The decades-old franchise’s true source of terror is the omnipresent specter of male sexual attention.
Category: Faded Signs
The Passion of Christine Blasey Ford
Films do a lot more than reflect our reality; they also mold it. Ninety years ago ‘The Passion of Joan of Arc’ told the story of a martyr of justice condemned to silence by legislative authority, cultural hierarchy and technology itself.
Pete Holmes’ white-washing of protest history
Seattle’s City Attorney recently attacked what he sees as the lawlessness of the city’s protestors—and established himself as a pundit-prosecutor on the incorrect side of history.
Blowing smoke
The smoke of forest fires has dismantled the myth of Seattle’s environmental exceptionalism.
Quit Your Job: ‘Sorry to Bother You’ and the Case for Universal Basic Income
If it weren’t for capitalism, we wouldn’t have the masterpiece that is ‘Sorry to Bother You.’ But wouldn’t you rather have free money instead?
What Drake Won—and What He Lost—on the Way to ‘Scorpion’
‘Scorpion’ contains a collage of loaded racial codes that comment on the way race is lived in America.
The Class Warfare of Seattle’s Business Community
The fight against the so-called “Amazon Tax” is part of a broader effort to curry support for pro-business political sentiment. This is not a new fight, but an outgrowth of an old fight that American conservatives have been waging since the 1970s.
What Is Home?
Seattle’s benign appearance belies a class and culture war for living space.
The Spectacle of Repression in Ravenna Woods
On Tuesday afternoon, the Seattle Police Department stood atop the Orwellian peak of the city’s political landscape, writes columnist Shaun Scott.
Identity Politics in ‘The Young Karl Marx’
Now streaming on iTunes, ‘The Young Karl Marx’ speaks to the ways that America’s modern left is understood—and misunderstood.
Black Bourgeois Panther
The spectacle surrounding ‘Black Panther’ is more progressive than the film itself.
Seattle Socialists Resurrect Fred Hampton
On Monday at the Grand Illusion, the group is screening a 1971 documentary about the Black Panther leader who was gunned down by the police in 1969.