The Teens Who Post the Same Thing Every Day on Instagram
Oxford English Dictionary asks teenagers to explain modern slang
‘The Simpsons’ To ‘The Problem With Apu’: Drop Dead
We Are Truly F#%ked: Everyone Is Making AI-Generated Fake Porn Now
The Globalized Jitters
All the cool kids have anxiety disorders these days. I’m not claiming that this makes me one of them. Correlation, as we all know, does not imply causation, and I am reliably informed that the cool kids also understand Snapchat, wear floral jumpsuits, and know how to talk to people they fancy without pulling a face like a spaniel on acid.
Louis C.K. Is Done
This is a very good take.
When disturbing stories about respected artists come from the distant past, we treat them dispassionately, as just one detail among many. Present-tense or near-present-tense revelations hit us differently because we share the same world as the artist, breathe the same air, feed the same economy. We think of them as contemporaries, even as people we know. This kind of revelation changes the relationship between the artist and the art, in a way that places an unasked-for, unfair burden on the audience. This is what’s happening culturewide. And it’s not the fault of people who didn’t report it, or audiences who aren’t sophisticated enough to separate the art from the artist. It’s the fault of the artists for being secret creeps or criminals, and the fault of the system for making it possible for them to act this way for years without being punished.
Louis C.K. Told Us Who He Was, But That Doesn’t Make It Better
In some ways this is the greatest nightmare for a lot of women: A man who does the right things, who acts the right way, who gives every impression that he’s one of the good ones, but turns out to be one of the bad ones anyway.
Pro tip: if everyone you admire keeps disappointing you with awful sex scandals, try admiring more women.
Louis C.K. Crossed a Line Into Sexual Misconduct, 5 Women Say
And his movie premiere is canceled. Yeah, that movie takes on a whole new meaning.
The First Woman to Translate the ‘Odyssey’ Into English
First line: “Tell me about a complicated man.”
Inside the All-Consuming World of Paw Patrol
(thanks, y!)
The Best TV Shows of 2017 (So Far)
Ottawa to unveil $500-million Netflix deal as part of cultural policy overhaul
Transcript & slides from a great talk about Keeping VR Weird, basically. I used to love Mondo 2000 when I was a teen.
•Is Game of Thrones our last shared TV experience?
Incredible point:
More than anything, what makes Game of Thrones so resonant in the 2010s is that the show itself is about the passing of a golden age and the decline of common ideals. The various factions in Westeros are killing each other to reclaim a kingdom that for all practical purposes no longer exists — that has fragmented into regional spheres of influence unlikely to unite behind whomever ultimately sits on the Iron Throne. Audiences may feel a pang as they see themselves reflected on screen each week, roaming further away from an era that seems increasingly like a fairy tale.
Lessons From the Great Male Skirt Rebellion of 2017
Prozac Nation Is Now the United States of Xanax
On anxiety as a sociological and cultural phenomenon
Canadian TV in the Netflix Age: In Defence of the CRTC Television Licensing Decision – Michael Geist
The decision, which set a uniform spending requirement of 5 percent on programs of national interest (PNI, which includes dramas, documentaries, some children’s programming, and some award shows), means a reduction in spending requirements for some broadcasters.
Jonathan Kay Is Going to Be Just Fine
#Vanlife, the Bohemian Social-Media Movement
This paragraph is particularly great:
On the first day, the van slid backward down an icy hill and had to be towed. They drove through winds so strong that they worried that [the van] was thrown out of alignment. Progress was slow; even in optimal conditions, the van couldn’t go faster than sixty miles per hour. King and Smith spent Valentine’s Day at a truck stop in Albuquerque, where a security guard accused them of being prostitutes. The uncertainty of life on the road was a constant low-level drain at first, particularly for King, who discovered that she was afraid of the dark.
Update: Ok this passage is perhaps even greater:
They are sponsored by several companies whose products they use every day, including TruthPaste, which makes clay-based toothpaste, and Four Sigmatic, a “superfood company” that sells instant coffee enhanced with mushroom elixirs.
How the Story of “Moana” and Maui Holds Up Against Cultural Truths
Justin Trudeau Brings Ivanka Trump to Broadway Show on Welcoming Outsiders
The play’s the thing?
The Life and Death of the Library of Alexandria
These movies will help you through the Donald Trump years | Toronto Star
Definitely Children of Men. I would add Killing Them Softly and Hell or High Water