A student says her teacher tried to get her to renounce her religion—how did this assignment even happen?

On the African American anxiety of entrepreneurship and creating our own tables instead of fighting for a seat

Hulu's new comedy based on the life and work of Keith Knight has promise, but could be so much more

"Why did my Japanese American mom and so many other women in her circle choose to be with white men?"

Discovering Gaitskill's short stories was a revelation. Perhaps that explains why her new novel is so disappointing

A quartet of losers, a hot chick and an alien Power Suit -- this crowd-funded action spoof is a midwinter surprise

From Maddie and Tae to Little Big Town and Kacey Musgraves, they're shaking up Nashville's dudebro status quo

Our fights and struggles are not the same as other women's, even in diverse circles

My daughter discovered the art of self-pleasure when she was 2. I was a late bloomer.

The bubbly actress's horrific movie, "A Little Bit of Heaven," turns terminal illness into a twee joke

A judge rules for an Amish family's right to stop chemo -- and that's a victory for patients everywhere

She tells GQ she hopes she "inspired some leniency in what people accept in hip-hop"--but misses the point

Your anger and sadness are meaningless if you choose to do nothing about the small things you have control over

Through these classics of childhood, a kid could suffer the privations of starvation in the flashlight-lit privacy of her own imagination -- and live to cherish the memory.