The Old Issue
Hell Is Older People: Aging as the Ultimate Cinematic Horror
Unlike horror-movie fates such as, say, decapitation by paper cutter, aging is the ultimate fright because viewers recognize that they cannot escape it.
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When the Chips Are Down: Anaïs Mitchell Goes Straight to Hades
In the original myth Eurydice dies without agency, but in Hadestown she chooses the underworld and deals with the repercussions.
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Forever Your Girl: The Legacy of Helen Andelin's Fascinating Womanhood
Call it a feminist coincidence: Two books published in 1963 examine gender, sex, and marriage, but arrive at diametrically opposite conclusions. In The Feminine Mystique, Betty Friedan complains that “the only passion, the only pursuit, the only goal a woman is permitted is the pursuit of a man.”... Read more »
Hitting the Small Time: Pop culture's suddenly full of tweeniuses - but why are they all boys?
Perhaps you've heard of 10-year-old Alec Greven, the author of a series of self-help tomes like How to Talk to Dads and How to Talk to Santa. The wee guru has appeared on the Ellen DeGeneres Show, the Today show, CNN, The Tonight Show, and Good Morning America. In December 2008, Twentieth... Read more »
Control Womb: Are iPhone apps the new fertility specialists?
Want to get pregnant? There's an app for that. Want to not get pregnant? There's an app for that, too (and no, it's not condoms). Want to know why you're so damn moody? There's—yep—an app for that. They could be considered the Our Bodies, Ourselves for the tech-savvy... Read more »