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Tony's Social Pages How did the French mark the end of the Terror? With parties, fashion, and 'dos, of course!
By Tony Perrottet
Idle Chatter The unlikely relationship between modern art and modern cooking.
By Morgan Meis and Stefany Anne Golberg
Pertinent & Impertinent When is a world record a sad affair? When it's noted in Guinness World Records 2009.
By Greg Beato
Letter from Paris An American pastry chef in a French kitchen?! Sacrebleu!
By Amy Serafin
Ask a Poet I need to pair some poetry and wine. Don't ask why — just help!
By Kristen Hoggatt
Grand Tour In Russia, I lived in a tenement, jumped out of a moving car, and had a gun pulled on me. Of course IKEA and Starbucks had to come and ruin it all.
By Marissa Payne
The Good Life Do you trust your own taste? Can you describe truffles? Do you wear purple?
By Jason Wilson
Bookslut We have come to think of gender as a spectrum. Is it time to do the same for sex?
By Jessa Crispin
Pertinent & Impertinent If it's change you believe in, do not buy tickets to an AC/DC show.
By Greg Beato
The Naturalist The large mammals are our closest relatives. So why is our relationship with them so tense?
By Jesse Smith
Life Science Siberians once threw lice on visitors to show love. After getting lice myself, I can say Siberians had a weird definition of love.
By Jennifer Fisher Wilson
On Shopping Want to end patriarchal oppression? Don't burn your bra — just get one that fits.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
Ask a Poet Four years in and my girlfriend still doesn't want to get married. What would a poet do?
By Kristen Hoggatt
Tony's Social Pages Our new leaders are celebrating, but hopefully not setting themselves on fire (right, King Charles VI?).
By Tony Perrottet
Noncanonical The Night of the Hunter is a fairy tale gone horribly wrong.
By Morgan Meis
Pertinent & Impertinent The theory that gods are aliens is back in fiction. But why'd it fade as a religion in the first place?
By Nathan Schneider
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Dear John
Almost half the world lacks access to a commode. On World Toilet Day, we consider its impact on longevity, safety, education, and even tourism. (Bonus: Do you squat in the East or Southeast Asian manner?)
By Sara Blask
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The Wrath of Khan
I was a waitress in Austin with a pot-growing boyfriend who wanted to get married. I needed a change, and Mongolia sounded like it'd be about as big a change as I could make. I was right.
By LeeAnn Marhevsky
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Chinese Take-Out
From the Olympics to urban explosion to the rowdiness of its people, a tour of China is like a trip back to 19th-century America.
By Paula Marantz Cohen
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The Term Paper Artist
Curious about the state of higher education in America? Take a job churning out pages on Shakespeare, Faulkner, and the man one client called "Plah-toe."
By Nick Mamatas
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Bewitched
Witch hunts are grouped with other mass killings, but it was the only widespread execution of an entire gender.
By Jessa Crispin
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Green Politics
Golf was once such a simple sport, back before it involved human rights, Nelson Mandela, and murder.
By Todd Pitock
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Put It to a Vote
Just in time for the booboisie's vote, a reconsideration of Mencken's Notes on Democracy.
By Morgan Meis
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The Port Dick Cheney Likes
Find out you like the same port as the vice president and Fidel Castro, and you'll realize taste is a very slippery slope.
By Jason Wilson
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Ocean View
At the Smithsonian's new Ocean Hall, the drama of the seas plays out alongside that of the modern natural history museum.
By Jesse Smith
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Brownfields
Morandi's tins and vases seem innocent enough, but look too long and you're trapped.
By Morgan Meis
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