armchair cultural observation since 1995

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Is ‘Breaking Bad’ on your resume?

Putting ‘Breaking Bad’ as one of his interests on his resume helped a UPenn senior land a job.

Zine making is alive and well

The underground culture that gave birth to this publication’s namesake is alive and well.

Breaking News is Broken

Farhad Manjoo thinks cleaning his gutters would have been time better spent than following the real-time breaking news of the Boston Marathon bombing.

Standing against the darkness

Patton Oswalt processes what happened today in Boston and the response from those running toward the destruction to help out.

We are Zero TV

Those of us who don’t have a television in our household are now significant enough to have a label.

How corporations made Harlem Shake viral

Perhaps unsurprisingly, we have corporations to thank for that flash-in-the-pan phenomenon of “Harlem Shake” videos.

Are hashtags aesthetically damaging?

The New York Times social media editor weighs in on hashtags.

Is ‘House of Cards’ too cynical?

Andrew Sullivan has one beef with ‘House of Cards.’