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August 29, 2014
Elaine Teng
Can "Doctor Who" Survive an Older Leading Man?
The new, older doctor who tests the mainstream popularity nerd culture
August 29, 2014
Jason Guriel
Miss de Beauvoir, Meet 'Alien v. Predator'
The pastiche poetry of Michael Robbins
August 28, 2014
Alice Robb
Kids Are Exposed to More Fat Shaming on TV Than Adults
Animated shows are the worst offenders
August 28, 2014
Jessica Nordell
Why Aren't Women Advancing At Work? Ask a Transgender Person.
Having experienced the workplace from both perspectives, they hold the key to its biases.
August 27, 2014
Jan Nijman and Michael Shin
In 12 Years, China Built More Houses Than There Are In All of the U.K.
The megacity boom is creating mega-ghost towns
August 27, 2014
Billy H.C.Kwok
Horrifying Photos of China's Dog-Eating Festival—and the Activists Who Are Trying to Stop It
August 27, 2014
Jonathan Cohn
ESPN's Report on Michael Sam's Shower Habits Was Delinquent Journalism
How he's accepted is a legitimate story, but the network is fumbling it
August 27, 2014
Alice Robb
Short Men Make Better Boyfriends and Husbands
They're less likely to divorce and they do an extra hour of housework each week
August 27, 2014
Yelena Akhtiorskaya
I Hated English Class, Until We Read Nabokov
The novelist taught me how to leave room for magic
August 26, 2014
Esther Breger
TV Still Has An Inferiority Complex
August 26, 2014
Piper Kerman
The Real-Life Piper from "Orange Is the New Black" Talks Courtroom Fashion
August 26, 2014
Juliet Lapidos
When Are Metafictional Games a Mask For Laziness?
The complex style of Ben Lerner
August 26, 2014
Rebecca Traister
Beyonce's VMA Performance Was the Feminist Moment I've Been Waiting For
Behold one of the most powerful pop-culture messages of my lifetime
August 25, 2014
Esther Breger
Primetime TV Is More Diverse Than It's Ever Been. Why Now?
August 25, 2014
David Thomson
Maggie Smith Isn't Always Wonderful
August 25, 2014
David Crystal
An Almost Complete List of Every Word We've Ever Used to Mean 'Drunk'
From 'cup-shot' to 'rat-arsed'
August 24, 2014
The New Republic Editors
The Next Republic Explores Identity
August 24, 2014
Alice Robb
Why Does Sad Music Make Us Feel Happy?
August 24, 2014
Steve Almond
College Football Is Ruining Education
And the NFL is profiting from it
August 23, 2014
Amartya Sen
Global Warming Is Just One of Many Environmental Threats That Demand Our Attention

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