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‘White Chrysanthemum’ Is Masterful Look at Comfort Women
You will cry reading Mary Lynn Bracht’s White Chrysanthemum. Multiple times. It’ll hit you in waves. Sometimes only a single tear – others, a small river. You will become invested in these characters such that every travesty perpetrated against them is reflected in yourself. You will feel, at times, torn apart.
Finding Common Ground in Joy Joy Nails
Below the high-gloss varnish of Joy Joy Nails is a tale of bullying, identity, and the American dream. In exploring this cross section of the Korean American nail salon industry, director Joey Ally offers a glimpse into a small-world, big-dreams prison of other people’s beauty and the service workers catering to clients’ wishes at the expense of their own.
Coming of Age in the Time of Modern Love
Modernity is often associated with technology and updated fashions. But it can also be described as the way current peoples think and interact with their fellow man. Maulik Pancholy’s The Best At It exemplifies the coming of age spirit of modern life and love. In a time of worldwide tumult, when nations appear to be embracing more insular ideals, The Best At It looks to celebrate the differences that make all of us great.
Black athletes share words of encouragement
Every day, Black athletes teach us what it means to stand tall and stay focused in the face of adversity. From tennis player Sloane Stephens and her unwavering spirit to Kansas City Chiefs safety Tyrann Mathieu and his enduring confidence, they show us how to learn from our experiences and look positively to the future, whether it’s in the game, our communities, our culture, or within ourselves.
How well do you know Black Twitter?
Like blues music, beer taps and your car’s automatic gear shift, Black Americans have given a lot to this country. You might not hold social media in the same esteem but many of the trends you see began among Black users. Think you know them all? Take our quiz to find out.
The Year of the Black Quarterback: The Trading Cards
A series chronicling the rise of black quarterbacks in the NFL The 100th year of the NFL became The Year of the Black Quarterback. The Undefeated commemorates 18 of the best … from the ones who led the way to the ones who broke through to the ones who are the future. Each one is a magnificent athlete, and together they are the picture of Undefeated. James “Shack” Harris The fighter Harris rose from the Jim Crow South to fight more discrimination in the NFL.
Take Vulture’s Breaking Bad Superfan Quiz
This quiz originally ran before the finale of Breaking Bad in September 2013. We’re republishing it to celebrate the tenth anniversary of the show’s premiere. After the Breaking Bad series finale, TV viewers won’t have Walter White and his merry meth-making pals to kick around anymore. So Vulture is pouring one out for our fallen Albuquerque homies in the form of a superfan quiz.
Chasing Waterfalls
There’s this idea out there in the world that black people don’t like water. There are historical reasons for these myths, but the truth is something else. From the days of segregation in Baltimore to today’s Rio de Janeiro suburbs to the crystalline waters of St. Kitts and Nevis to a hot afternoon on Brooklyn, New York’s Coney Island — black and brown people around the country and around the world find joy and peace in water and have expertise in aquatic sports.
Say Bonjour to This Justin Trudeau Paper Doll
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Play With Our Cookie Lyon Wisdom Generator -- Vulture
If we were forced to pick just one reason you should be watching Empire, we'd have to go with Cookie Lyon. The straight-talking ex-con who brought drama, inspiration, and love back to the Lyon clan rightfully gets all the good lines. Just in case your Twitter bio needs some character, here are wonderful words of wisdom from the one and only Cookie Lyon.
Play Vulture’s 8-Bit Flappy Li’l Sebastian Game -- Vulture
With Parks and Recreation coming to a bittersweet end tonight, we're dedicating an 8-bit-style game to one of the show's dearly departed: Li'l Sebastian. Yes, that tiny pony flew up to heaven, but he's still dealing with his diabetes, so you better avoid the Sweetums drinks! Eat the carrots and the waffles (duh!), and when you chomp the latter, a very special thing will happen. Have fun! LOADING…
Take Vulture’s Beyoncé SAT Exam -- Vulture
Last December, everyone was jamming to Beyoncé's surprise self-titled "visual album." And though Beyoncé was a 2013 release, it (and she) dominated much of this year. So we put together one of our patented SAT exams. And this one tests your knowledge of Queen B's lyrics, videos, and history. Will you come out a "Survivor" or end up a "Broken-Hearted Girl" (or Boy)?
