Is the Voynich Manuscript Mexican? Scientists Say “Maybe,” Ugh

Coming Soon (Again): The White Guy’s Nonwhite Sidekick

by Jeva Lange

This Year’s Weirdest Rejected Olympic Sport

Have you ever been in a strange city for, say, just one day, but you decide you’re…

Parents Suck, But You Can’t Say That Because Of Their Precious FEELINGS

“Parents will accept any amount of second-guessing from their own children, but not from the childless: You’re not allowed to express an opinion about parenting unless you are a parent. Sounds reasonable…

The Awl Is Looking For A New Office

by The Awl

I Don’t Know What To Believe About Olive Oil Anymore

You Are All, “Blah Blah Blah Thoughts About Thing”

Do you have thoughts about Paper? If they are anything other than “I don’t know what that is,” or “I wish everyone would shut the fuck up about Paper,” I would like you to go outside and stand in the snow for a bit and maybe develop those…

Introducing the Framily Plan

by Awl Sponsors

The Men, “Another Night”

by Jeva Lange

How To Feel Better About Gentrification

“Among experts, a furor continues to swirl over whether gentrification and displacement are conjoined. What qualifies as displacement, anyway? Forcible eviction by a rapacious landlord, obviously, but what about a rent that creeps up while a household’s income…

Cats + Tea = Paradise

by Jeva Lange

“Courtney Hatt and David Braginsky, a cat-loving duo from San Francisco, are currently at work on KitTea, a cat cafe concept they hope to open in the city this summer. They envision KitTea as part ‘gourmet tea house,’ part ‘cat and human oasis.’ To…

New York City, February 2, 2014

★★★ An eggplant-colored haze tinted New Jersey. “Daddy, where is snow?” the toddler asked, walking up…

How I’m Feeling

I wish I were dead.

Philip Seymour Hoffman, 1967–2014