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Arts And Culture
If BookTok Convinces Teens They’re Ready For Erotica, Is It My Job To Stop Them?
159
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Jackie Charniga
November 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Art In The Middle Of Nowhere Is Still Somewhere
116
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Nicholas Russell
November 20, 2023
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Defector At The Movies
Godzilla Must Be Larger
232
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Chris Thompson
November 16, 2023
Arts And Culture
Martin Scorsese’s Second Life As An Adman
68
Comments
Adam Charles Hart
November 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
Local Man In His 30s Gets Really Into PinkPantheress
87
Comments
Israel Daramola
November 15, 2023
Arts And Culture
Princess Diana Bought That Eagles Jacket Herself
126
Comments
Dan McQuade
November 10, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Stereophonic’ Is “The Fleetwood Mac Play” And So Much Better For It
36
Comments
Lauren Theisen
November 8, 2023
Arts And Culture
How The Defector Staff Organizes Their Books
292
Comments
Defector Staff
November 3, 2023
Arts And Culture
Dan And Dave Explore Another Mall
317
Comments
Dan McQuade
and
David Roth
November 1, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Asks You To Sit With Its Contradictions
91
Comments
Soraya Roberts
October 27, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘Killers Of The Flower Moon’ Is The Latest Entry In Martin Scorsese’s History Of Evil
89
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Israel Daramola
October 26, 2023
Arts And Culture
‘The Golden Bachelor’ Turns Grief Into Joy
142
Comments
Alex Sujong Laughlin
October 25, 2023
Music
You Too Can Score Cheap On The Open Market For Dead People’s (Hammond) Organs
92
Comments
Dave McKenna
October 22, 2023
Arts And Culture
Charles Bissell Has Finally Moved On From The Wrens
42
Comments
Robert Rubsam
October 20, 2023
Defector At The Movies
The Survival Of Independent Cinema Begins With The Belief Of Those Who Make It
14
Comments
Corey Atad
October 20, 2023
Into The Woods
In ‘Under The Skin’, The Woods Are The Final Isolation
59
Comments
Luis Paez-Pumar
October 20, 2023
Defector Music Club
Defector Music Club Gets Lost In Sleater-Kinney’s ‘The Woods’
138
Comments
Israel Daramola
,
Giri Nathan
,
Patrick Redford
,
David Roth
, and
Lauren Theisen
October 19, 2023
Defector Reads A Book
Defector Reads A Book Is Getting Low-Key Parasocial With It
28
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 19, 2023
Arts And Culture
Aparna Nancherla Is My Favorite Impostor
29
Comments
Soraya Roberts
October 18, 2023
Arts And Culture
Michael Lewis’s ‘Going Infinite’ Goes In Circles
285
Comments
Patrick Redford
October 10, 2023
Defector At The Movies
All This Bleeding
159
Comments
David Roth
October 7, 2023
Arts And Culture
Four Days At The Flooded New York Film Festival
34
Comments
Israel Daramola
October 5, 2023
Arts And Culture
Joanna Arnow’s Time Has Arrived
10
Comments
Soraya Roberts
October 4, 2023
Arts And Culture
Background Television Isn’t As Easy As It Looks
243
Comments
David Roth
September 27, 2023
Capital
The Hollywood Writers Strike Proved That Collective Action Works
132
Comments
Katharine Trendacosta
September 27, 2023
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