Readings

The author of Invisible Dead on why writing about Vancouver is liberating and the psychic cost of the truth. 

Going a step further than the recent wave of TV featuring nuanced portrayals of mental illness, Maria Bamford’s new Netflix show takes control of the story rather than settling for mere visibility.

The case for doing things you're terrible at. 

Cats, like reality show stars, aren’t here to make friends. A pageant cannot undo their primal tendencies.

Has sex positivity become alienating?

Let’s face facts: singing songs about really liking the Replacements isn’t paying our rent with the commies anymore.

Sixty-five years after it was published, J.D. Salinger's novel remains a definitive expression of adolescent trauma. 

The author of Closer: Notes from the Orgasmic Frontier of Female Sexuality on scientific ignorance, the sexualized Other, and Victorian hang ups. 

A week with the street preachers of Sin City.