Normal Adult Activities Are Really Scary Sometimes
Jaya Saxena is 27 and hates driving, and that's okay.
2014
Art Schrödinger’s Cat Speaks
Helen Craig and illustrator Shing Yin Khor explore the two stories of Schrödinger's cat, from the perspective of, well, the cat.
A Very Scientific Finding Regarding Homework
Study finding homework can be detrimental to students was definitely done by adults and not two kids sitting on each others shoulders wearing a trenchcoat.
Books Lady Audley’s Secret: The Witch President of the Tea-Tray
Kristen Hanley Cardozo on Lady Audley's Secret, and what it has to tell us about the Victorian novel.
Let Us Now Praise Marie Curie
Helen Craig gives us a long, detailed, touching, and funny portrait of the towering genius of Marie Curie.
Art The Next Generation of Wearable Tech
Last week at SXSW, one forum introduced the latest in wearable technologies. Jaya Saxena breaks down some interesting innovations.
Books Victorian Hot Messes: The Torture Porn of Ouida
Meredith Collins on the psycho-sexual "Moths," a wildly popular Victorian novel by the fascinating Ouida.
Food How to Make Risotto
Julia Pizzi is here to tell you exactly how to make risotto.
News What Does Michael Fassbender Look Like?
Jaya Saxena has no idea what Michael Fassbender looks like.
Movies Awful Scenes in Otherwise Great Movies
No movies are good. Nothing is good. Art is bad.
Poetry A Poem About the Garbage Strike of 1996, by a Ten-Year-Old
In 1996, New York City had a garbage strike. This is one ten-year-old’s take on the impending chaos.
Feminism An Interview With Melissa Gira Grant
Grace Bello spoke with Melissa Gira Grant about her book "Playing the Whore," the current role of sex work in our discourse, and how it fails sex workers.
Magic A Linguist Explains What Old-School British Accents Sounded Like
British accents of the past! Would Draco Malfoy's dad have sounded like that in The Patriot? Would Ichabod Crane? Gretchen McCulloch will tell us.
Books Fact-Checking The Goldfinch
Samantha Fox digs into the deep local inadequacies of Donna Tartt's "The Goldfinch" by submitting it to a rigorous, academic fact-check.
LGBT My Trans Story is Not Your Growth Experience
Quinn Rosenberg, on the problems with many narratives about trans people written by cis people.
