Mason Meadows Pentecostalism Correspondent The decision whether or not to bring a child into the world, and who or who not with, goes beyond individual ‘preference.’ Last year, the New York City press put out an article titled “Should I Think About Racism When Considering a Sperm Donor?”. . . which was written as a letter by a Jewish woman who said: “I am an American, Ashkenazi Jewish woman. I am considering bearing children…

Richard Steinhardt Tech Correspondent After Google (“YouTube”) decided to remove the public “dislike” button from all videos, there was an uproar from users and channel operators across the platform and the Web. Yesterday I had a tech problem that I decided to get arranged, and the only guidance I could find on the subject anywhere was two YouTube videos on the issue. I watched one of the videos and it felt suspicious. The guy making the video had millions of…

S. Ezersky Assoc. Fantasy Contributor While writing a review of the Star Wars series for a sequence of columns about science-fiction and fantasy genres, I discovered that the lead character in the first Star Wars movie, Natalie Portman, actually uses a stage name, and her real name is Netali Hershlag. Hershlag starred…

Cyril Straight Assoc. Political Correspondent The Obama Family Story and Accomplishments Aren’t as Inspiring as They Seem When Americans look for progress in the political system, many often turn to Barack Obama, even if as nothing more than a symbol of that perceived progress. …

Ségolène Sorokina Assoc. Fiction Editor A visual tapestry and musical opera, but devoid of interesting characters or a mature story structure. This is a film that fits into every director’s, film student’s, and every critic’s education of the film medium. It is a prerequisite on the syllabus of every curriculum for movie…

Jens Weingardt Senior Streaming Contributor The other day I was watching a strange medley of content. The Friends Reunion on HBO Max was one of the places it started. “The Friends Reunion,” well known as shite, should be hated for a number of reasons. Partially that it is overproduced and unwanted corporate…

Jason H. McCleary–Bradshaw Assoc. Farm Life Contributor YouTube’s multimillion-dollar ASMR videos are ad-friendly sex work. This is a question that took over the internet as teens licking their microphones blanketed YouTube in recent years. The weirdos who made such videos have garnered millions of views, hundreds of thousands of dollars, and global attention. …

Sean Ezersky Assoc. Fantasy Contributor Does appropriation apply to the worst parts of European cultures? Today, I want to discuss cultural appropriation. Yes, the issue of the times. But what exactly is cultural appropriation? Well, nobody knows. Starting at the first word, it claims to be some kind of appropriation. …

Luke McLean An Open Letter to Stop Space Exploration The exploration of space receives more attention that almost any other science fiction topic. Whenever the news cycle wants to find something ‘sciency’ they turn to NASA, or one of its government contractors such as SpaceX. Questions about possibility or cost float through…