puritanism

Puritans with Machine Guns in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

Puritans with Machine Guns in ‘The Handmaid’s Tale’

The first season of this icily horrific series is a crash course in the possibilities of a uniquely American 'It Could Happen Here' patriarchal Christian fascism.

The New Puritanism, or, Some Troubling Tendencies in Video Game Criticism

The New Puritanism, or, Some Troubling Tendencies in Video Game Criticism

Is the role of the video game critic to protect us from that which we may find offensive?

The Wordy Shipmates by Sarah Vowell