Jef Rouner

The old saying goes, “if you’re not paying for the product, the product is you.” When we think about social media and that relationship, most of us know that our demographic information is being collected for advertisers. However, the constantly hungry and mindless algorithm is also hunting for content, swallowing...

Disney recently announced a sixth film in the highly successful Pirates of the Caribbean franchise. However, this one will be a reboot, and almost certainly will not feature Johnny Depp as Captain Jack Sparrow. Good. Disney parted ways with Depp during the trials surrounding domestic abuse allegations in his marriage...

If tradwives are so perfect, how come their husbands cheat on them so much? For those not in the know, tradwives are a loose community of usually extreme Christian women that make housekeeping and parenthood their entire personalities. On the far end of the spectrum they work sunup to sundown...

Warning: Some Spoilers for Old Games I've been playing Final Fantasy VII Rebirth lately, and it's wonderful. What Peter Jackson did for The Lord of the Rings, Tetsuya Nomura and Naoki Hamaguchi have done for Final Fantasy. Playing this modern retelling of the game is like seeing the face of a...

The Eric Draven incarnation of The Crow, is traditionally played by an Asian-American actor. The fact that Bill Skarsgård, a white actor, has been cast as Draven in the upcoming remake is another sad example of Hollywood whitewashing. I was chatting with New York artist Alice Meichi Li about this...