Humor A Day In the Life of an Empowered Female Heroine
What your average strong, empowered female heroine gets done in a day.
Mallory Ortberg
Humor 
Music Beatles Songs, in Ascending Creepiness
There are nice Beatles songs about girls and sunshine, and then there are the ones about arson and murder.
Books Talking About The Summer Prince
Asking questions about Alaya Dawn Johnson's The Summer Prince together.
Art What Reverse Racism Should Really Mean
Reverse racism is much too cool-sounding a phrase to describe something that doesn't exist.
Animals Song Lyrics Improved By Cats
Look, we almost never write about cats; give us this.
The Great Outdoors The Gifts of the Giving Tree
The Giving Tree gives, but not for free. Never for free.
Books Literary Airlines
Literary airlines, and the terrible puns they engender.
Personal Stories Why Aren’t We Talking About How Much Tim Curry and Dave Grohl Are The Same?
It's frankly suspicious, how little we talk about the fact that Dave Grohl and Tim Curry are the same.
Movies How To Tell If You Are In A 1950s-Era Alfred Hitchcock Movie
Are you trapped inside an Alfred Hitchcock movie? Only this quiz will tell you.
Books A Partial But By No Means Exhaustive List of Pigs, Dogs and Swans in the Works of P.G. Wodehouse
All the dogs, pigs, and swans in the works of P.G. Wodehouse that you can fling a sheet on.
Food How To Make Sure You Get Enough To Eat At Holiday Parties
With the holiday season upon us, here's a handy guide to making sure you get enough food at parties.
Books Imagery I Did Not Understand Until It Was Explained To Me
Poems and books and hidden meanings I've had to have explained to me over the years.
Sponsored Post: React Mobile’s Unlikely Emergencies
Mallory Ortberg describes how the React Mobile personal safety app could have helped avert some of the most famous (and unusual) disasters in history.
LGBT Femslash Friday: I’ll Be In My Bunk For Kaylee/Inara
Kaylee/Inara is the most important part of Firefly, and don't you dare tell me different.
Politics The Aerogram on Malala Yousafzai and Nabeela Rehman
Rohin Guha writes about the lack of media coverage on Nabeela Rehman over at the Aerogram.
