White Gays
Privilege is a man taking up two seats on the train.
Criminal Podcast: The Gatekeeper
“I keep saying, ‘Where’s the body? Kill someone’,”
How Writing Closed Captions Turned Me off TV For Good
Post-MFA, a writer spends time in the captioning trenches
Meet Mary Somerville: The Brilliant Woman for Whom the Word “Scientist” Was Coined
That women should face such an Everestine climb toward inclusion and equality is a piece of curious and rather cruel cultural irony, for the very word “scientist” didn’t always have…
The 100th birthday of Indian chemist Asima Chatterjee
For the latest Google Doodle, the search giant is honoring an award-winning chemist whose research in organic chemistry had a profound impact on how plants are used for medicinal purposes.…
How Did A Bunch Of Mythical Monsters Become Queer Icons?
Queer people are used to being vilified, attacked, and misunderstood — so some of us embrace villains like the Babadook and the Mothman because we recognize ourselves in them. {read}
The Sadness And The Joy Of Loving Reclusive Artists
Female artists are expected to expose themselves emotionally and physically for public consumption. Fiona Apple's refusal to do so makes her the antithesis of the typical 21st-century musical artist.
‘Uncontacted’ Amazon Tribe Members Reported Killed in Brazil
SÃO PAULO, Brazil — They were members of an uncontacted tribe gathering eggs along the river in a remote part of the Amazon. Then, it appears, they had the bad…
Tool-wielding monkeys
HUMANS aren’t the only primate to have pushed their prey towards extinction. Monkeys have also over-exploited animals for food. Long-tailed macaques forage for shellfish on islands off Thailand, then crack…