In Everything Is Tuberculosis, John Green teaches empathy by illustrating the stories of individuals, past and present, who were plagued by the world’s deadliest disease: tuberculosis, also known as consumption. Henry, a young Sierra Leonean boy suffering from drug-resistant tuberculosis (caused by a pause in treatment), is introduced as a modern-day example of this disease, reminding us that it is still prevalent in many parts of the world: “Nothing is so privileged as think

Full disclosure: I’ve been subscribed to Markiplier on YouTube since 2014, when I got mononucleosis and was in bed for two weeks. I was so weak I couldn’t even play my own video games, so I caved and watched someone else do it. I’ve been a fan ever since. That said, I am also very picky and critical when it comes to movies. So you may take this review with a grain of salt, but a small one. Perhaps a grain of popcorn salt, which is much finer than, say, kosher salt. Anyways. I

Believe me, I used to be a liberal type. Today, though, I consider myself a communist. I get the appeal of passive pro-establishment liberal belief systems - the idea that equalizing social class, a lack of revolution, and elimination of the status quo is inoffensive, and socially acceptable - and the broader lens through which socialism is seen attributes it to several expressly authoritarian ideologies - China, Russia and North Korea are some of the Western world’s greatest