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Tag Archives: art

Putting Stories in Context: Conversation with a Culture Critic, Part II

November 13, 2015by Kris Miranda 2 Comments

“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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Book & Movie Reviews, Politics & Culture

Making More Interesting Stories: Conversation w a Culture Critic, Pt I

October 8, 2015by Kris Miranda 3 Comments

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? […]

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Art & Literature, Politics & Culture

The Fiction Fallacy: Part 1, The Problem

December 30, 2014by Alexander Ioakimidis 2 Comments

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 […]

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Art & Literature, Ethics & Philosophy

Darwin vs. Newton: A Poem

May 27, 2014by Leo Kozachkov Leave a comment

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 […]

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Art & Literature, Science & Nature

Beautiful & Simple Math: An Adventure into the Infinite and the Irrational

April 11, 2014by Leo Kozachkov 1 Comment

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 […]

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Science & Nature

The Necessity of the Arts in Education

February 14, 2014by Harold A. Mesa 5 Comments

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 […]

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Politics & Culture

Tendentious Art and Political Games: The Olympics of Sochi 2014 & Berlin 1936

August 20, 2013by Emma 1 Comment

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 […]

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Art & Literature, Politics & Culture

Film Review: Pussy Riot: A Punk Prayer

June 21, 2013by Emma 1 Comment

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 […]

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Book & Movie Reviews, Politics & Culture

I Look at Art and Stuff: The Paintings of Ito Jakuchu

March 15, 2013by Guest Contributor 3 Comments

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 […]

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