I recently read that the first novel in recorded history was published in Japan. It was called “The Tale of Genji,” completed in the early 11th-century by a woman later given the name Murasaki Shikibu. A few years ago, I found out that printing existed in Asia hundreds of years…

Set in 1923 in the Taishō era Japan, Mars Red follows Yoshinobu Maeda, a colonel who heads secret unit (Code Zero) of vampires for the Japanese army. In the anime series (which is based on based on a play by Bun-O Fujisawa), Maeda and his clandestine crew as they go…

The term “coon” (short for racoon) stems from American slavery. Traversing from plantations to pop culture, it is based on white society’s idea of Black intellectual inferiority. When this charge is levied within the Black community of the present day, it’s an accusation that the person is performing anti-Black stereotypes…

The free speech, cancel culture, deplatforming, self-censorship debate about academia is well-trodden, so I hope readers forgive me for the lack of set-up. I rather get straight into it. I think we fetishize debate, particularly in academia, in ways that just aren’t realistic. This discourse is more often than not…

You take the blue pill and the story ends. You wake in your bed and believe whatever you want to believe. You take the red pill and you stay in Wonderland, and I show you how deep the rabbit hole goes. — Morpheus Fans across the political and ideological spectrum…

Hello, My name is Joshua Adams. I’m a writer, journalist and former assistant professor of media and communications at Salem State University. I’ve written for publications like The Washington Post, The Guardian, USA Today, Chicago Mag, The Nation, Longreads, Teen Vogue, Gamespot, GamesRadar, Brooklyn Mag, PSMag, EBONY.com, …

The new documentary “Nothing Compares” opens up with Sinead O’Connor being both cheered and booed at Bob Dylan’s 30th-anniversary concert. …

— WARNING: SPOILERS — The film Belle follows a shy, high school girl named Suzu. For years, Suzu has struggled with the absence of her mother who died trying to save someone from drowning. …

By writer and author Buckley Harris Harrison As concerned parents, we all are aware of the threat critical race theory has on the youth. …