was a non-profit magazine about the politics of culture based in Brooklyn, New York.
Founded by Carrie McLaren in 1993[1] while working at Matador Records, it tends to focus on "the perversions of media and consumer culture."
Each issue has a theme, such as pranks, copyright, or marketing and past issues have included interviews with Lawrence Lessig, Negativland, Stuart Ewen, and Public Enemy.
released the book Ad Nauseam: A Survivor's Guide to American Consumer Culture.
[4] The name was intended as an ironic homage to Stayfree maxipads, though it is also the title of a song by The Clash.