Lily Salter's Blog, page 1056
July 11, 2015
“It was always based on a flat lie”: Why neo-Confederates are finally losing the war for American history
The states' rights explanation of the Civil War was always doomed, celebrated historian James Loewen tells Salon
July 10, 2015
Remember when we liked the Internet? Longing for a world without trolls, tracking and Twitter roundups
We used to go online to feel understood. A new film gets what's lost in the move from LiveJournal to "social media"
“Robin Williams could be the loudest guy in the room even when he’s not talking”: The director of “Boulevard” opens up about working with the late legend
Salon talks to Dito Montiel about working with Williams on what would be his final role
The Wimbledon we wish we could see: “SNL” directing alum brings Kit Harington and Andy Samberg together for epic tennis mockumentary
Salon talks to director Jake Szymanski about his new HBO comedy "7 Days in Hell"
Community Discussion: Will the world do enough to save the climate?
Nations are finally pledging to cut emissions, but only the result is only confusion.
July 9, 2015
“Like you’re touching your closed eyelid”: (Mis)adventures in orgasmic meditation
I'd read the literature and watched the video, but nothing could prepare me for a clitoral massage in the flesh
If Apple Music wins, what will we lose? Here’s the corporate clampdown we didn’t see coming
Taylor Swift's in! Prince is out! In the future, one company could decide what endures and what fades away
Jeb Bush’s plutocratic fantasy land: Why his comments about American workers are completely divorced from reality
The former GOP governor thinks Americans don't work hard enough — despite mountains of evidence to the contrary
“Tangerine”: A gorgeous and timely human comedy — and one of the most important American films of the year
This moving, hilarious Christmas tale about two trans sex workers breaks new ground, and was shot all on an iPhone
“Conditions were ‘bluntly Dickensian’”: The disgrace of New York’s homeless shelters
New York has its highest homeless rate since the Great Depression -- Mayor de Blasio and Gov. Cuomo need to do more
