October 2013 Culture Articles
- Jai Waetford is Pop Music's New Justin Bieber
- Science Says Too Much Halloween Candy Could Give You the Bummers
- Scandal Season 3: Olivia Pope's Job Would Be Soul-Crushing in Real Life
- Why Pro Video Games Are The Future of Televised Sports
- Halloween History: These Drunken Games Date Back to Ancient Times
- 'Blue is the Warmest Color' is the First 21st Century Love Story
- 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Would Be an Amazing Show, If It Could Just Solve This One Problem
- 'Pakistan Idol' is Bringing Muslim Cultural Controversy Into the Spotlight
- 7 Reasons Growing Up in New York City Made Halloween So Much Better
- Watch Aziz Ansari's Hilarious Appearance on 'Jimmy Fallon' Last Night
- 10 Halloween Costumes That Are So 2013
- PolicyMic Staff Throwback Thursday: The Greatest Halloween Costumes From Our Pasts
- Be Respectful This Halloween, Not 'Politically Correct'
- Why a Banksy-Designed World Trade Center Would Be a Total Eyesore
- Daniel Alarcón’s New Novel Stunningly Captures Our Restless Generation
- 7 Incredible Women Who Are Inspiring the Next Generation of Female Filmmakers
- 5 Old-School Dance Videos That Inspired Beyonce's Most Iconic Moves
- Halloween 2013: 5 Terrifying Hip Hop Tracks For Your Halloween Playlist
- Lorde Is Proof That Women Don't Need to Sell Sex to Sell Records
- Arcade Fire is Brilliant, and These 5 Songs Prove It
- 'The Nose' is a Hilarious Opera About, Well, A Nose
- How '1984' Changed My Life
- This Newly Uncovered 36-Year-Old 'Star Wars' Blooper Reel is Just Amazing
- 'Two Boys' Opera: Nico Muhly Takes On the Internet
- Editor's Picks: 3 Songs We Can't Stop Listening To This Week
- What Cormac McCarthy Just Doesn't Get About Entertainment
- The Korean DMZ is Home to Tragedy, Sadness, and an Amusement Park
- NBA 2013 Bold Predictions: A Look At the Eastern Conference
- National Cat Day: Uber App Lets You Rent Kittens For $20
- Hate Sitting All Day? This Designer is Breeding the World's Perfect Chair
- 'Game Of Bones': 7 Other TV Porn Parodies Which Should Happen
- The Bizarre Science Behind Your Favorite Horror Films
- 15 Weird Things You Can Buy in Oprah's Charity Auction
- 17 Amazing Things About Lady Gaga Only Her Truest Fans Understand
- What 'Gravity' Lost in Depth and Gained in Three Dimensions
- Why Millennials Care As Much About a Show's Creator As Its Characters
- 5 Singer-Songwriters You Never Knew Were This Talented
- 'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Episode 3 Recap: Tyreese is Almost as Badass as Carol
- 'Sherlock' Returns: Benedict Cumberbatch is the Smartest Man on Television
- Here's the Figure-Skating 'Breaking Bad' Tribute You Didn't Know Was Missing From Your Life
- An Elegy For Lou Reed
- 'Homeland' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: All the Crazy Things Carrie Did
- Saturday Night Live Recap: The 5 Best Sketches From the Ed Norton Episode
- The Real Reason British TV Shows Are Making Waves Across the Pond
- This Weekend, Get On Your Bike and See NYC's Underrated Borough
- 7 Terrible TV Shows That You're Not Alone in Secretly Loving
- What the American Dream Means for Millennials
- World Series 2013 Ratings: Baseball Needs to Get Its Groove Back
- The 5 'Twilight Zone' Episodes Every Die-Hard Fan Knows By Heart
- These Colleges Are Working Hard to Keep Radio Alive
- 10 Inspiring Short Story Collections to Cure the 20-Something Blues
- 3 Reasons Millennials Love Cormac McCarthy
- Being a Grown Up: Expectation vs. Reality
- The Week's Must-Read PolicyMic Arts & Entertainment Stories
- 'Supernatural' Needs to Admit Dean is Bisexual
- How to Facebook Stalk Successful Friends Without Destroying Your Self Esteem
- Stream Arcade Fire's 'Reflektor' Here
- Ridley Scott's Exodus Whitewashes the Bible By Casting Only White Actors
- 5 Movies You Need to See Before You Call Yourself a True New Yorker
- What 20 Famous Musicians Were Doing in Their 20s
- 9 Travel Movies That Will Make Every 20-Something Want to Quit Their Day Job
- Think Men Dominate Punk Music? These 7 Women Will Prove You Wrong
- 7 Uncalled-For Character Deaths Book Lovers Are Still Mad About
- 'Ender's Game' Series: 5 Sci-Fi Recommendations For 'Ender's Game' Lovers
- Dave Eggers' 'The Circle' is a Status Update for All Social Media Users
- The Rich Kids of Instagram Are Getting a Reality Show, and There is No Justice in the World
- These Trees Can Tell You Where to Strike Gold
- Instagram Wants Women To Be Beautiful, Filtered, and Bikini Waxed
- The Kendrick Lamar and Drake Feud is Bringing Hip Hop Back to Life
- 'Reign' Proves There's No Masturbating On Network TV Allowed
- If You Die in Taiwan, There Will Be Strippers At Your Funeral
- 'Marvel’s Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Season 1 Episode 5 Recap: Whose Side is Skye Really On?
