseph Stromberg
Culture
The 5 most important moments in Game of Thrones season 5, episode 7The 5 most important moments in Game of Thrones season 5, episode 7
Culture

Which two characters met for the first time?

By Christophe Haubursin
Moral injury: the quiet epidemic of soldiers haunted by what they did during wartime
Features

“That’s not how good people act. But I did it, because I had to.”

By Amanda Taub
Culture
What Game of Thrones changed from the books: season 5, episode 7What Game of Thrones changed from the books: season 5, episode 7
Culture

The series is collapsing plot lines from the books left and right. It’s mostly working.

By Emily St. James
Culture
The only way to survive Game of Thrones is to stop being a StarkThe only way to survive Game of Thrones is to stop being a Stark
Culture

That might be the main lesson of this latest Arya storyline.

By Emily St. James