Urban Outfitters Bares All
Inside the secretive and mysterious world of Urban Outfitters, youth-culture behemoth and $3.4 billion empire.
Meet the Worst Ants in the World
The fascinating history of the Argentine ant, a species whose global reach and dominance matches only our own.
Giving up alcohol opened my eyes to the infuriating truth about why women drink
“How did you not see this before? I ask myself. You were too hammered, I answer back. That summer I see, though. I see that booze is the oil in our motors, the thing that keeps us purring when we should be making other kinds of noise.”
Everyone is Altered
The secret Hollywood procedure that has fooled us for years: “beauty work,” or the Photoshop of the Silver Screen. “[T]he first rule of beauty work is: Don’t talk about beauty work.”
Burj Khalifa: Alone at the Top of the World
Why are people building elaborate residential towers for no one to live in?
The Mask of Deception: The Ultimate Test to My Recovery From Porn Addiction
Novelist Ben Obler was feeling secure in his recovery from porn addiction. Then along came Franny, to test it.
Did I Kill Gawker?
Read, a former editor-in-chief of Gawker, examines the rise and fall of the polarizing site.
On Beauty: A Reading List About Makeup
Beauty criticism analyzes the ways we can subvert a society that would have us subsumed by self-loathing. We use the tools we’ve been given. Makeup, then, can be a weapon. And it can be damn fun.
For Gord: 27 Mini-Essays about the Tragically Hip
As Canada’s most beloved band prepares for their final concert, 27 writers pay homage to the Tragically Hip’s long, prolific career.
Why Am I So Fat?
Writer and performer Sara Benincasa writes a brilliant, biting, and hilarious response to the guy who wrote her asking, “Why did you gain so much weight?”
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