The Real Beach Lives of Miami
A young boy’s depraved journey into the heart of heterosexuality
High as Finance
All this coke, and not a credit card in sight
Kids in the Haul
From Nazi Austria to late capitalist Florida, a list of the shit we list
Introduction
No Carries, no Samanthas, no Charlottes, no Mirandas
The Hasheesh Eater
I could not doubt it. I was in the power of the hasheesh influence. My first emotion was one of uncontrollable terror...
Interiors - Il Conformista
To understand Bernardo Bertolucci’s The Conformist (1970), it’s essential to understand the history of the EUR district in Rome and its deep ties with fascism...
A Teen's Guide to Stoner Cinema
For too long film critics have focused on the drugs actors and directors are taking, when they should be looking at the audience
The Future Is Femme
In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, women are nowhere and everywhere by Samantha Hinds A tea-soaked palette floods recession London. In Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy, we see the khaki…
Sunday Reading
[content goes here] [this is where the content goes] [where does it stop? When does it become content?]
Google Alert for the Soul
Personal authenticity as "inner truth" is incompatible with the constant self-performance on social media.
So You Want to Be a #Longreads Superstar
Putting essays online isn't just about the future viability of the form, it's changing the reasons we read and write.
Autofill Mythologies
To use Google autofill is to view the world through an unhappy tourist's eyes: down an upturned nose, only the simplest sniping stereotypes filling the blank.
Dogshit Orgasm
From Cat Piss to Alaskan Thunderfuck, marijuana strains have strange names; here’s why we’re in for more.
Dissecting the Frog
Sometimes the only difference between trolling and corporate linkbait is the advertising revenue
Sunday Reading
How to Conquer Pain Once and For All by Attacking the Source and Do It, to sign documents that you don t understand, and these are no exception
Bully Meets World
Programs and therapies can help prevent bullying, but they don't address the root causes of schoolyard domination. A review of Emily Bazelon's anti-bullying manifesto Sticks and Stones.