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4 reasons humans are so bad at sexual monogamy
Anna Pulley
As a culture, we revere it as the romantic ideal. Meanwhile 20-60 percent of married people cheat. So what gives?
“Having herpes has made my sex life better”
Rachel Kramer Bussel
Blogger and herpes activist Ella Dawson on our biggest misconceptions about STDs -- on college campuses and beyond
Dr. Ruth on satisfaction, joie de vivre and why she’d rather not hear about your orgasms: “I do not approve of people talking about their sex lives”
Jenny Kutner
The famed sexologist tells Salon about her new book, "The Doctor Is In," and why she considers herself "a square"
America’s original fake-news outrage: How Orson Welles’ “War of the Worlds” made parents lose their minds
A. Brad Schwartz
Parents in the 1930s thought the radio was a grave threat to their children's wellbeing. Enter: Orson Welles...
Love “Game of Thrones?” Thank “unfashionable” Tolkien and C.S. Lewis, who went against the grain and conquered pop culture
Laura Miller
It wasn't Christianity that gave a pack of old fogeys like the Inklings the power to rule the world
The televisual Sherlock: The role that made Benedict Cumberbatch a star drove another actor insane
Zach Dundas
Before Benedict Cumberbatch there was Jeremy Brett, defined by Holmes, and maybe, in part, killed by Holmes
Charles Manson, the counterculture and the rise of the Sunbelt political right: What “Aquarius” nails about California in the ’60s
Scott Timberg
The Manson miniseries Aquarius doesn't get everything right — but it captures part of '60s California
The American’s dilemma: Jane Addams, Barack Obama & the urge to help others
Erik Schneiderhan
In Chicago, both Addams and Obama struggled to balance conflicting demands of individualism & community assistance
Extremists fear the Web: politics, liberty and the new Internet of things
Philip N. Howard
Digital media not only kill off propaganda, they let democracy advocates go viral. But there are still dangers
Google is not the answer: How the digital age imperils history
John Palfrey
From floppy disks to thumb drives, we get better at storing things -- while trapping history in obsolete formats
America’s never-ending war on poor people: Why “The Briefcase” is just the latest assault
Elias Isquith
As a new study from the CDC and a new show from CBS expose, America's attacks on the impoverished are relentless
“My body was in a net that was being tightened”: Director Rodney Ascher on the frightening phenomenon of sleep paralysis
Joanna Rothkopf
Ascher's new documentary "The Nightmare" follows 8 individuals who have been haunted by midnight spectres
In “Orient,” the North Fork of Long Island gets the Agatha Christie treatment
Tom Barbash
Christopher Bollen on building a whodunit, interviewing Mailer & Didion, the "horror" of spotty cellphone service
Let’s not stop hating Spotify just yet: Shifting the blame doesn’t let free music streaming off the hook
Scott Timberg
The question of whether we should hate the record labels or the streaming services more keeps shifting
8 things about “Aloha” that bugged Amy Pascal more than casting Emma Stone as an Asian character
Erin Keane
Cameron Crowe's movie "Aloha" has been plagued with issues — but casting was apparently no big deal
America’s grand historical deception: Why it pretends White Supremacy no longer exists
Chauncey DeVega
Violence against Black Americans is real and documented, so why does White America continue to deny it?
The GOP’s impotent “Millennial” warfare: What Hillary Clinton understands that Republicans simply do not
Heather Digby Parton
Right-wing operatives are hard at work trying to ingratiate Republicans to younger voters. Here's why it won't work
“Most musicians have nothing to say. They’re not very interesting, and they’re not very smart”: Refused’s raw, radical politics return for the Bernie Sanders generation
Annie Zaleski
Salon talks with Dennis Lyxzén about working with Shellback, the band's radical politics, and new album "Freedom"
6 times men brilliantly shut down Hollywood sexism
Anna Silman
From Tom Hardy to Mark Ruffalo, male celebrities are increasingly speaking out about gender bias in their industry
When “enough” is too little: Why the visibility of “Mattress Girl” isn’t the end of the campus rape fight
Katie McDonough
Rape on campus is more visible than ever. But the perception of change isn't the same thing as justice
Pop music’s biggest sellout: How many brands paid for product placement in your favorite songs?
Scott Timberg
Your ad is now a song, and vice versa, thanks to opaque backroom deals
I could’ve been a Duggar wife: I grew up in the same church, and the abuse scandal doesn’t shock me
Brooke Arnold
Like a real-life Kimmy Schmidt, I fled the exploitative and abusive sect into a culture I couldn't fully understand
National Review insists Duggar family crimes are no reflection on cultural conservativism or Christianity
Scott Eric Kaufman
Progressives merely claim they are out of political convenience
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