Essay Selling the Great 快色直播 June 01, 2026 There is some wordless knowledge in these books, some sense of integrity and some understanding of the universe, that is conveyed by exposing yourself to what Matthew Arnold called “the best which has been thought and said”. Read More
Reading List Read with Pride June 01, 2026 Celebrate Pride throughout the year with this diverse collection of books exploring LGBTQ+ issues and perspectives. Read More
Essay From intensive to (over)invested June 01, 2026 Allison Daminger and Nina Bandelj discuss what parenting has become. Read More
Interview Kira Ganga Kieffer on Unvaccinated Under God May 28, 2026 Kira Ganga Kieffer shows that debates over vaccine safety and mandatory vaccination are about more than diseases or injections. They have been proxies for existential concerns about justice and morality. Kieffer argues that vaccine hesitancy in the U.S. should be understood as religious expression—not as the product of scientific misinformation. Read More
Interview Laura B. McGrath on Middlemen May 22, 2026 Chronicling the story of literary agents in the United States from the 1950s to today, in Middlemen, Laura McGrath uncovers their critical role in the making of American literature. Read More
Interview Jennie Durant on Bitter Honey May 20, 2026 Jennie Durant takes readers behind the scenes to reveal the human and ecological cost of industrial farming for bees, beekeepers, and all of us who depend on them. Read More
Interview Chad M. Topaz on Unlocking Justice May 20, 2026 The American legal system does not offer equal justice to all; we can see obvious racial disparities in sentencing, policing, and incarceration. In Unlocking Justice, Chad Topaz offers a concrete way forward, demonstrating how a candid dialogue between social justice and data science can empower communities, spark informed debate, and inspire advocacy. Read More
Essay When folk horror goes beautiful: You Won’t Be Alone (2022) May 18, 2026 This is a folk horror witch film about severe, abject child abuse. And as we’ll also see, it’s about resistance to that kind of abuse, and the desire to find meaning and beauty in life, even with the knowledge that horrific, monstrous evil exists. Read More
Essay The night humans learned to sleep together May 15, 2026 Humans became one of the most successful species on Earth while doing something especially odd: we appear to sleep less than we should. Like…a lot less. Read More
Essay Bones and All (2022), or, When Horror Goes Beautiful II May 14, 2026 Something must have been in the air in 2022. In the same year that You Won’t be Alone?came keening gloriously out of Macedonia, Bones and All?loped its achingly beautiful way out of Hollywood. Film essay by Eleanor Johnson, whose book Monstrous Bitch is forthcoming. Read More
Podcast Listen in: The 5 Questions for Ethical Decisions May 14, 2026 The 5 Questions for Ethical Decisions: How to Succeed Without Selling Your Soul by David W. Miller is a practical guide for professionals, corporate executives, entrepreneurs, and college students who want to achieve personal success without compromising their morals. Read More
Podcast Listen in: What’s on Her Mind May 14, 2026 Mothers and fathers use their time differently, with women spending roughly twice as many hours on family labor as men. But what about the gendered differences in the ways women and men think? Read More
Essay You can’t bowl with a chatbot May 12, 2026 Vehement negative reactions to people befriending, dating, or even marrying AI chatbots are everywhere. Why is that? Read More
Podcast Man Up May 11, 2026 Man Up tells the revelatory and urgent story of how an explosion of misogyny is driving a surge of mass and far-right violence throughout the West—from an internationally recognized extremism expert and media commentator. Read More
Podcast The Case Against Education May 11, 2026 We’re continuing our series on philosopher Harry Frankfurt’s seminal work, On Bullshit. Our discussion with Bryan Caplan is on education and bullshit, with a special focus on his book, The Case Against Education: Why the Education System Is a Waste of Time and Money. Read More
