Imagine how many trans people could become stars if just given a chance
Movies
Don’t Applaud Jared Leto’s Transgender ‘Mammy’
‘Dallas Buyers Club’ has garnered praise for the actor’s supposedly brave portrayal of a transgender woman. Don’t expect anyone to find it admirable 20 years from now.
My Invisible Life as an AIDS Widow
‘Dallas Buyers Club’ strives for honesty, but it–and Hollywood–ignores women like me
The Monuments Men and Questions That Can’t Be Answered
To whom does property belong when the people who once owned it have been exterminated?
Adam Levine: People’s Sexiest Man, But Not Sexiest Mensch
Don’t tell me there weren’t any nice boys who could have been the first Jewish Sexiest Man Alive.
The Katniss Conundrum: Is She Okay for Kids?
Katniss Everdeen just might be the best female role model ever. I just wish she didn’t kill people.
Parents, Relax: Movie Violence Up, Real Violence Down
A new study in the journal Pediatrics that’s getting a lot of mileage in the media laments a disturbing trend of violence in movies. According to a survey conducted by Brad Bushman, a professor of communication and psychology at …
Assange Biopic Ignores Sexual-Assault Allegations
Filmmakers have given us a redacted history of Julian Assange—exactly the kind that WikiLeaks set out to dismantle
Society is Coarser—but Better
Yes, pop culture is crude, but who gives an F-word? By virtually every measure, we’re a safer, nicer, kinder country.
Astronaut: Gravity Gets Me Down
The season’s big movie is beautiful and deeply disturbing in equal measures, says someone in a position to know
I Won’t Be Banning Porn For My Son
Eleven is the average age that kids view pornography. Sometimes it happens inadvertently via a mistakenly unfiltered search term. Or it occurs over at so-and-so’s house whose parents aren’t so savvy with Google filters
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What I Learned as a Porn Tagger
A lot of laws, like mandatory condoms, may have unexpected side effects
A Portrait of the Artist as a Predator
How can anyone see the work of J.D. Salinger, Woody Allen and Roman Polanski the same way once you know of their predilection for young girls?