- Vol. 36 Issue 6
Mar 15, 2018
Arts
On Layli Long Soldier's Whereas
On November 28th, 1795—a chilly day in Bristol, just weeks after the French Revolution began grinding its wheels—English poet Samuel Coleridge …
"Hold Fort for Love Forever"
Björk’s Utopia, and ours
It’s November 2017, and I’m shuffling through wintry New England weather, the chill biting through my half-zipped parka. I am aware …
Ephemera
Features
Summer After Moonlight
On why we are glad Call Me By Your Name didn’t win Best Picture
Queer films represent a break from mainstream cinema, which is usually intent on depicting heterosexual romance. In the past few years, …
Literary
Eat 'em
I’ve figured it out The trick is eat everyone Eat ‘em all Put ‘em in your belly They can’t be mean …
Metro
We & the Sea
Locals respond to an ocean coup
Tim DeCristopher, a founder of the Climate Disobedience Center, stepped on a stool in the middle of the conference room. The …
Banking on Change
Ending pipeline financing through public pressure
Last Thursday, the FANG Collective and the Shame on Citizens campaign celebrated a victory after learning that Citizens Bank had ended …
News
Walking Out
The West Virginia teachers strike and the future of American labor
On February 22, 35,000 teachers in all 55 West Virginia counties walked out on their jobs, shutting down public schools statewide …
Week in Growing Industries
Reasons to Lyft After a long Saturday night and a few too many tequila shots, sometimes the only thing the uninhibited …
Occult
Love is an Empty Theme Park
Notes on this season of The Bachelor
For the past few months, my friends and I watched The Bachelor almost every week. We said we were doing this …
Science & Technology
Sick Days
Individualized healthcare and corporatized well-being
Of the many protest signs from last week written in that perfect classroom-style, magic-marker-on-cardstock lettering, more than one read: “I’d take …