Ethos Review

08/30/2017

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

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...

08/28/2017

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

The obsessive coverage of and media response to the Charlottesville “Unite the Right” rally is a reflection of a certain absorptive fascination...

06/07/2017

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

, I posed a rhetorical question: why are Rationalists so invested in rejecting epistemic relativism? I answered by pointing to their activism on...

06/06/2017

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

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.

06/02/2017

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.

by the Filipino-American journalist Alex Tizon (who died unexpectedly in March) titled “My Family’s Slave.” Tizon’s article highlights the...

05/09/2017

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

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...

05/02/2017

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."

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...

04/20/2017

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!

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...

04/12/2017

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

On the morning of November 9, 2016, disoriented and confused, much of the United States groggily checked the political time hoping that Donald...

04/11/2017

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.

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...

03/14/2017

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!

For those who consume sports solely as a form of entertainment, the political overtones from the figures at their center seem to ring hollow.

03/03/2017

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!