- Arcade Fire’s New Song Will Take Every Indie Kid Back to High School
- 'The Mindy Project' Season 2 Episode 6 Recap: Mindy Joins the "Bros Club for Dudes"
- 'New Girl' Season 3 Episode 6 Recap: Finally, an Episode Not About Nick and Jess
- 13 Scary-As-Hell Places in America
- PolicyMic Songs of the Week: What Our Arts Editors Can't Stop Listening To
- Powerful Life Lessons From a Six-Time Jeopardy Champion Who Lost it All
- 'What Does the Fox Say' Duo's New Video is a Hilarious Ode to Massachusetts
- 2013 Will Go Down as the Year Of the Indie Film
- Insider Tips on How to Win Jeopardy, From a Six-Time Champ
- The Ridiculous Ways America's Clothing Stores Try to Lure Hipsters
- Ravenswood Premiere: What the ABC Family Show Can Learn From TV's Greatest Crossovers
- TLC Documentary: 10 Times the Band's Lyrics Got Way Too Real
- Pearl Jam is Keeping 90s Grunge Alive
- 'Parks and Recreation' Hiatus: Why NBC Is Putting the Show in Time Out
- Watch The Avett Brothers Reinvent Pearl Jam on Jimmy Fallon
- What the 'Carrie' Remake Gets Wrong About Cyberbullying
- Atlas Genius Interview: Meet the Indie Rock Whiz Behind Australian Band
- 5 Ways the Beat Generation Were Hipsters Before It Was Cool
- 22-Year-Old Gets Caught in a Senior Citizen Love Triangle
- This is What English Sounds Like to Foreigners
- 'Homeland' Season 3 Episode 4 Recap: All is Not What it Seems in "Game On"
- PolicyMic Movie Guide: What to See, Stream, and Skip This Week
- 'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Episode 2 Recap: Carol is More Badass Than Ever
- The Real Truth About All Those Piano Lessons You Took as a Kid
- Cat Owners Rejoice! There's Finally a Way For Your Cats to Drink With You
- World Series Preview 2013: The Cardinals Advance On the Dodgers' Dumb Mistakes
- 'Ender's Game' Boycott: How to Take a Stand Against The Controversial Movie
- 'Parks and Recreation' Season 6: 8 Reasons Ron Swanson Will Make the Greatest Dad Ever
- 10 Halloween Movies That Are Legitimately Terrifying
- Why You Need to Throw Out Your Che Guevara T-Shirt
- Guess What All Those "Non-Essential" Feds Did the Last Two Weeks
- 6 Haunted Houses That Will Completely Traumatize You
- 'The Hunger Games': 5 Dystopian Novels To Read While You Wait for 'Catching Fire'
- Airbnb NYC Lawsuit Blocks Innovation Unecessarily
- '12 Years a Slave' Book: The Real Story Behind the Film
- This Week's Highlights From the Arts & Entertainment Section
- '12 Years a Slave' Review: The Barbarity Of Slavery Without Hollywood Glamour
- Fitz and the Tantrums Performing On 'Conan' Is the Most Joyous Video You'll See Today
- 10 Things Politicians Can Learn from Actors
- Wes Anderson's 'Grand Budapest Hotel' Trailer is So Deeply Wes Anderson
- Graphic Rape Sculpture is Causing Outrage in Europe
- This 1933 Movie Imagined America as a Dictatorship
- Loyalty of Chicago Cubs Fans Goes Far Beyond Baseball
- The Silk Road is Getting the Movie Treatment, and We Couldn't Be Happier
- Jon Batiste is 26 Years Old, and Taking the Jazz World By Storm
