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June 9, 2014
Jessica Grose
The Transgender Rights Movement Needs a Goofy, Basic Foundational Text
It worked for feminism
June 9, 2014
James Pulizzi
In the Near Future, Only Very Wealthy Colleges Will Have English Departments
Adapt (not publish) or perish
June 9, 2014
Susan Schulten
This 19th Century Map Could Have Transformed the West
Too bad Congress didn't listen
June 8, 2014
Jenna Weissman Joselit
'Fiddler on the Roof' Distorted Sholem Aleichem
But Sholem Aleichem distorted shtetl life to begin with
June 7, 2014
Ian Steadman
The Sexist Pseudoscience of Pick-Up Artists: The Dangers of “Alpha Male” Thinking
June 7, 2014
Phil Hartup
Why Is it So Appealing to Play as a Terrorist in Video Games?
June 6, 2014
Rachel Carter
I Write Young Adult Novels, and I Refuse to Apologize for It
June 6, 2014
Shaj Mathew
Do U.S. Soccer Fans Steal Europe's Customs? Damn Right We Do!
A British writer calls American soccer fans “derivative, excessive and utterly ridiculous.” Those same adjectives apply to his essay.
June 6, 2014
Maia Booker
Bringing D-Day Back To Life
Past merges with present in these photos of Normandy
June 6, 2014
Esther Breger
'Orange is the New Black' Is Even Better in Season 2
June 6, 2014
Elizabeth Winkler
The Science Behind #ThrowbackThursday
Why we derive special pleasure from the act of remembering the past.
June 6, 2014
Emmett Rensin
The Great Satirical-News Scam of 2014
The Onion is funny. These other sites aren't—and that's intentional. They're cashing in on your gullibility and knee-jerk outrage.
June 5, 2014
Hillary Kelly
In Praise of Reading Whatever the Hell You Want
Don't let Slate make you feel ashamed for reading books that you love
June 5, 2014
Amy Weiss-Meyer
'We Are All Hachette Now' Is More Complicated for Small Publishers
Independent presses have a mixed relationship with Amazon
June 5, 2014
Darshak Sanghavi
A Bogus New Autism Study Claims Excessive Manliness Is to Blame
June 5, 2014
Sam Adams
Louis C.K.'s Best Work Yet
Bringing you the Magyar Pixie Dream Girl
June 5, 2014
Alice Robb
"How Au Courant I Am, Eating This Pig Face"
Why some foods become trendy, and others never take off
June 5, 2014
Rebecca Traister
The Slenderman Stabbing Shows Girls Will Be Girls, Too
Adolescent angst and violence are not the exclusive domain of boys
June 5, 2014
Joanna Rakoff
The Day I Met J.D. Salinger
June 4, 2014
David Thomson
Even Emily Blunt Can't Save the New Tom Cruise Movie

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