Readings

My 'Just In Case' Inheritance

When I learned that the jewelry my family had given me over the years was a morbid kind of safety net, I came to dread my future every time I put on a piece of gold. 

'Heartbreak is Pedestrian, Even Though It Feels Profound': An Interview with Mandy Len Catron

The author of How to Fall in Love with Anyone on Master of None, the need for more diverse love stories and being skeptical of gut feelings.

What I Learned at Personal Branding School

What does it take to evolve from human being to human brand? If you're enrolled in the right free online introductory-level course, about five weeks.

Burn Me Like a Forest Fire

I wonder if the trees are screaming. I wonder where the birds go. I wonder how anything could ever escape the inferno and rebuild. I think about my marriage.

Polymathic Spree

On Leonora Carrington, B. Catling, and the alternate, revealing visions of the world that can emerge when artists explore multiple disciplines.

An Efficient System of Exploitation

Despite filming her last feature in the '40s, Dorothy Arzner remains Hollywood's most prolific female director—what does that say about Hollywood?

Anger is an Ally

After I was run over by a car, getting mad helped me find my way back to myself.

'We Take These Words to Empower Ourselves': An Interview with Kristen J. Sollee

The author of Witches, Sluts, Feminists: Conjuring the Sex Positive on intersectional feminism, modern-day witchcraft, and defining occulture. 

The Death Strobe of EDM, or Daft Punk at Coachella for Dummies

The could-be-true story behind the rumored what-have-we-done-to-deserve-this Vin Diesel/Steve Aoki EDM collaboration.

Losers' Utopia

Both baseball and politics invite delusions of more perfect ways of living—but some fantasies seem more attainable than others.