Putting Stories in Context: Conversation with a Culture Critic, Part II
“I’ve never been to San Francisco, but I have an image in my mind from media,” says culture critic Caroline Siede (of The A.V. Club, among others), explaining the impact […]
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Making More Interesting Stories: Conversation w a Culture Critic, Pt I
When Quentin Tarantino’s Vulture interviewer expressed surprise at his fondness for The Newsroom, the Aaron Sorkin drama many critics loved to hate, he replied: “Who the fuck reads TV reviews? […]
The Fiction Fallacy: Part 1, The Problem
In the day to day tedium of life, I often turn to fiction for comfort. I appeal to fictions in part because they help pass the time, and also because […]
Darwin vs. Newton: A Poem
Of all the scientists to come, alive, or dead On the list of contributions, two names march ahead Newton and Darwin, forever supreme Best minds to roam Earth, lovely and […]
Beautiful & Simple Math: An Adventure into the Infinite and the Irrational
This article is a semi-continuation of my previous post regarding the sordid state of Rutgers University’s ‘Liberal Arts Math’ curriculum. Since people seemed to like it, I thought I’d switch […]
The Necessity of the Arts in Education
Exclusionary education is becoming more entrenched than ever. As governments across the nation slash budgets and continuously decrease funding for public education we begin to see its effects. Not only is the […]
Tendentious Art and Political Games: The Olympics of Sochi 2014 & Berlin 1936
Fewer than six months from now, the 2014 Winter Olympic Games are scheduled to take place in Sochi, Russia. Russia, already under criticism for the rigid censorship being imposed by […]
Film Review: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer
Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer, the new HBO documentary that aims to tell the personal story of the three women who were jailed for their provocative political performance in a […]
I Look at Art and Stuff: The Paintings of Ito Jakuchu
by Raj Gopal Hey people! I was recently sifting through the bookshelves at an artist friend’s place, and while I was working through his art books, I encountered a lot […]
Applied Sentience 