The Woman With the Axe: On Fu Hao, Ancient China’s Warrior Queen

The Woman With the Axe: On Fu Hao, Ancient China’s Warrior Queen

Rachel McCarthy James Examines Gender, Power and Violence in the Shang Dynasty

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Does the Supreme Court <em>Really</em> Just Run on Vibes Now?

Does the Supreme Court Really Just Run on Vibes Now?

Leah Litman Explains the Legal Theories Weaponized by Conservative Justices Against the Administrative State

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How Language Evolved Out of Cultural Exchange Between Europe and the Near East

How Language Evolved Out of Cultural Exchange Between Europe and the Near East

Laura Spinney on the Development of Early Human Civilization Across Eurasia

By Laura Spinney | May 15, 2025

Enjoying the Sweet Stink of <em>The Gilded Age</em> in the Age of Billionaires

Enjoying the Sweet Stink of The Gilded Age in the Age of Billionaires

Danielle Teller on Sanitized Depictions of the 19th Century, Comfort Shows, and Income Inequality

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What Does It Mean to Forgive Your Mother?

What Does It Mean to Forgive Your Mother?

Jessica Levine Grapples with the Complexity of Release

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Oh good, Audible is planning to start using AI narrators and translators.

Oh good, Audible is planning to start using AI narrators and translators.

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Drafting <em>Mrs. Dalloway</em>: How Virginia Woolf Started Her Masterpiece

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Why the World’s First Celebrity Sex Therapist Had to Flee the Nazis

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Daniel Brook on Dr. Magnus Hirschfeld a Queer Pioneer of the Study of Human Sexuality

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And If This Is(n’t) the End of the World? Why We Dread—and Desire—Apocalypse

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Alex Foster on What Draws Us to Doomsday Fantasies, and Why We Should Resist the Urge to Indulge Them

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Defeating Death: On the Motivations and Methods of People Who Want to Live Forever

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Amy Larocca Explores Some of the Most Extreme Manifestations of Contemporary Wellness Culture

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Against Algorithms: Why Tuning Out is an Essential Part of the Creative Process

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Ling Ling Huang on the Importance of Keeping True to Your Own Thoughts

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In a new lawsuit, the Authors Guild is going toe to toe with DOGE.

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