Documentary Shows Complexities of Cultural Genocide

Today, Raphael Lemkin is best known for coining the term genocide and introducing it to international law. What is less well known is that Lemkin initially proposed the existence of two different — yet deeply intertwined — forms of genocide: physical and cultural. Lemkin described physical genocide as the systematic destruction of a group of people, while cultural genocide described the large scale destruction of a group’s cultural artifacts. Inspired by a book of the same name, the documentary

“Watchmen” Shows Violence Behind American Hero Story

Published in 1986, Alan Moore’s “Watchmen” has since earned both critical acclaim — the sole graphic novel to make Time’s list of the 100 greatest American novels — and a fanbase devoted enough to support an uninspired series of prequels and a truly dreadful 2009 film. Fortunately, HBO’s new series takes a different path than these lifeless adaptations, and although it occasionally stumbles, it manages to refine and extend its predecessors’ criticisms of the superhero genre by exploring the role

A Growing Shift in Opinion on the Rise of Technology

In 2012, Mark Zuckerberg who was preparing to go public with Facebook, released a thunderous IPO (Initial Public Offering) letter detailing his vision of the site’s future. Zuckerberg argued that Facebook was not just a convenient tool for social networking; it also had a moral and political goal. The CEO claimed that Facebook’s real drive came from its social quest to “make the world more open and connected,” stating, “we don’t build services to make money; we make money to build better service

Oasis’ “Definitely Maybe” Remains Iconic After 25 Years

After its release 25 years ago, there are still very few albums that allow themselves to dream as unabashedly as English rock band Oasis’ “Definitely Maybe.” In a booklet released with the album’s 2014 remaster, lead guitarist Noel Gallagher said that he wrote most of its songs while “unemployed, in rented accommodations … living from one week to the next.” The dire conditions did not dampen his ambitions. From start to finish “Definitely Maybe” rejects the possibility of settling for the ever