Are We Living in a Simulation? Bad Religion, Bad Media Combine in New Doc, ‘A Glitch in the Matrix’
Brother Laeo Mystwood looks at the camera, his body obscured by a 3D avatar. He…
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It’s Still Your Fault: The Cubit’s Guide to Blaming
For the past three weeks, The Cubit has explored blame in the twenty-first century. We…
Read MoreRaelians’ “Clitoraid” Met With Suspicion in Burkina Faso
The Raelians, who regard the Catholic Church as their sexually repressive nemesis, say they’ve launched Clitoraid to help the victims of female circumcision.
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Satanist Monument Shines Light on Christian Privilege
Will the challenge to build “an homage to the historic/literary Satan” at Oklahoma’s capital actually change anything?
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“Cult” Cinema Comes of Age
While Paul Thomas Anderson’s The Master provides the latest (and greatest) vantage point, 2011 saw the release of three solid films on the topic. Why now?
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Steve Jobs Reincarnated as Divine Half-Yak
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Transgender, Scientologist, “Cult Hero”
Kate Bornstein’s new book recounts the years before Scientology was considered a religion, when it gave her all the answers on gender, loss, and addiction she needed not to hear. Sounds just like… bad religion.
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Rethinking Religion After Latest Holistic Death
A participant at a holistic spa was, it turns out, “cooked to death.” Instead of another wave of panic, maybe we need to rethink our categories.
Read MoreMissing the Forest for the Witches
Eager to note that a witch story involved a Glenda in Salem, many seem to have missed what’s actually disturbing about it.
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