Janet Malcolm Will Make You Smarter
An essential new collection from one of the great journalists of our time.
The Culture
Sex Workers and Hollywood: How Afternoon Delight Flips the Script
Hollywood likes its sex workers damaged and pitiful, but writer-director Jill Soloway’s first feature portrays a different kind of stripper.
The Thing About Zadie Smith
With her first novel, White Teeth, the 23-year-old prodigy became a literary sensation. With her latest, NW, she reminds us what the fuss was all about.
How TV Gets Lady Lawyers Wrong
As The Good Wife returns to TV, a litigator says “enough with this Barbie crap.”
The Deconstruction of Mindy Kaling
Why America fell for that Indian girl from The Office.
The Kardashians, Explained
While a nation mourns the end of Season Seven, a confessed addict attempts to understand her own obsession.
Rhyming Political Tweets: It Was Bound To Happen Eventually
With her book of tweets, Elinor Lipman captures the Zeitgeist in a way that few 60-something professors manage to do.
Am I Right, Ladies? (No, You’re Crazy)
When female comedians joke about crying in the shower, they’re letting us all down.
Why We Buy Men (It’s Not Just Sex)
In part two of our series, we meet two women who hire gigolos — and love it.
The Art of Occupy
As Occupy Wall Street resumes operations on May Day, so will the art movement it has engendered. And no, it’s not just drum circles and cardboard signs. Think again.