Life
My Hunt for a Pedigreed, Antibiotic-Free, Meth-Free, Totally Free Turkey
And how I came to have two live ones in my back yard.
Arts
Extreme Moms and Why We Love Them
By Jessica Grose
Our national obsession with Kate Gosselin, Michelle Duggar, and Octomom.
- November 24, 2009
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- 2 comments
Kristen Stewart and the History of Alt Teen Queens
By Lauren Bans
A slide show of unexpected adolescent idols.
- November 23, 2009
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- 4 comments
The Store That "Twilight" Saved
By Ylan Q. Mui
The revival of Hot Topic.
- November 20, 2009
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- 5 comments
General Hospital Is the Most Violent Show on Television
By Willa Paskin
And why an A-list star would agree to be on it.
- November 19, 2009
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- 5 comments
Why Do Girls Love Unicorns?
By Nina Shen Rastogi
It’s more than just the horn.
- November 18, 2009
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- 13 comments
Ayelet Waldman’s Husband Is a Very Happy Man
By Reihan Salam
A review of Manhood for Amatuers.
- November 17, 2009
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- 3 comments
Why Amelia Bombed
By Virginia Postrel
Glamour and charisma are two different things.
- November 13, 2009
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- 4 comments
"Little Archie" and "Little Lulu" Mix It Up
By James Sturm
The zany carousing in Art Spiegelman and Françoise Mouly’s The Toon Treasury.
- November 12, 2009
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- 0 comments
An Angry Lady in Parachute Pants
By Faith Salie
Q&A with Jane Lynch, the villain from Glee.
- November 12, 2009
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- 0 comments
Jonathan Safran Foer's Annoying Argument Against Eating Meat
By Jennifer Reese
A review of Eating Animals.
- November 11, 2009
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- 20 comments
“Is there anything more important than the issue of terrorism?” Bennett asks in his post. It’s meant as a rhetorical question; the obvious answer is supposed to be no. And that’s absurd. Lots of things, like hernias, are more “important,” or at least more deadly, than terrorism in the United States."