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This Pop Star Turned Her Orgasm Into a Song

When musician Von reflected on her close relationship with her vibrator, she decided to immortalize it by creating music using her orgasm's unique vibration patterns.
Suzannah Weiss
8.17.18
relationships

Couples With Big Income Gaps Talk About Money Problems

“I think her salary just makes me feel inferior, and like we’re less equal partners.”
Laura Bell
8.17.18
Essays

Aretha Franklin's Sketch of Black Femininity

The iconic musician embodied the trials and tribulations that all black women could relate to, and provided the blueprint to alleviate them.
Kaila Philo
8.17.18
housing

What a fatal fire in Toronto says about the housing crisis

Rooming houses are the only accommodations some people can afford. The death of Helen Guo exposes the risks foreign students take.
Osobe Waberi
8.17.18
Blockchain art

Artists Ai Weiwei and Kevin Abosch Are Using the Blockchain to Make Us Question What’s ‘PRICELESS’

We talked to Weiwei and Abosch about PRICELESS, which uses the Ethereum blockchain to spark a conversation about the value of human life, and the current refugee crisis.
Jordan Pearson
8.17.18
Listen

Occasionally, We Like a Game a Little Too Much

Episode 179 of Waypoint Radio is all about our obsessions.
Danielle Riendeau
8.17.18
Premieres

Hear the First Song from Mercy Union, Featuring Members of The Gaslight Anthem and The Scandals

Listen to "Chips and Vics," the debut song from the Jersey four-piece.
Dan Ozzi
8.17.18
Premieres

Take a Psychedelic Getaway into the Marías' New Video, You Need It

Watch the dreamy "Cariño" video ahead of the LA psych-lounge quintet's 'Superclean Vol. II' EP, due out in September.
Andrea Domanick
8.17.18
The Plug

Bias In Maternal AI Could Hurt Expectant Black Mothers

Black women experience worse maternal mortality rates than their white counterparts. Will machine learning make it worse or better?
Omotayo Banjo
8.17.18
Los Angeles

This Pastrami Crunchwrap Gives Jewish Deli Food the Taco Bell Treatment

And it's the drunk food of your dreams.
Hillary Eaton
8.17.18
Football

The Fawn and the Gabber Raver Driving Arsenal Into a Strange New Future

Mattéo Guendouzi and Lucas Torreira form the most interesting early axis in this season's Premier League engine rooms.
Hydall Codeen
8.17.18
grab bag

DGB Grab Bag: Players' Weekend for the NHL, Salty Blue Jackets, and Buckets

What happens when the arena roof is leaking water onto the ice? Get yourself a bucket.
Sean McIndoe
8.17.18
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