“Flash Forward” Makes Improbable Futures a Reality
“Flash Forward” host Rose Eveleth takes listeners on a journey through possible—and not-so-possible—futures.
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Shining Light: Sini Anderson is Fighting for Late-Stage Lyme Patients
We’re too young to be this ill, and there are too many unanswered questions.
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Not a Follower, Not Yet a Leader: Women Cult Leaders Hold an Insidious, Misunderstood Power
The role of powerful women in cults has generally gone unnoticed by the new wave of creep-seeking entertainment.
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The Real Truth About YouTube’s Obsessive Purity Subculture
There’s something sickly comforting about believing that staying pure will give you power, about the idea that everything will be okay if you follow the rules.
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Douchebag Decree: Shitty Media Man Continues to Be Shitty
So far Stephen Elliott’s suit is the only legal action that’s arisen from the list.
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Backtalk: What Are We Supposed to Do Now?
This week, Dahlia and Amy are tired, depressed, and angry—what are we supposed to do with all these awful feelings? In the wake of the Supreme Court confirmation for Brett Kavanaugh, we’re thinking about who gets to display feelings and what it tells us about where our feelings belong. Mostly... Read more »
The Parent Trap: Birth-Control Sabotage Is an Insidious Kind of Abuse
The high-profile nature of Ariana Grande and Pete Davidson’s relationship exposes young people to this horrific form of abuse through a joke that downplays its actual harm.
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Douchebag Decree: Your Laughter Won’t Protect You
Trump doesn’t care about the crowd, only the roar.
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#ChurchToo: The Toxicity of Christian Complementarianism
The church’s views on sex entrench the power dynamics that contribute to the abuse of women (and the abuse of people of color and queer folks.)
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Sunday Kind of Love: Sex and Spirituality in the Black Church
Black female sexual propriety is not just conscribed by popular culture but also by an institution with a lot more gravitas and authority—the Black church.
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