When Rape Is a Fantasy
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Has the U.S. Passed Peak Car?
The human desire for conversation often gets left out of the discussion about how the Internet has empowered amateur writers. More »
"One of the things that's great about marriage is that it frees you from the constant, incessant treadmill of sexual obsession." More »
The histories of franchises like Star Trek and The Avengers reflect the stories they tell: Icons matter, people don't. More »
There are some practices and policies that are unfair to men. But this fact should unite men with feminists, not drive them apart. More »
Amazon's bid to make money off of independent works based on corporately owned entertainment calls into question how independent those works really ever were. More »
City officials are experimenting on disadvantaged neighborhoods, often without input from families, students, and teachers. More »
There should be options beyond tomboy (like Merida) and girly girl (like Cinderella). More »
The problem with saying that young people today are in "a generation of adjustment" when it comes to women in the workplace. More »
"The Next Day" video: another example of why pop culture needs to cut it out with the salacious-priests trope. More »
Tobey Maguire plays Nick Carraway as guileless heterosexual—but in the novel, his sexuality's ambiguous, and he's linked to Gatsby & co. by their shared need for deception. More »
There are ways to empower the fairy-tale heroine—just look at Ella Enchanted. More »
His obsession with manly power is both off-putting and fascinating. More »
The new book What Makes a Baby offers an origin story for all children, no matter what their families look like. More »
The self-fulfilling hype around certain TV shows makes it seem as though nothing else matters in pop culture. But plenty else does, of course. More »
Even if their new album is a throwaway, over the past four decades no one has fused rock's ironic swagger with metal's sludgy nihilism the way the Melvins have. More »
Female authors can teach men more about themselves, and women, and humans in general. More »
The late country singer never sounded as good, or as corny, as when with his ex-wife. More »
America has a long history of experimenting with the ancient institution. More »
For some people, regardless of gender, family is more important than career. And that's fine. More »
