The prevailing notion is that the Alanis Morissette’s song “Ironic” is not ironic at all, but instead simply full of bummers, is a pedantic and sad case of unimaginative people wielding sexist bias to ...

This piece originally appeared on The American Reader. I’m here today to talk about Alanis Morissette. When I was in 8th grade, or maybe 9th, my English teacher was dedicated to teaching the class a ...

From reproductive rights to climate change to Big Tech, The Independent is on the ground when the story is developing. Whether it's investigating the financials of Elon Musk's pro-Trump PAC or ...

It's been a while since we've heard anything from Act Now to Stop War and End Racism Coalition (ANSWER), but the group's long battle over the right to hang posters in the District of Columbia has led ...

Since I started contributing to Psychology Today three years ago, I’ve been periodically exploring how laughter and humor are related to other terms often associated with them. They include concepts ...

Today’s hipster irony and OMG sentimentality distracts from real-life sincerity. Irony walks the streets of Chicago’s most hipster neighborhood, Logan Square, where I live. Think Portlandia: Women ...

The IAS officer took to Twitter to post the image of a truck carrying logs and shared how it defines irony. The image showing a truck carrying logs that the IAS ...