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Idle Chatter Weekly field notes on arts, culture, and everything else from our critic-at-large. All columns >
By Morgan Meis

Palate or Palette? The unlikely relationship between modern art and modern cooking.


Bookslut A bi-weekly column from a very promiscuous reader. All columns >
By Jessa Crispin

Let's Talk About Sex We have come to think of gender as a spectrum. Is it time to do the same for sex?


Tony's Social Pages Invitations to the most famous (and infamous) parties throughout history. All columns >
By Tony Perrottet

A Heady Affair How did the French mark the end of the Terror? With parties, fashion, and 'dos, of course!


On Shopping To praise shopping is to breach the last taboo of academic culture. All columns >
By Paula Marantz Cohen

A Temporary Uplift Want to end patriarchal oppression? Don't burn your bra — just get one that fits.


Letter from Paris Dispatches from our correspondent in the City of Light. All columns >
By Amy Serafin

The Baked Goods An American pastry chef in a French kitchen?! Sacrebleu!


Life Science Investigations into the intersection of science and humanity. All columns >
By Jennifer Fisher Wilson

A Hairy Predicament Siberians once threw lice on visitors to show love. After getting lice myself, I can say Siberians had a weird definition of love.


The Naturalist Communications with the living world.
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By Jesse Smith


A Giant Problem The large mammals are our closest relatives. So why is our relationship with them so tense?

Noncanonical Notes from a barbarian at the gates of culture. All columns >
By Morgan Meis

Axis of Evil The Night of the Hunter is a fairy tale gone horribly wrong.


The Good Life There's life. And then there's lifestyle journalism. All columns >
By Jason Wilson

Fruit-Forward and Fungus Do you trust your own taste? Can you describe truffles? Do you wear purple?


Ask a Poet Everything you wanted to know about life, poets, and the poet's life.  All columns >
By Kristen Hoggatt

Fatherly Advice I need to pair some poetry and wine. Don't ask why — just help!



At the Museums Stories from the institutions that preserve and interpret our history and culture.
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By various authors

Exhibit A Crime and punishment may be a gray area, but it's painted black and white in D.C.
By Emily Maloney


Emily's World In which our heroine writes a column.
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By Emily Maloney

Embellished In which our heroine learns the art of scrapbooking. Sort of.


The Kitchen Library Considerations of cooking guides by The Smart Set's book critic.
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By Jessa Crispin

Pizza Party Why is homemade pizza always such a letdown?


Tony's Secret Cabinet Stories from the institutions that preserve and interpret our history and culture.
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By Tony Perrottet

Olympic Fever Beijing is worried about pollution at its Olympic Games; ancient Greeks had to worry about spontaneous orgies at theirs.