"Tropic Thunder" director/actor Ben Stiller in 2008 promoting the problematic movie, in which Robert Downey Jr. wears blackface. (Jacques Brinon / Associated Press) My first unpleasant encounter with ...

Click to share on X (Opens in new window) X Click to share on Facebook (Opens in new window) Facebook Honestly, we were all fine with Jennifer Lawrence until she made a rape joke. OK, maybe not all of ...

Bo Burnham’s newest Netflix special, Inside, teeters on unfunny in its realism and careens towards becoming an exposition on depression during quarantine. The 30-year-old comedian channels the ...

Do you sense something problematic about the word “problematic”? The way it’s used has changed a great deal in recent years, so much that it can now seem a little shifty. The journey that brought us ...

Breaking problematic habits that leave us feeling trapped, isolated, and out of control is possible with awareness, tools, strategies, and supports. With self-awareness, self-compassion, and a ...

Smartphones allow us to have information available at our fingertips, in addition to offering portability, convenience, and a sense of privacy. However, overuse of such devices may create a sense of ...

What is the point of having board members? Is it to keep property taxes low? To make sure that administrators and teachers do their jobs? To offer suggestions and insight into how to prepare students ...

My first unpleasant encounter with the current meaning of the word “problematic” occurred a couple of years ago. I was mingling with some twenty- and thirtysomethings at an outdoor birthday party in ...