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Adria Richards, Dick Jokes, and the Powder Keg of Social Media

Something happened on the Internet last week that combined the thing I hate more than just about anything else (unfiltered misogyny), the things I love more than anything else (technology, dick jokes), and the scariest place on Earth (Reddit). But it also offers one of those rare chances to look at something that happened and

A Few Words on Satire, or: STFU Todd Kincannon, You’re Not Funny

“Wait, who?” you ask after reading the title up there. “Oh, Todd Kincannon?” I reply, my rich baritone full of casual dismissal, “Some idiot on Twitter.” “Oh.” You say, returning to playing Mr. Wiener.  And that would be the appropriate response, for to dwell on such a taint swab as Mr. Kincannon would be to do exactly

Best/Worst Tweets About ‘Magic Mike’ And/Or Vaginas

Magic Mike, a movie that features Matthew McConaughey, Channing Tatum, and Alex Pettyfer as male strippers, opens in theaters today, and women all over the world are excited. We’ve collected the best/worstMagic Mike tweets to get you ready for the film. By the way, two important notes: 1. The movie was directed by Steven Soderbergh. [...]

What Big Teeth You Have: ‘The Grey’ Live Tweet

The Grey, starring Liam Neeson and a bunch of CGI wolves, is one of those movies I’ll only watch when I’m traveling and I need some mindless iPad content. From the trailers, it didn’t really look bad to me, but it didn’t excite me, either. If you haven’t seen the movie or the trailer, The [...]