Posts by Swedan Margen
Gloria Steinem’s Final Essay
When you’re lucky enough to have lived a long life, as I have done, your role is to remind us how far we have come. Source link
Read MoreThe Trumpapalooza You Never Knew You Wanted
In the run-up to the midterms, the president’s final move is to make the election about himself. Source link
Read MoreHow the influencer industry is taking center stage in Burbank
The exterior of the two-story, beige-colored building looks like any other drab office space near the Hollywood Burbank Airport. But on a recent weekday afternoon, the inside was bustling with activity: hairstylists carried brightly colored wigs between soundstages, a prop artist was building a fake leg for an upcoming video and YouTube stars gathered in…
Read More2026 Midyear Reckoning: Midyear Chaos
Moviegoers defend themselves against media tyranny. Source link
Read MoreDoes the WNBA Not Like Caitlin Clark?
The Indiana Fever star has been treated like a virus that the league’s antibodies seek to reject. Source link
Read MoreThe Simple Genius of Jon Klassen
Everything is watching you. The snakes, of course, along with the birds, bears, turtles, fish, rabbits, and horses. Also: the tables, the chairs, the bridges, the tents, the rocks, the plants, the trees, the trucks, the boats, and even the fires. But it turns out that children love a surveillance state, or so it seems,…
Read MoreJennifer Siebel Newsom sought to redefine the role of first spouse. Now, she faces her biggest test
Jennifer Siebel Newsom was frustrated. She was standing behind her husband, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, at a February news conference to celebrate a new bill that would give Planned Parenthood emergency funds. A throng of women’s advocates, including herself, had spoken about how the law would help women access healthcare. But now reporters were asking…
Read MoreDemocrats Run Out of Excuses for Platner
The party is desperate to dump their Maine Senate nominee after the latest sexual assault allegation. Source link
Read MoreXbox cuts 3,200 jobs as gaming business struggles
Xbox is hitting the reset button. Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff, over the next year as part of a sweeping reorganization to revive the company’s lagging games division. The cuts are driven by an increasingly challenging gaming landscape, Xbox Chief Executive Asha Sharma said in…
Read MoreAI actor Tilly Norwood to star in first movie
Controversial AI creation Tilly Norwood will star in her first movie, a comedy drama called “Misaligned.” The AI film portrays Norwood as an artificial intelligence being with “no real body” and no lived experience but with access to everyone else’s, according to Particle 6, the London-based company behind Norwood. Norwood drew intense ire from many…
Read MoreEurope’s Deadly Aversion to Air-Conditioning | National Review
Heat-related illnesses caused an estimated 24,400 deaths in Europe’s urbanized areas in 2025. Source link
Read MoreDavid Wain’s Wet Hot American Comedy
There are two ways to describe what “Gail Daughtry and the Celebrity Sex Pass” is about. One is, What if someone actually tried to use their celebrity sex pass? The other is a parody of “The Wizard of Oz.” Which came first? Definitely the former. Adapting the broad strokes of “The Wizard of Oz” as…
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