The Laugh
There is a whole tradition in fight photography of the stoic face: the set jaw, the focused eyes, the composure that says I have prepared for this and I am…
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Ragle
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Before the Storm
The gym is wherever you find it. This one is a field somewhere in middle Tennessee, the sky going green and heavy the way it does in April when the…
The Ring Girl
Between rounds she stands at the cage door like a sentinel who has forgotten which direction the threat is coming from. Hands clasped. The AROO sign at her feet. The…
The Fighters
Neil Leifer made the photograph in 1965. May 25th, Lewiston, Maine, one minute and forty-four seconds into the first round. Ali standing over a prone Sonny Liston, screaming at him…
A Galaxy Built on Chains: The Unexamined Slavery Economy of Star Wars
And why the people calling AI users “clankers” should maybe pick up a history book
The Dog Had No Name
John Wick Was Never an Assassin
You Are Already Dead
A Binge-Watcher’s Reckoning with the John Wick Franchise
“Fascism Is Leftist” Is a LibertAryan Fairy Tale — Let’s Burn It Down
A point-by-point autopsy of Allen Gindler’s attempt to launder history through Austrian School economics
Something is Off: The Post-Apocalyptic Romance You Didn’t Know You Were Watching
A Bridgerton Theory for People Who Notice Things
The Roots Run Deep: A Comprehensive, Meticulously Sourced History of the Trump Family and Racism
A spiritual sequel to “The Cuck Complex: How One Gross Internet Slur Explains Trump’s Entire Political Career”