Showers are not for lingering anymore, rogue hairs are forming their own colonies and I've developed the cleavage I've always admired.

Salon cartoonist Carol Lay discusses the world's first diet-book graphic memoir and why the best approach to weight loss is the least sensational.

How one man's epic weight gain could one day lead to tears, humiliation and another Oscar for George Clooney

The Russian-American journalist and author draws parallels between attacks on minorities in Russia and the U.S.

Telling fat people they ought to be thin is about as helpful as telling gay people they should be straight

Salon talks to memoirist Jason Armstrong about solosexuality identity and why "a quick wank in the shower won’t do"

Jeff Varner's revelation of Zeke Smith's trans identity was cynical, but CBS may be playing its own dangerous game

The 82-year-old lord of lament recently completed his 14th, and many say greatest, album

After initially saying yes, pastor declines "blasphemous" event

Gay South African musician shines in a queer love triangle at play in the Xhosa culture of circumcision and manhood

The first world pornography conference erupted in a carnival of porn stars, devoted wankers and earnest academics, but where was the scholarly debate?

Prison officials told Domineque Ray they would only allow a Christian chaplain in the Alabama death chamber

Proudly synthetic, the electronic duo 2 Lone Swordsmen prove that man is more intelligent than machine.

The Makarenko family faces life in prison for charges of attempted murder, battery and kidnapping

Two skinny people compete for corpulence in a Web site-sponsored contest called "The Fat Project."