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The erotic fables of Walerian Borowczyk: A ’70s art-porn pioneer rediscovered
Andrew O'Hehir
Once considered porn, the strange, gorgeous and perverted tales of Walerian Borowczyk are well worth seeking out
Good riddance, Darrell Issa: A wasteful blowhard’s humiliating history
Ari Rabin-Havt
The departing House investigative chairman was the king of made-up scandals. Here's why he was a gift to Democrats
NFL’s next “woman problem”: Why domestic abuse is only the beginning
Katie McDonough
A league culture that dehumanizes women goes deeper than abuses off the field -- just ask their cheerleaders
How do we reconcile warring images of a boy hugging a cop and a boy shot dead by a cop?
Anoosh Jorjorian
One paints the world the way we wish it would be. The second captures it as brown and black people know it to be
Listless, leggy dolls: How the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show desexualizes sex
Sonia Saraiya
The bubblegum colors, the childlike imagery, the feigned innocence: Why this is the world's unsexiest lingerie show
Why millions of Christian evangelicals oppose Obamacare and civil rights
Daniel Silliman
Religious fundamentalists believe end times are upon us. It's no wonder they're so desperate to cling to power
Lena Dunham’s biggest lesson: Why survivors’ stories alone will not end our rape crisis
Katie McDonough
From Dunham to Jackie, victims are backlash targets because they're the ones speaking out. Time to share the burden
Jameis Winston won’t win another Heisman — but not because he was accused of rape
Jenny Kutner
The reigning champ won the award after the assault allegations became public. But then he didn't act remorsefully
Authority crisis roils America: Police abuse, torture and authoritarianism run amok
Joan Walsh
CIA torture details, in wake of ugly police killings, raise alarms: How much more state abuse can we tolerate?
Why your post-baby body isn’t like Kim Kardashian’s
Mary Elizabeth Williams
The star talks about body confidence, but most new mothers have a hard time losing weight
Colbert is not a pop culture prophet: Why we deified the “Colbert Show” host
Steve Almond
He never set out to make us think more deeply about the world. His simple goal was to crack us up -- and that's OK
The “manservants” craze: Why women’s sexual fantasies are so embarrassing
Tracy Clark-Flory
A startup is pimping out hot guys to give compliments and open doors. Is this really what female desire looks like?
Liv Ullmann: “It’s still so difficult to be a woman in society”
Andrew O'Hehir
The Scandinavian legend talks about her new adaptation of Strindberg's troubled classic, and its incendiary star
“This victory belongs to all of us”: How teacher Agustin Morales got his job back
Sarah Jaffe
After this English teacher protested the ed reform agenda, he lost his job. But a few weeks ago, justice was served
“I don’t care what we did”: What Nicolle Wallace’s rant reveals about America’s torture problem
Elias Isquith
Former GOP operative and current co-host of "The View" issues tirade -- showing how normalized torture has become
American exceptionalism is dead: Why the nation rediscovered its protest roots
David Dayen
A nation’s delusion finally ends. And from fast food to Ferguson to Moral Mondays, the evidence is in the streets
A business school gets a lesson in sexism
Mary Elizabeth Williams
How not to teach MBA students: With a "satire" about a shoe-obsessed airhead
Rudy Giuliani’s white backlash junk: America’s race warrior returns
Joan Walsh
Rattled by de Blasio, he blames “liberal guilty whites” and teachers unions -- not cops! -- for killing Eric Garner
Chris Rock’s new movie “Top Five” is really a Chris Rock think piece
Anna Silman
It's about the tension between What It Means to Be Chris Rock and What Everyone Thinks It Means to Be Chris Rock
Rape, justice and the Internet: What Rolling Stone and “The Newsroom” reveal about us
Andi Zeisler
It's fitting that these two cultural firestorms converged -- and a sad reflection of how rape stories get twisted
Why Nicki Minaj gave SNL’s best Beyoncé impression of all time
Anna Silman
She captured a strain of Beyoncé's #blessed public image that Maya Rudolph couldn't quite distill
“Dead bodies and wasted money”: How I learned firsthand the worst lesson of war
Michael Carson
If you truly want to learn from a war, don’t start one. My unit learned how to survive -- we didn't become smarter
Your music snobbery is all wrong: How top-40 radio made the mainstream as interesting as the margins
Eric Weisbard
The history of top-40 radio is really the story of class, race and gender in 20th century America
Leave Stephen King alone: “Misery,” income inequality and the connection between jealousy and creativity
Peter Toohey
Jealousy and creativity are closely intertwined -- and horror master Stephen King is one great example
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