How one South Asian popular song, which was recently popularized on TikTok, is raising questions about cultural appropriation online.
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On Twitter, Frogs Were Nazis, On TikTok, They’re Queer
How frogs, more recently seen as a symbol of hate on Twitter, are being queered by TikTok users.
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One Flew Over the TikTok Nest
A look at how some healthcare professionals on TikTok are using the platform to cultivate a healthy conversation about mental illness.
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Seeing the Bigger Picture on Public Memorials to Women
Recent works, including monuments to Mary Wollstonecraft and Medusa, demonstrate that it’s not that women have a problem with public monuments; it’s that public monuments have a problem with us.
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The Chilling, Little Known History of Nuclear Experiments in the US Southwest
In From Dust Cara Despain lays bare that dark chapter of US history when the government tested nuclear weapons on its own soil.
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A View From the Easel During Times of Quarantine
This week, artists reflect on quarantining from their studios in Brooklyn, Florence, MA, Los Angeles, and Nassau, NY.
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Hillbilly Elegy Tries, and Fails, to Understand the Working Class
Based on the memoir by J.D. Vance, this film adaptation is the latest big piece of Hollywood poverty porn disguised as Oscar bait.
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A Queer Twist on the Incredibly Heteronormative Holiday Romcom Genre
In Happiest Season, Kristen Stewart stars in a Clea Duvall-directed story about a woman head over heels with another who won’t come out.
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Whimsical, Giant Nests Take Root in Reina Sofia’s Crystal Palace
Petrit Halilaj’s To a raven and hurricanes is at its most successful in liminal gestures that emphasize sensation over the display of identities.
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Errol Morris On the Idea of Truth, LSD, and Finding the Right Subjects
The veteran documentarian talks about his new film My Psychedelic Love Story, the war on drugs, and whether I’m being manipulated by the government.
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The Best Books of 2020, According to the New York Public Library
The library released its anticipated lists of the year’s best titles, including books for teens, kids, adults, and poetry.
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Internet Sleuths Locate Mysterious Monolith in Utah
Visitors have already started to show up at the site of the unusual, reflective monolith in the remote canyons of Utah.