Studs Terkel:

“The Bafflers have, in their writing styles, the buoyancy of Mencken, but in substance, they’re in the tradition of the old-time muckrakers, those who challenged the power pillars of our society. I’ve a hunch that Lincoln Steffens, Upton Sinclair, and I.F. Stone would have approved.”

Lewis Lapham:

“I can think of no other American journal of opinion—leftist, new age, Ultra, post-modern, Jacobin, conservative, monarchist, evangelical, legitimist, neogothic—that could credibly describe its essays as salvos.”

Jackson Lears:

“Amid the mush of managerial newspeak and celebrity journalism that passes for public discourse, The Baffler is an important and encouraging sign. Filled with vigorous, witty and incisive criticism… The Baffler is a vital and independent voice. At last.”

In These Times:

“The Baffler is a journal with a delightfully acerbic hostility to consumerist hip, combining some of the literate snottiness of H.L. Mencken with the anarchic politics of punk.”

The Nation:

“Pungent…You’d have to look back at the fights between New York intellectuals in the fifties to find the sort of verbal firepower unleashed here.”

The Toronto Star:

“The smartest and most exciting magazine in America.”

Factsheet Five:

“Absolutely vital. Almost like a roadmap of contemporary culture.”

Alternative Press Review:

“One of the most brilliantly critical of the journals covering pop culture…along with all the searing essays is a good selection of fiction, poetry and art.”

Time Out New York:

“Reminds you how good the sharp edge of an essay can feel.”

Utne Reader:

“The Baffler has played a leading role in keeping contemporary culture honest.”

Dissent:

“It’s not hard to see why The Baffler has drawn so much attention—the complete package has a rare energy and wit…”

Hartford Advocate:

“Filled with well-written, well-researched, witty, imaginative and provocative articles and essays, [The Baffler] harks back to a grand tradition of American muckraking and dissent….”

Village Voice:

“Highly recommended.”

The New Yorker:

“Only slightly larger than Reader’s Digest but with the weight of a hand grenade.”

The Boston Phoenix:

“[The] combination of anger and cleverness makes The Baffler hard to put down…Glib as The Baffler is, its underlying message is serious: you’re being had.”

Publishers Weekly:

“Cranky cultural criticism…wickedly funny.”