Literature
How Lady Gaga Became the First Digi-Glam Superstar
Read this remixed excerpt from Simon Reynolds's book 'Shock and Awe: Glam Rock and Its Legacy.'
The Joys and Dangers of Walking While Black
We spoke to Garnette Cadogan, whose brilliant essay in 'The Fire This Time' shows how walking is yet another arena where a black person must tread carefully.
The Surprising Number of Middle-Aged White Men Who Think About Faking Their Own Deaths
In Elizabeth Greenwood's latest book, 'Playing Dead: A Journey Through the World of Death Fraud' we learn about the cottage industry that's cropped up around "pseudocide".
Oh, Good, Now There Is Brexit Erotica
The new e-book, 'Pounded by the Pound,' imagines a steamy, post-Brexit hellscape starring a guy and his giant, living British Pound coin companion.
What We Can Learn from the Satanic Panic of the 1980s
We caught up with the team behind the surprise hit, 'Satanic Panic: Pop-Cultural Paranoia in the 1980s,' about our obsession with the devil.
Are Women More Susceptible to Cults?
Emma Cline's hot debut novel 'The Girls' explores the phenomenon of young women opting out of society and into cult-like groups such as the Manson Family
I Wrote a Children's Book That Was Rated Too Nasty for Kids
Who would've thought that a children's book called 'NASTYbook' would be deemed too disgusting and inappropriate for kids?
Where Did ‘Naughty’ Words for Body Parts Come From?
Want to know who the original Dick is? We sure did.
An Exclusive First Look Inside Emma Cline's 'The Girls'
Read an excerpt from Cline's mesmerizing debut novel about about teenage girls in a free love commune cult in 1969.
Why Katherine Dunn's 'Geek Love' Was a Bible to Weird Kids Like Me
Katherine Dunn died this week, but her work—especially the incredible novel "Geek Love"—spoke to everyone who thought of themselves as an outsider or weirdo.
George R. R. Martin Is the Only Novelist the Internet Cares About
The 'Game of Thrones' creator just released a new chapter from 'Winds of Winter' on his LiveJournal, because he still uses that.
How Gay Culture Shaped the Modern World
There's a long-established conspiracy theory that underground gay networks are secretly plotting to fuck things up for everyone.