The commodification of female friendship began in the suburban living room. Today, it’s booming online.
Erin Blakemore
The Unknowable Diana, 20 Years On: A Reading List
Why were we personally affected by a woman few knew and even fewer ever understood?
It Takes a Village: A ‘Village Voice’ Reading List
The paper redefined the alt-weekly and introduced readers to a new kind of journalist and critic.
Our Zombies, Ourselves: An Undead Reading List
The zombie movie is more than an easy scare. It’s also become an essential lens through which we can view society.
The Press Has Always Been a Guest in the President’s Home
And they can be thrown out at any time, for any reason.
Desperately Seeking Daniel Day-Lewis
Is this the end of an era for the brilliant, if reluctant, male movie star?
Unknowable Dads: A Father’s Day Reading List
For retailers, fathers have simple needs: books, steaks, gadgets. But the dads most of us grew up with, and without, are a more inscrutable lot.
Arundhati Roy Doesn’t Care What You Think
While critics were measuring her life as the length of time between novels, Arundhati Roy was out in the world, living it.
Between Life and Death, There’s San Francisco: A Reading List
The Golden Gate Bridge has long embodied the contradictions of the city it overlooks: ambition, connection, innovation, a beginning and an end.
Rich Teeth, Poor Teeth: Life Along the Dental Divide
Recent reporting on dental care in America shows that small problems can have enormous medical consequences.