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Kreayshawn in GQ

Boobs and Books

I know I am fortunate to have had the privilege and opportunity to make this decision that could help save my life. I am lucky…

Kate Bolick on Refusing to Settle (Part One)

“Recent years have seen an explosion of male joblessness and a steep decline in…

Eternal Happiness and “The Medium Chill”

On this point, social scientists are all but unanimous: social connections are at the heart of wellbeing. We’re happier, and our happiness is more resilient, when we are woven into a social fabric: when we have a devoted life partner, supportive networks of…

On IVF

“The things not to think about are: the money you are spending. How they can’t find the problem — my sperm is better now, once I quit hot baths and Diet Coke, and my wife’s plumbing looks normal on the hysterosalpingogram. Don’t think about the other dudes jacking it five feet away. Just try to keep the chair from…

Marriage, Monogamy, and Dan Savage

Treating monogamy, rather than honesty or joy or humor, as the main indicator of a successful marriage gives people unrealistic expectations of themselves and their partners. And that, Savage says, destroys more families than it saves. […]

The Case of Amanda Knox

Her killer did a bad job. It was amateur work: There were bloody fingerprints and footprints all over the apartment, and the killer even defecated in the toilet and forgot to flush. But that wasn’t the worst of it. Whoever murdered Meredith Kercher didn’t know how to use a knife.