• So Much Effort

    A silly game from Nintendo raises the eternal question: why do LGBT types always make such a fuss every time they’re deliberately and actively excluded?

  • Homophobish

    A year-old prose fart on Slate perfectly illustrates the difference between marriage equality and “gay marriage,” and exactly why it’s an important distinction.

  • Hello M’Lady

    How Inside Amy Schumer and Comedy Central have taught me that I’m a terrible person.

  • Thoughtcrimes for $1000

    What is, “A bullshit false equivalence that reduces the push for genuine equality to nothing more than wishy-washy moral relativism,” Alex?

  • How I Spent My Decade

    Internet, did I ever tell you about the time I spent the better part of a decade watching a contrived, sentimental, raunchy, silly, and formulaic sitcom, and bawling my eyes out over it?

  • The Party of the First Part

    The tragic hilarity that results when people take the term “social contract” too literally

  • The Curious Case of Tow Mater

    Pixar sequels and another installment of “How I Learned To Stop Worrying and Love the Multinational Entertainment Conglomerate”

  • If I Can’t Show It, You Can’t See Me

    Somebody who doesn’t know much about music tries to explain why he loves St. Vincent

  • Is the Mailman Watching Me?

    My take on Walt Disney World’s “magic bands,” which will probably be misinterpreted as a defense of the NSA.

  • The Dude Abides

    Or, “Blood Simple Gifts.” Towards a Grand Unified Theory of movies that mock the idea of a grand unified theory. (Spoilers for just about every Coen Brothers movie)

  • It Looks Like You’re Having a Break-Up

    Would you like help? Unorganized thoughts on Her.

  • Warning: Labels

    Why Gone Home isn’t technically a game, why that’s not a bad thing, and why the distinction still matters