- 8 Essential Lessons from the Jenna Maroney School for Actresses
- 4 Charts That Prove Millennials Are the Internet Generation
- Why Artsy Will Soon Be Every Teacher's Best Friend
- 2 Embarrassing Reasons We Still Like the Dallas Cowboys
- 5 Awe-Inspiring Performances Every Motown Lover Needs to See
- This New Study is the Best News Pot Smokers Will Hear All Day
- A Grown Man Watches 'Ordinary People' For the First Time
- Piers Morgan Explains Why Bill O'Reilly is a Dick, No Word Yet On Why He's One Too
- Jhumpa Lahiri’s 'The Lowland' Shows Immigrant Literature Is Obsolete
- A 28-Year-Old Won the Man Booker Prize, What Did You Do Today?
- 7 Touching Lessons We Can Learn From 'Humans of New York'
- 5 Ways Noah Webster Made the English Language American
- Oscar Wilde Was Arrested for Homosexuality, His Heartbreaking Quote Shows How Far We've Come And How Far We Still Need to Go
- 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Season 1 Episode 4 Recap: "Seduce Him"
- 'New Girl' Season 3 Episode 5 Recap: Financial Crisis
- Who Said It: Oscar Wilde or the Dowager Countess of Grantham?
- 'The Mindy Project' Season 2 Episode 5 Recap: Wiener Night and Dick Pics
- 'The Mindy Project's' Harassment Jokes Are Betraying Feminist Fans
- Bob Costas Got Slammed For Calling Out Redskins Racism During An NFL Broadcast
- Journalists Asked Daniel Radcliffe About His Gay Sex Scene, His Response Is Perfect
- 10 Prequels We'd Pay to See
- The 5 Most Terrifying Space Movies of All Time
- 'Kill Bill' and Our Troubled Relationship with Rape Revenge Movies
- How SnapChat Made Ugly Selfies Mainstream
- Hollywood is Influencing Politics More Than Any Super PAC
- PolicyMic's Arts & Entertainment Section is Reinventing Cultural News On the Social Web
- Finally, Scientific Proof That Majoring in English Was Worth Your Time
- 10 TV Theme Songs That Defined the 90s
- Stuffed Red Peppers: The Recipe You Need to Try This Fall
- David Byrne Understands Why There's No Room For Young Artists in New York
- CMJ 2013: 6 Artists You Don't Want to Miss
- This Waitress' Gesture Proves the Shutdown Brings the Best Out Of People
- Lucie Brock-Broido's 'Stay, Illusion' Is an October Must-Read
- 'Homeland' Season 3 Episode 3 Recap: Brody's Back, And More Miserable Than Ever
- PolicyMic Movie Guide: What to See, Stream, and Skip This Week
- 'Gravity' Is This Year's 'Avatar' and That's Not a Compliment
- The Man Booker Prize Winner: Why Colm Toibin's 81-Page Masterpiece Should Win
- 3 Things You Know About Christopher Columbus That Are Actually Myths
- 'SNL' Bruce Willis Hosting: The 5 Best Sketches of the Night
- 'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Premiere: 10 Ways to Survive a Zombie Apocalypse
- 'The Walking Dead' Season 4 Premiere: 4 Reasons 'Breaking' Bad Fans Should Tune In
- These Evangelicals Hate Gays So Much, Life Isn't Worth Living Anymore
- Adrian Peterson's 2-Year-Old Dies and All Twitter Cares About Are Their Fantasy Teams
- Why Aren't We Celebrating LGBT History Month?
