Late last month, Instagram scrubbed my account. Why? What were they wanting to achieve? A year of tip-toeing the line got me in trouble a couple of times—how much ass is too much? Why did visible dick print cross the line in one image and escape censorship in another? Why

When it was first announced that Elon Musk’s plan to buy Twitter was finalized, I was indifferent. My apathy wasn’t because I didn’t view Elon Musk as a problem, he’s a billionaire, by definition he’s a problem. I didn’t care because billionaires own everything important. They own the media. They

When I was considering suicide, a rare cause for laughter was UNHhhh, starring drag queens Trixie Mattel and Katya Zamolodchikova. They met and competed on RuPaul’s Drag Race, season seven. The notoriety they achieved online however has far eclipsed their respective runs on Drag Race. The popular YouTube series, edited

Our new Tech Column was made possible by the fine folks at Mozilla Firefox.  The nonprofit Mozilla Foundation believes the Internet must always remain a global public resource that is open and accessible to all.  And that’s why we love Firefox. Censorship.  99% of the time brokeassstuart.com is against it.  But

This is part of our Books from Banned Countries series. You can see them all here. After a brief hiatus, the “In Translation” series returns with one of the lesser known Middle Eastern regions. This week’s installment focuses on Libyan literature. Once you’re done with their selection, you can ponder that