News

Moviepilot was excited to find out from me that Wonder Woman will bring about the kinky patriarchal utopia.

On HU
We took a break this week…and may well take off next week too, depending on if anyone decides to write! Everyone’s on vacation for the summer I guess; so we’ll see. We’ll be back at some point though!
 
Utilitarians Everywhere

At The New Republic I wrote about Electronic Fetal Monitoring, and how it doesn’t work.

At Pacific Standard I wrote about how the Golden Age of Television is built on snobbery.

At the Guardian I wrote about the Fantastic Four and why superhero origin movies are a problem.

At Playboy I wrote about why, if Superman cared about humanity, he would fight mosquitoes.

At Quartz I wrote about Ricki and the Flash and moms who rock.

At Splice Today I

—explained that Trump is an ineffectual demagogue.

—ranked all the Mission Impossible films.

—wrote about Jason Isbell, country radio, and the most authentic country music.
 
Other Links

Mistress Matisse on Amnesty’s decriminalization policy.

Released emails about the mess at UIC re: Salaita and other issues.

Nice piece on Donald Trump’s mess of a campaign.