How One of Wrestling’s Biggest Stars is Reenacting a Sexist 19th-Century Plot Device
John Cena proposed to his girlfriend at WrestleMania, and she promptly dropped out of sight. Welcome to the “marriage plot.”
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Liking Books Is Not a Personality
The invention of “bookishness,” and why Marie Kondo is so threatening to people who buy in
Mar 19 2019 - Hannah McGregor
The Lost City of Lemuria, and Other Reasons I Hate Reading Pynchon
I hoped his California novels would help me understand my New Age upbringing—and they did, but not the way I expected
Mar 14 2019 - Nina St. Pierre
“Faust” Was the Original Viral Content, and It’s Still Relevant Today
How a 400-year-old story keeps reinventing itself to reflect what we most want, and what we most fear
Feb 19 2019 - Olivia Giovetti
Dan Mallory Is the Oldest Story in Publishing
The explosive story of a con artist editor lays bare the everyday lies publishing tells itself about who deserves to succeed
Feb 12 2019 - Ruoxi Chen
Is Oscar Wilde Doomed to Suffer in Film?
Biopics of the author, including the new “The Happy Prince,” focus on his tragedy more than his wit
Nov 8 2018 - Manuel Betancourt
Katrina Carrasco’s Favorite Books by Non-Men
The author of “The Best Bad Things” shares her most influential books by women and non-binary writers
Nov 8 2018 - Electric Literature
The Chickens of My Heart
Traveling in search of Nancy Luce, the poet who lived and died alone among her beloved chickens
Oct 11 2018 - Carand Burnet
A Reading List of Queer Romances in Historical Fiction
Historical figures are retroactively coming out of their closets
Sep 6 2018 - Brianne Alphonso
Did Translators of Sophocles Silence Ismene Because of Her Sexual History?
I Am a Daughter of Oedipus, and I Have Been SilencedA line in ‘Antigone’ mysteriously migrated from Ismene’s mouth to her sister’s. Why?
