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We’re celebrating the success of our new issue TONIGHT (10/30) at Spring Bar in Chinatown (116 Madison St) 7-10pm. Come through!
October 30, 2025 at 8:43 PM
We’re celebrating the success of our new issue TONIGHT (10/30) at Spring Bar in Chinatown (116 Madison St) 7-10pm. Come through!
Join us tomorrow at Spring Bar in Chinatown as we celebrate the launch of Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
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October 29, 2025 at 8:18 PM
Join us tomorrow at Spring Bar in Chinatown as we celebrate the launch of Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
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7–10pm
The poptimists and sloptimists have won. Our new issue, “After Words,” describes our postliterate moment, when everything from serious criticism to literary fiction to children’s books seems on the verge of being replaced by content trash.
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October 28, 2025 at 12:20 PM
The poptimists and sloptimists have won. Our new issue, “After Words,” describes our postliterate moment, when everything from serious criticism to literary fiction to children’s books seems on the verge of being replaced by content trash.
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Our issue on postliteracy hits the stands this week, and we’re throwing a launch party to celebrate. Join The Baffler at Spring Bar (116 Madison St. in Manhattan) on Thursday from 7–10pm as we toast the uncertain future of the written word.
October 27, 2025 at 2:41 PM
Our issue on postliteracy hits the stands this week, and we’re throwing a launch party to celebrate. Join The Baffler at Spring Bar (116 Madison St. in Manhattan) on Thursday from 7–10pm as we toast the uncertain future of the written word.
Join us at Spring Bar in Chinatown as we celebrate the launch of Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
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7–10pm
October 23, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Join us at Spring Bar in Chinatown as we celebrate the launch of Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
116 Madison St., Manhattan
7–10pm
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7–10pm
We are throwing a party to celebrate the launch of our next issue. Join us next Thursday, 10/30, from 7–10pm at Spring Bar in Manhattan to toast Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
October 21, 2025 at 7:36 PM
We are throwing a party to celebrate the launch of our next issue. Join us next Thursday, 10/30, from 7–10pm at Spring Bar in Manhattan to toast Baffler no. 81, “After Words.”
If you want to understand the professional bull riding circuit, you need only look at the names people give the animals. Grayson Scott takes stock in our most recent issue: thebaffler.com/salvos/cow-t...
August 26, 2025 at 4:57 PM
If you want to understand the professional bull riding circuit, you need only look at the names people give the animals. Grayson Scott takes stock in our most recent issue: thebaffler.com/salvos/cow-t...
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August 18, 2025 at 7:45 PM
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August 15, 2025 at 11:03 PM
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August 14, 2025 at 7:16 PM
Celebrate the total commodification of dissent with our “Commodify Your Dissent” T-shirt, now $25.
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Polymarket is a one-stop shop for gambling on the end of democracy, the end of the world, and, apparently, incel shit. Francis Northwood wrote about the “de-centralized betting platform” in November:
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August 7, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Polymarket is a one-stop shop for gambling on the end of democracy, the end of the world, and, apparently, incel shit. Francis Northwood wrote about the “de-centralized betting platform” in November:
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Six years after buying (and renaming) Gizmodo Media Group, Jim Spanfeller is selling it for parts. In a 2020 essay on the evils of private equity, Whitney Curry Wimbish told his sad, sordid tale: thebaffler.com/salvos/miser...
July 2, 2025 at 6:57 PM
Six years after buying (and renaming) Gizmodo Media Group, Jim Spanfeller is selling it for parts. In a 2020 essay on the evils of private equity, Whitney Curry Wimbish told his sad, sordid tale: thebaffler.com/salvos/miser...
Join us on Friday, 7/11, to celebrate the release of our latest issue, “Player Haters.” We’ll be at the Francis Kite Club on the LES for an evening of drinks, dancing, and good sportsmanship. Featuring DJs Jamison Lung and Paula Martinez.
June 25, 2025 at 10:51 PM
Join us on Friday, 7/11, to celebrate the release of our latest issue, “Player Haters.” We’ll be at the Francis Kite Club on the LES for an evening of drinks, dancing, and good sportsmanship. Featuring DJs Jamison Lung and Paula Martinez.
In this photo exhibit from our new issue, Lena Redford captures the uniquely American pastime of cowboy mounted shooting, where men and women dress up in “traditional Western” and fire at balloons on horseback.
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June 10, 2025 at 8:44 PM
In this photo exhibit from our new issue, Lena Redford captures the uniquely American pastime of cowboy mounted shooting, where men and women dress up in “traditional Western” and fire at balloons on horseback.
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May 24, 2025 at 1:46 PM
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May 7, 2025 at 3:10 PM
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the mods don’t want you to read Arielle Isack’s review of “Paradise Logic" thebaffler.com/latest/heter...
April 29, 2025 at 1:33 PM
the mods don’t want you to read Arielle Isack’s review of “Paradise Logic" thebaffler.com/latest/heter...
Poetry from Baffler no. 76: “Fig.” by Funto Omojola.
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March 11, 2025 at 1:33 PM
Poetry from Baffler no. 76: “Fig.” by Funto Omojola.
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Poetry from Baffler no. 77: “Misfire” by Adam J. Gellings.
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March 9, 2025 at 4:01 PM
Poetry from Baffler no. 77: “Misfire” by Adam J. Gellings.
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Poetry from Baffler no. 77: “Memories of Charles Street” by John Yau.
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March 7, 2025 at 4:10 PM
Poetry from Baffler no. 77: “Memories of Charles Street” by John Yau.
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