Ethos Review

Today's post by Ishmael Bishop connects "Unite the Right" rally in Charlottesville and the debates about speakers on college campuses http://ow.ly/lS4S30eLRSl

How the “Unite The Right” Rally Emerged out of the College Campus Speaker Debate – Ethos There is no distinction between giving someone who hates you a platform on which to speak inside a lecture hall or out in public. As much...

Andrew Kim writes on the spectacle of Na**sm in media coverage in "Absentminded Racism"

Absentminded Racism: N**i Spectacle and the Po*******hy of Whiteness – Ethos The obsessive coverage of and media response to the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally is a reflection of a certain absorptive fascination...

Part 2 of Adam Kranz's series, "The Postmodern Peril: How Internet Atheists Learned to Hate Social Justice," is up on Ethos! Let us know what you think in the comments. http://ow.ly/bwHl30cmHTb

The Postmodern Peril: How Internet Atheists Learned to Hate Social Justice, Part Two – Ethos , I posed a rhetorical question: why are Rationalists so invested in rejecting epistemic relativism? I answered by pointing to their activism on...

Claire Zhuang shares "A Parting Letter to My MFA Program" on Ethos! http://ow.ly/cOwd30cmK8E

A Parting Letter to My MFA Program – Ethos This letter was read to the faculty at my MFA program on May 4, 2017 during my portfolio review after I withdrew from the program.

Andrew Kim responds to the recent article, "My Family's Slave," by Alex Tizon published on The Atlantic, and emphasizes the "empathic tourism" in the reactions the piece has evoked.

Empathic Tourism: The Atlantic Peddles Alex Tizon’s “My Family’s Slave” as an “Epic Story” – Ethos by the Filipino-American journalist Alex Tizon (who died unexpectedly in March) titled “My Family’s Slave.” Tizon’s article highlights the...

Part one of Adam Kranz's series exploring postmodern identity and the rationalist alt-right is up on Ethos!

The Postmodern Peril: How Internet Atheists Learned to Hate Social... Postmodernism does not make a good banner to organize under. A postmodernist political party is such a fringe idea that it’s never even been...

Check out Kenneth Lota's post on sci-fi, technology, and two tv shows, Black Mirror and Westworld: "Both of these highly intelligent and stylishly-made shows explore the future possibilities of the relationship between humans and the technology we create, but ultimately see that relationship take a dark, dystopic turn."

We Cannot Be Trusted: Humans and Machines in Black Mirror and Westworld... Technology may enable us to do amazing things, but we humans cannot be trusted with it. At least, such seems to be the implication of two of the...

Dylan Thompson describes an exhibition, "Light: Art+Design," and encourages supporting local artists in the latest post on Ethos! Have you participated in an arts event that inspired you recently? Let us know in the comments!

Primp, a Pop-Up Shop – Ethos While more than an entire article could be devoted to denouncing this as a reprehensible idea, instead I want to focus on a concurrent event; on...

Chris Karnadi in "Read Between the Lines" thinks about the shocking election of Donald Trump, and uses the Bible and rap music to better read the times in the United States http://bit.ly/2ox2ObK

Read Between the Lines: Telling Time in the United States Using the... On the morning of November 9, 2016, disoriented and confused, much of the United States groggily checked the political time hoping that Donald...

Our latest Ethos piece is up! Sam Bednarchik writes about Dan Taberski’s “Missing Richard Simmons” and the recent "mystery-making impulse" in popular podcasts.

The Real Mystery of “Missing Richard Simmons”: Does Everything Have to... At first glance, Dan Taberski’s “Missing Richard Simmons” seems an odd choice for First Look Media. The production company’s mission to provide a...

Check out our latest post for Ethos: Caleb Feist considers the first amendmend and the expression of political opinions. Let us know what you think in the comments!

In the New Political Climate, There’s No More Sticking to Sports. – Ethos For those who consume sports solely as a form of entertainment, the political overtones from the figures at their center seem to ring hollow.

Don't forget, at 6pm we'll be having a happy hour at OCSC to celebrate the launch of our latest journal edition! Hope to see you there!