- The Art Of Turning Real Life Tragedy Into Entertainment
- Twitter IPO Date Gets Released, and All Its Skeletons Come Pouring Out
- How Many LGBT People In the U.S.? It's a Harder Question Than You Think
- What This Singing Garbage Truck Can Teach Us About Being Eco-Friendly
- Coming Out When Everyone Already Knows You're Gay
- Pusha T's 'My Name is My Name' is a Throwback to Hip-Hop's Glory Days
- 'Sex Box': Real Sex is Still Hidden
- 'Parks and Recreation' Season 6 Episode 3: The 5 Best One-Liners
- NYC Comic Con 2013 Is Proof that Comics are Finally Cool
- National Coming Out Day, Ally Edition
- 'Glee' Cory Monteith Tribute: This is How the Show Remembered the Star
- The International New York Times Won't Offer the One Thing We Need
- Captain Phillips Review: Tom Hanks Brings Two Hours Of White-Knuckle Suspense
- Court Ruling Leaves NYC Interns Unprotected From Sexual Harrassment
- The 5 Most Ridiculous Love Lessons From 'Sex and the City'
- Alice Munro is the First Canadian to Win the Nobel Prize for Literature
- Kanye West Appears on 'Jimmy Kimmel' to End Their Wild Twitter Feud
- Kanye's Jimmy Kimmel Interview is the Strangest Thing You'll Watch On the Internet Today
- 5 Things Forever 21 Has Sold That Make Sense Of Their Ayn Rand Muscle Tee
- 57 Cities Now Have Free Wi-Fi, But They're Not Thinking Big Enough
- Why We're Still Talking About Body Image
- What is the Worst Stereotype Of Every State? Watch This Video
- Tor Can Protect You, But the Way it Works Leaves a Few Holes Open
- Black People Are Not Amused With White People
- Teens Can Now Erase Their Online Mistakes, But Here's Why They Shouldn't
- Dale Earnhardt Jr. Jr.'s 'The Speed of Things' Moves At Just the Right Pace
- Miley Cyrus and the Roots Singing 'We Can't Stop' A Cappella is the Best Thing Today
- Never Forget the Glory That Was the 'The O.C.' Soundtrack
- Tarantino's 10 Favorite Films from 2013 Will Surprise You
- Enough With the 'Strong Female Characters', Already
- 'New Girl,' Season 3, Episode 4 Recap: Nick Gets in Touch With His Feeling Stick
- The Mindy Project Season 2 Episode 4 Recap: "Magic Morgan" Toes the Sexual Harassment Line
- Malala Yousafzai and Jon Stewart Discuss Her Powerful Stand Against the Taliban
- Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. Episode 3 Recap: The Origin Of Graviton
- "League Of Denial" Won't Change Any Football Fans' Minds
- The Best Opera Of the Year is About Anna Nicole Smith
- This 11-Year-Old Dancing to Lady Gaga's Applause is Exactly What The World Needs Right Now
- How a Growing Cyber Security Industry Is Manipulating You
- 'This Ain't Girls XXX': Why 'Girls' Fans Should Hate This Hustler Porn Parody
- CMJ Music Marathon: 5 Great Unknown Songs At the 2013 Festival
- Don't Ignore That Chris Brown Was Raped Just Because You Hate Him
- What 20 Of the World's Most Famous Writers Were Doing in Their Twenties
- 5 Insanely Creepy 'Goosebumps' Covers That Will Haunt Your Dreams
- Don't Think There's a Liberal Bias On TV? You Need to Watch This SNL Skit
- Some Idiot Told Jennifer Lawrence to Lose Weight, Her Response is Priceless
- Dave Eggers' Terrifying Predictions About the Future Are Way Too Real
- The 'Ender's Game' Movie Deserves Buzz, But Not the Buzz It's Getting
- I Finally Figured Out Why People Love to Hate Millennials
- 7 Lorde Lyrics That Capture What It's Like To Be Young
- Why Students Judge Female Professors More Harshly
- PolicyMic Movie Guide: What to See, Stream, and Skip This Week
- 'Homeland' Season 3 Episode 2 Recap: Carrie Gets Committed ... Again
- 'Saturday Night Live' Cast: It's Time For SNL to Diversify
- Alfonso Cuarón: How the 'Gravity' Director Saved Harry Potter
- 4 Intriguing Monuments Mankind Has Forgotten About
- 'Wadjda' is A Unique Film That Unveils Everyday Life in Saudi Arabia
- 6 Major Celeb Tweet Screw-Ups
- Fall Recipes: 5 Fabulous Ideas On What to Cook This Weekend
- The NSA Does Not Care About Your Personal Life. Sorry.