Make Your Own Sons of Anarchy Leather Jacket
08_sons_of_anarchy_season_1_blu-ray As Sons of Anarchy concludes its seventh and final season, we only have so much more time in Kurt Sutter’s world of murder, meth, and cuts. The kuttes are their leather vests, crucial to the world of outlaw motorcycle clubs. So would you like to make your own? If so, you have some important choices to make (by dragging and dropping): Will you ride or die for SAMCRO? Will you rock the Grim Reaper patch? Are you the V. President or just an Ass Kicker?
Test Your Knowledge of Springfield With This Simpsons SAT
streaming week Few things conjure up as much nostalgic dread as the SATs, that high-school rite of passage involving a day spent furiously filling in ovals corresponding to questions that determined your very future. But what did all of those vexing analogies and Venn diagrams really test? Nothing we’ve ever used before or since, that’s what. If only the educational system would assess us based on things we think and talk about every day … like, say, our favorite television shows.
Get Tyrion Drunk in Our Game of Thrones Game
As massive Game of Thrones fans, we firmly believe that there's no Tyrion Lannister quite like a drunken Tyrion Lannister. That's why we devised an old-school video game that will allow you to help keep him in his cups, although that’s no easy task, considering that he’s chosen to drink in a place that is raining swords.
Make Your Own Shonda Rhimes Monologue With Vulture’s Scandal Monologue Mad-Libs
generators Sept. 25, 2014 By Margaret Lyons, Linsey Fields, and Justin McCraw This feature originally ran on April 17, 2014. Scandal is famous for its break-neck pace, its glamorous costumes, its all-consuming melodrama. And oh yeah — its memorable, operatic monologues. But now you don’t have to be adjacent to the Grant administration to have your very own Scandal moment: In honor of tonight’s season premiere, we present this monologue generator.
Play Vulture’s 8-Bit-Style Mad Men Video Game
Here at Vulture, we spend an inordinate amount of time talking about Mad Men, waxing nostalgic about the video games of our youth, and thinking about alcoholic beverages. These passions inspired our latest concoction: an old-school arcade-style video game that lets you play a thirsty Don Draper. We invite you to join us in celebrating the return of Mad Men this Sunday with this intoxicating game that is harder than it might at first appear.
ID 20 Horror Films Using IMDb Keywords -- Vulture
Remember when Vulture created a quiz designed to test your movie-comedy knowledge based on IMDb keywords? Remember how you took it, saw your final score, then concluded you could no longer justifiably list Ace Ventura: Pet Detective Expert as a special skill on your résumé? Well, we’re putting your keyword skills to the test again. But since it’s October, the month of Halloween, and the remake of Carrie is on the verge of release, we’ve switched genres. This time, the keyword focus is horror.
Quiz: Which Jared Leto Is Older?
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Quiz: Name That Tune, TV Theme Song Edition
quiz Vulture’s “Name That Tune” quiz series has already taken you through the movie scores of John Williams, the bleep-bloop-itude of Daft Punk tracks, and the maddening earworm-ness of the songs of summer. Yet we’ve come to realize that three notes might be a little too intense for most people. (Too intense for most Vulture staffers, even.) So in our latest attempt, you have a whole five notes to guess the famous TV theme song. Please tweet your results to us over at @Vulture.
Quiz: Which Pharrell Is Older?
June 28, 2013 By Lindsey Weber, Linsey Fields, Justin McCraw, and Maya Robinson Photo: Getty Pharrell Williams might be a wizard. Not only does he have a near-mystical command of this year’s Song of the Summer battle (see: both Robin Thicke’s “Blurred Lines” and Daft Punk’s “Get Lucky”), but he famously does not seem to age. From N.E.R.D. until now, the 40-year-old man has found some sort of way to avoid all human signs of passing time, much like fellow ageless wizard Paul Rudd.
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