Studies have shown that most people aren't really "bad with names," only yours.

Isabel Ponte ruins your day with some horrifying aphorisms for anxious people.

Whitney Fletcher, on leaving academia AND his brown corduroy blazer.

A very specific person, and how to wreck them.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

Ella Vincent on "Sisterhood of Hip-Hop," the Oxygen reality show in which female rappers are trying to make a name for themselves in the industry.

Christina Tesoro, on growing up female and becoming aware of misogyny, in the world and in herself.

President Teddy Roosevelt, dirtbag.

Who was the abs brah? Where did he come from?

Katie Rose Guest Pryal on the experience of reporting her college rape years after the fact.

A lot of paintings of "Jacob Wrestling With The Angel" look a lot more like slow-dancing than like wrestling.

The Toast presents a selection of delightful information in the form of a link roundup.

Corporations looking at new and exciting opportunities for gentrification.

An index to motifs in the Gothic novel, from "baby-swapping" to "wedding: aborted before ceremony."

A female cook on how "Ratatouille" gets at the heart of being a woman in a professional kitchen.