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‘Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets’ Pours One Out for a Beloved Dive Bar
This innovative new film brilliantly blurs the line between fiction and documentary to show how strangers find community in getting smashed
The Curious Origins of ‘High as Balls’
As a literal comparison, ‘high as balls’ makes no sense. But it reveals a ton about why slang works and why we love to use it
Sexual Violence Is a Disturbingly Common Police Tactic
It’s an all-too-typical refrain from young women in particular: Every time they’re pulled over by a cop, things quickly turn creepy and exploitative
A Marxist Analysis of ‘Paul Blart: Mall Cop’
Kevin James’ everyman hero is just a tool for an inequitable system of labor and capital
