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Maria Bustillos

Arts Politics Media Movies & TV

Curses! The Birth of the Bleep and Modern American Censorship

From the proto-bleep to meta-bleep: how the US government protects us from the profane.

Maria Bustillos The Verge Aug 2013 15min Permalink

Bourdain Confidential

“By asking very simple questions, people have said the most astonishing things to me.”

Maria Bustillos popula.com Jul 2018 50min Permalink

Politics

When Truth Falls Apart

How do we restore consensus in an age so divorced from fact?

Maria Bustillos The Awl Nov 2016 10min Permalink

Arts

The Faulkner Truthers

Is a well-received work of William Faulkner scholarship a hoax?

Maria Bustillos The Awl Apr 2014 15min Permalink

Arts

It's Adventure Time

Deep inside the world of Cartoon Network’s most popular show.

Maria Bustillos The Awl Apr 2014 35min Permalink

Arts Music

How Lester Bangs Taught Me to Read

The rock critic’s lasting impact.

Maria Bustillos New Yorker Aug 2012 10min Permalink

Business

Our Billionaire Philanthropists

On the moral failure of über-wealthy do-gooders.

Maria Bustillos The Awl Jun 2012 25min Permalink

Wikipedia And The Death Of The Expert

On why we need to stop questioning Wikipedia and start thinking about what comes next.

Maria Bustillos The Awl May 2011 20min Permalink

Arts

Inside David Foster Wallace’s Private Self-Help Library

Text from the books and Foster Wallace’s corresponding annotations:

Along with all the Wittgenstein, Husserl and Borges, he read John Bradshaw, Willard Beecher, Neil Fiore, Andrew Weil, M. Scott Peck and Alice Miller. Carefully.

Maria Bustillos The Awl Apr 2011 40min Permalink