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Art by Koren Shadmi Kanye West capped off a long, particularly Westian speech at the VMAs with the announcement that in 2020, he’s running for president. Naturally, Terraform set out to tap some of the best writers on the Kanye beat to imagine a West Administration circa 2021. Here are five visions of America…
Well, That Escalated Quickly: A Samus Followup | The Mary Sue.
There’s been a lot of talk lately about the lack of women protagonists in videogames. But our problems with diversity don’t stop there. As one article recently noted, shockingly, there have only been 14 playable black women in videogame history. Gamers who aren’t cisgender white men often find themselves lacking characters they can rally behind….
So you finally noticed that terrifying, windowless skyscraper in the middle of Manhattan? It’s fine, really. Now, move along. Officially known as the “Long Lines Building,” New York’s doom-iest tower was designed in 1974 by architect John Carl Warneke. Though its most noteworthy feature is its utter lack of windows, the building is also noteworthy for its unusually high…
Photo: Monty Brinton/CBS via Getty Images Over the course of The Colbert Report, little was as guaranteed to go viral as the few times Colbert broke character. Well, apparently, it actually wasn’t that rare. “We would edit any mistake I ever did,” Colbert told Time. “People said, ‘Oh, you never broke’ or ‘You rarely…
paging_filter The News Guild — known until recently as the Newspaper Guild — has traditionally been the union for American journalists who produce written work. Lately, though, in the digital-media business, it has been overshadowed by the Writers Guild of America-East union, which has organized the editorial staffs at digital-only news outlets Gawker Media, Salon…
Donald Trump in August. Credit: Michael Nagle/Bloomberg AD UNIT 1 /AD UNIT 1 CNN is asking 40 times its normal rate for commercial time in the next Republican debate. The cable news network is charging as much as $200,000 for a 30-second spot in the prime-time brawl taking place on Sept. 16, according to a…
On Sunday, August 23, Tyler, the Creator, was riding through France on the nicest tour bus he’d ever rented—a giant TV screen, a circle couch, extra beds—and heading towards the end of what was meant to be a month-long tour of Europe, reveling in the amenities his hard work had afforded him. The 24-year-old Los…
Against all odds, the Nissan NV-200 will rule the streets of New York. As of today, the vast majority of cab drivers must buy the so-called Taxi of Tomorrow when they retire their old yellow cabs. Anybody who’s ever taken a cab in the city will agree that new cars are a good thing. This…
“I agree!” The enthusiastic word vomit fell out of my mouth before I could stop it. I grabbed my $13 dragon fruit-infused cocktail in front of my face and sipped, creating a makeshift barrier between my brain and what I just said. My eyes rolled back out of embarrassment as I tipped the martini glass…