- Finally, Some Real Parenting Around Here
- Twitter IPO Valuation Ignores Millions of Fake Profiles
- 'Happy Endings' Showrunner Jonathan Groff On What the Smartest People in Hollywood Really Do
- 'Scandal' Season 3 Premiere: Olivia Pope and Peyton Manning Have A Lot in Common
- This is the Most Important Dinner Party You'll Ever Attend
- The Controversial Way To Fight Child Obesity That Parents Hate
- The Astonishing Reason a Police Officer Was Asked to Take Off His Uniform
- The 12 Greatest Depictions of Asian Characters in TV And Film History
- Young Mormon Feminists Are Doing It For Themselves
- 11 Music Moments That Made Good Movies Great
- Sinéad O'Connor Might Want to Help Miley, But She's Dangerously Out of Touch
- Lavabit is the First Tech Firm to Shut Down Rather Than Comply With U.S. Government
- Meet the Newest Member Of the Culture Team
- 10 Things Theater Kids Do Better Than Anyone
- The First Text I Sent After the Capitol Hill Shooting
- The Shanghai Free Trade Zone is Not Enough to End China's Internet Censorship
- This Life Insurance Company Takes Advertising to a New Extreme
- What @Horse_ebooks Taught Us About Social Media
- Miley Cyrus Documentary: 5 Things That Changed the Way We See the Star
- 'The Michael J. Fox Show': An Inside Look at Writing For TV's Boldest New Comedy
- 'Parenthood' Season 5: 10 Reasons I Want to Be a Braverman
- 'Breaking Bad' Spanish Remake: Everything We Know About 'Metástasis'
- Surprise! 4 Reasons Feminists Will Love Porn Flick 'Don Jon'
- 10 'Clueless' Jokes That Went Right Over Our Heads as Kids
- Banksy Invaded New York, See His Street Art at 18 Allen Street
- 5 Creative Ways to Avoid Online Ads
- 3 Positives and Negatives Of the World's Most Successful Product Ever
- Nashville Season 2 Music: The Real Country Artists Behind the Show's Hit Songs
- This is What 'The O.C.' Looks Like On Turkish TV
- How Much Public Money Does Your State Spend on NFL Football? Check This Chart
- Malcolm Gladwell's 'David and Goliath': Big Thoughts of an Intellectual Giant
- 'Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D.' Season 1 Episode 2 Recap: Skye is Good At Stuff, Too
- What You Probably Missed When Reading 'Romeo and Juliet'
- 'The Mindy Project' Season 2 Episode 3 Recap: God Wants Casey to Be a DJ
- Rebel Wilson Is What a Real Role Model Looks Like
- 'The Mindy Project' and the Trouble With 'Gray Area Rape'
- Lorde's 'Pure Heroine' is a Mesmerizing Peek Into the Teenage Mind
- Rebel Wilson's 'Super Fun Night': When Fat Jokes Are Just Lazy
- 'New Girl' Season 3, Episode 3 Recap: The Schmidt Hit the Fan
- 5 Movies That Would Make Amazing Broadway Musicals
- What Chipotle's Brilliant 'Scarecrow' Ad Proves About Millennial Activism
- 5 Musical Artists Who Got Their Start on 'Grey's Anatomy'
- These 6 Countries Banned McDonald's, Do They Know Something We Don't?
- Inside the Fashion Industry's Terrifying History
- The Importance Of Feeling Bored
- Why a 20-Something Woman Still Cares About Sexist Children's Toys
- Real Fairy Tales Aren't Nearly As Sexist As the Disney Versions
- This Artist Got Her First Camera at Age 48 — And Then Revolutionized Photography
- Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D. Vs. Gotham: The Ultimate Side-By-Side Comparison
- 9 Problems Only Short People Understand
- 7 Things You Should Know How to Do Before You Graduate
- Haim Is the Sister Group You'll Be Listening to All Fall
- 5 Julie Andrews Roles That Changed Movie History
- The Real Difference Between Dog and Cat People Isn't What You Think
