Low-Culture
CategoryFairy Tales Retold by Their Slightly-Too-Drunk Protagonists, Years Later
Goldilocks and the Three Bears
“Oh my God. Bears. You want to hear a story about bears? When I was a kid, we lived by this giant fo..
Dear Glenn Beck: The 80s Called, and They Want Their Culture Wars Back
The 1980s were a long time ago. MTV has now been primarily about reality shows for twice as long as it was primarily about music videos. P..
Yes, the Liberal Arts Are In Decline—and the World’s Really Not That Sad About It
The defensive impulse is baked into the self-definition of the liberal arts as we know them, so it’s no surprise that liberal arts partisa..
Comic Book Artist Sina Grace On “Not My Bag,” His First Autobiographical Work
Sina Grace has got to be one of the most blatantly sincere people working in mainstream comics today.
I know this, and yet when I p..
In Defense of Sharing
I do not care about your new baby. I do not care about your pirate themed wedding. I do not care about your latest trip to the farmer’..
You Have No Idea How Much You’re Going To Love These Seven Comic Books
Maybe you’re like me. Maybe the idea of comic books has always seemed interesting but you mostly think of them as roided out superheroes f..
What Reading Game of Thrones Does to Your Everyday Life
All blondes are now the worst ever. Thanks to the Lannister clan of soulless tow-headed fuckwads, your already precarious opinion of t..
Are Bestseller Lists Bad for Lit?
When you walk into a Barnes & Noble, what are the first books you see? Okay, it’s the deep-discount books in the foyer. Then what book..
What the Lives and Deaths of My Brother’s Guinea Pigs Taught Me About the Southern Gothic
John Updike says parents get pets for children to teach them about death.
I think that’s a little vague, John.
Instead, I prefer..
America’s Next Top Model Finale Recap: An “Illuminata” Princess is Crowned
She flirted with it all season, but I really have to give props to Tyra for taking until the finale to directly compare the season’s B..
On Joe Bovino’s “Field Guide to Chicks of the United States”
It’s supposed to appeal to those dudes who turn to Big Buck Hunter II when bar conversation veers away from Stuart Scott. In other words, ..
America’s Next Top Model Recap: The Sweet Smell of Third Place
First off, let me apologize for missing last week’s recap. I didn’t see the episode until the weekend, and by that point it seemed a littl..