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Realistic Body Paint Gives A Remarkable Visual Of What Happens When You're...

A Dutch photographer's painted belly project helps moms-to-be visualize the way their babies fit inside their pregnant bodies. Leonie Versantvoort specializes in maternity and newborn photography. She...

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Here's Why Famous Authors Chose Their Fake Names

Writers have chosen pen names over the centuries for reasons almost as varied as the names themselves. (We're looking at you, "Dr. Seuss.") While some changed their names simply for easier English...

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Mark Ruffalo Tells Grads: 'Activist Is Not A Dirty Word'

Actor Mark Ruffalo received the Sam Rose '58 and Julie Waters Prize at Dickinson College for Global Environmental Activism at the school's commencement on Sunday. The prize includes $100,000, which...

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Ian McEwan Gives Impassioned Graduation Address On Free Speech

English novelist Ian McEwan used his platform as Dickinson College's commencement speaker to advocate for free speech and expression of ideas on Sunday. His speech addressed one of this year's major...

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This Gorgeous Video Reveals How Mozzarella Is Made By Hand

Mozzarella is the most popular cheese in the United States; USDA data show that the average American eats 11.5 pounds of the stuff every year, mostly atop pizzas. The ubiquity of mozzarella can...

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'Queen Of The Night' Is Basically Cirque Du Soleil Directed By Stanley Kubrick

Off Broadway plays can get really weird. Like, watermelon-being-smashed-to-bits-on-stage weird. So when the basic Broadway lineup starts to feel tired, it can be difficult to navigate theater options...

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12 Ways Nora Ephron Taught Us To Be Better Women

On May 19th, Nora Ephron would have turned 74. The author, screenwriter and director, best known for films like "When Harry Met Sally," "You've Got Mail" and "Sleepless In Seattle," died in June 2012,...

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Zac Efron And Max From 'Catfish' Make A Movie About EDM

"Hardship. Friendship. So much love. That's your ticket to everything." Sure, we'll pretend to know what that really means in terms of a movie about a DJ, played by Zac Efron, just trying to achieve...

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The 'Follow Me To' Instagram Series Goes To India, Where The Fashions Are...

Couple Murad Osmann and Nataly Zakharova's travels have made them not only two of the luckiest people on earth, but also some of the most interesting to follow on Instagram. #followmeto Jama Masjid...

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'The Bachelorette' Season 11 Premiere Recap: Here's What Happens When There...

It’s 2015. By now, reality TV is a young adult, but it hasn’t grown out of "The Bachelor" franchise. Despite its bizarre dating rituals, low success rate, and questionable racial and gender politics,...

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The Women Of 'The Bachelor' Are All Of Us (No, Really)

Last week, just a few days before the premiere of Season 11 of "The Bachelorette," my colleague Emma Gray and I launched a podcast called "Here To Make Friends," which recaps the dating reality show...

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Photographer Takes Moving Pictures Of Families With Their Dying Pets

Photographer Eva Hagel has been taking beautiful pictures of people with their dying pets for about a year now. Project Cleo, as this photo series is known, was inspired by Hagel's own beloved boxer...

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One Photographer Is Using Social Media To Celebrate 'Queer Icons' Of Color

Jahmal. 2014, From the series Queer Icons, Photogravure w/ Chine-Colle, 11x14, image size 8x10. Gabriel Garcia Roman Icons are an essential part of the visual history of religions, including those of...

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Art Museum Uses Medieval Paintings To Hilariously Recap 'Game Of Thrones'

Dragons and magic aside, "Game of Thrones" has a historical bent -- it draws extensively from medieval history. Some have complained that this flair for the Middle Ages provides an excuse for the show...

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Two 'Bachelorettes' Wasn't As Bad As Expected. It Was Worse.

"I love that some people are upset about [there being two Bachelorettes]," declared Chris Harrison on HuffPost Live Monday afternoon."[If you're upset], it's probably an issue you have with yourself or...

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19 Works Of Art That Show Breastfeeding Has Always Been Beautiful

With the way breastfeeding mothers are often treated in public, one would think that nursing a baby is some sort of taboo, new age practice. But as this empowering Instagram account shows, that...

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This Striking Image Of A Black Man Hanging A Klansman Shows A Different Side...

When photographer Tyler Shields captured the provocative photo of a naked black man hanging a white Klansman from a tree branch, he considered his work a significant achievement. However, when he chose...

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10 Incredible Shots From This Year's National Geographic Photo Contest That...

There's nothing like the 2015 National Geographic Traveler Photo Contest to make you want to pack your bags and explore the hidden corners of the world. From a heartwarming image of a child in Mongolia...

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21 Books From The Last 5 Years That Every Woman Should Read

The one struggle of being a woman who reads is that you want to read everything. It's easy to get overwhelmed by bestseller lists, because there just isn't enough time in the day to read every hot new...

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Azealia Banks Calls BET Awards 'Bogus,' Says Nicki Minaj Wins 'Every Year'

Azealia Banks is never one to hide her feelings, and it's safe to say she's really not feeling her BET Award nomination for Best Female Hip-Hop Artist. Iggy Azalea, Nicki Minaj, Trina, Tink and Dej...

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