Michelle Williams’ Superb ‘Dying for Sex’ Is a Defiantly Joyful Tale of Terminal Cancer and BDSM: TV Review

“It’s a bodily process,” a hospital worker tells cancer patient Molly (Michelle Williams) of her impending death. “Like having an orgasm.”

HARD COPY: Cancer, BDSM,  and a recommendation – ‘Dying for Sex’ We are more than just theory whores and policy nerds. We actually watch TV too. Heck, we even get out to the occasional film and noodle around in the occasional video game. It would be irresponsible of us – a green journalistic enterprise primed […]

$4 Billion in Reparations for Sexual Abuse Hurt More than Help?

How do we as a society make up for past wrongs? Last week, Los Angeles County reached a tentative agreement to pay $4 billion in order to settle more than 6,800 sexual abuse claims.

HARD COPY: Who – exactly – foots the bill for justice? As more cases of sexual abuse get unearthed, society grapples with finding justice for victims. Justice often looks like hefty sums of money paid out by organizations via settlements. Los Angeles County, for instance, recently reached a tentative agreement to pay $4 billion to […]

Debating Pronouns with John McWhorter:

HARD COPY: Pronoun trouble John McWhorter is an esteemed professor of linguistics at Columbia University. His latest book PRONOUN TROUBLE: The Story of Us in Seven Little Words was released on April 1, 2025. In it McWhorter establishes pronouns as both historical and dynamic. Like language in general, McWhorter shows how pronouns are adaptable cultural […]