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COVID

Film Review: “The Sadness” — They’re Coming to Get You, Karen

The Sadness is an especially brutal film about societal collapse and how public health crises like COVID-19 amplify whatever savage impulses lie dormant within us.

By: Nicole Veneto Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: COVID, East Asian Horror, Nicole Veneto, Pandemic!, Rob Jabbaz, Shudder, The Sadness, Zombies

Book Excerpt: Helen Epstein’s “Getting Through It: My Year of Cancer During Covid”

Just after Covid arrived in North America, journalist Helen Epstein was diagnosed with endometrial cancer — one of a predicted 66,570 new cases of cancer of the uterine body in the United States in 2021.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Featured, Uncategorized Tagged: cancer, COVID, Getting Through It: My Year of Cancer During Covid, Helen Epstein

1971 Project Film Commentary: “The Andromeda Strain” — Science Is the Enemy?

The Andromeda Strain’s anti-intellectualism is rooted in Cold War paranoia: a distrust of science, of academia, and of the press.

By: Michael Marano Filed Under: Featured, Film, Review Tagged: COVID, Michael Marano, The Andromeda Strain

Life Commentary: A Cultural Journalist Dealing with Cancer During Covid

It’s never a good time to be diagnosed with cancer, but June 10th, 2020, was among the worst. By that day, 7,454 people had died of COVID-19 in my state of Massachusetts.

By: Helen Epstein Filed Under: Commentary, Featured Tagged: AK Goodman, COVID, endometrial cancer, Mass General Hospital

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