Sarah Liss
Why Orlando is a watershed moment
To be queer or trans, even today, is to understand that safety is not guaranteed. Orlando drives the point home.
Pig out with this book on pigs
Book review: Mark Essig’s book is jam-packed with facts and trivia, but it doesn’t quite deliver the whole hog
The strange history of shrinks: Book review
Lieberman lets the facts of his research propel the story forward and is intent on dispelling any doubt that psychiatry is rooted in science
The wonderful weirdness of St. Vincent
Now a Grammy winner, St. Vincent could change the game for women with her unapologetic oddness
Who, me? Taylor Swift, famous? Nah.
An everygirl realness is vital to Taylor Swift’s success. But the illusion is getting harder to keep up.
Moving the needle: The past and the politics of vaccination
A review of Eula Biss’s ‘On Immunity,’ which tackles the history of anti-vaccination movements
What two epic albums say about Kanye West and Jay-Z
They’re Batman and the Joker—no, Felix and Oscar