Culture
Hulk Hogan, Gawker film highlights media challenges
AUSTIN — In the first phase of President Donald Trump's America, Austin’s centerpiece mega-media festival, South by Southwest (SXSW), took it upon itself to...
Vincent Van Goku and the disposable side of meme art
I love classic art/pop culture mash-ups. It's one of my favorite things to come out of the internet age. The most recognizable image from...
Faces in the crowd: A visage-focused photo essay
Few subjects are more ubiquitous in photography than human faces.
Portraits were one of the earliest uses when the technology was new. Naturally, it's still...
OKC’s Blue Note boots Black Pussy show under pressure
Shayna Pickett loves the Blue Note and good rock music. When she saw a poster for the band Black Pussy months ago, she got...
Unarmed patrols: Guardian Angels forming OKC chapter
When Aaron Brilbeck was 14 in upstate New York, he told a lie he does not regret. The minimum age to join the crime-prevention...
Sundaze: Trump makes supersonic sprint from AHCA
Is it just me, or did it seem like President Donald Trump flipped the negotiation table over and ran out of the room on...
Zua: ‘It is his people’s time to come’
Zua
by James Coburn
I walk with Angola
Knowing a young man,
A rising voice of his people
Percolating from generations
Pure as the night sky;
Fervent as a great river
Joining...
‘Confessional’ art piece coincides with scandal, critique
On Wednesday, Oklahoma City Rev. Lori Walke called for Oklahoma lawmakers (and the state as a whole) to confess their sins against the LGBT...
‘Get Out’ exemplifies the horror of benevolent racism
While chitchatting with an acquaintance about movies, we began discussing Jordan Peele’s history-making horror/social-commentary film, Get Out (see trailer above).
My friend (who is a white...
‘Love God, and your neighbor’ (including LGBTQ ones)
Here we go again, Oklahoma.
As the popular meme says, it’s been zero days since our last national embarrassment. Oklahoma Sen. Ralph Shortey (R-OKC) has made...