A Modern-Day Witch Explains How Magic Can Empower Women
Witchcraft, Wicca, paganism, goddess-based spirituality. Whatever you want to call the practice of magic, it's empowering women. Enchantments is a New York City occult store (and home to three cats)...
View ArticleA Floral Sculptor Is Out To Prove A Plant's Death Is Just The Beginning
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View ArticleGillian Flynn Wrote A Ghost Story For George R.R. Martin, And It’s Awesome
ImageContent(5629202de4b0443bb56318ca,56292b961400002200c7a984,Image,HectorAssetUrl(56292b961400002200c7a984.jpeg,Some(),Some(jpeg)),Crown,)If you’ve read Gone Girl, Gillian Flynn’s domestic thriller...
View ArticleLatino Artist Reimagines Classic TV Shows To Include Diverse Casts
Julio Salgado admits he doesn't know a lot about “Star Wars,” but when people threatened to boycott the movie because the latest iteration features a black protagonist, the Berkeley-based visual artist...
View ArticleMemories Of Melodrama: The Unauthorized Lifetime Story
EmbedContent(562814bde4b02f6a900f9014,,Embed,html,Some({}))"Memories of Melodrama" opens with a close-up of a young woman clutching an office landline phone. The camera zooms in on her lunch, iced...
View ArticleHaunting Photos Of The Everyday Objects That Survived The Atomic Bomb
For eight years, Japanese photographer Ishiuchi Miyako traveled to the Hiroshima Peace Memorial Museum, over 500 miles away from her hometown of Yokosuka, Japan, to document the women's everyday...
View ArticleThe Man Behind 'Humans Of New York' Reflects On His Unscripted Interview With...
EmbedContent(56293cefe4b0ec0a3893c11e,,Embed,html,Some({}))Having taken over 10,000 portraits for his world-famous "Humans of New York" Facebook account, Brandon Stanton's something of a professional...
View ArticleThe Surprising Way Teens Are Learning About Sex (It Isn't Porn)
Did you know that only 22 states require their public schools teach sexual education?And even in the states that do provide it, the curriculum can be woefully underwhelming and leave out important...
View ArticleNobel Laureate Orhan Pamuk: Nations Like Persons Have Many Identities
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View ArticleWhy Cleopatra Probably Didn't Kill Herself With A Snake
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View ArticleSpooky, Scary Teen Sexuality
EmbedContent(56290fffe4b0ec0a389386c0,,Embed,html,Some({})) Welcome to a special Halloween edition of Middlebrow, please listen to some spooky music while you read about teen sexuality. Know what's so...
View ArticleThis Artist's Incredible Designs Just Upped The Pumpkin Carving Game
These elaborate pumpkin carvings put our jack-o'-lanterns to shame. Edward Cabral, an artist who lives in Chicago, creates intricately carved pumpkins with designs from pop culture and history as part...
View Article'Harry Potter And The Cursed Child' Will Be About Harry's Son Albus
Halloween is crumbs compared to the witchcraft and wizardry news coming out of the "Harry Potter" universe. On Thursday, Pottermore released artwork for J.K. Rowling's upcoming Harry Potter play,...
View ArticleKourtney Kardashian Poses Clothed Next To Nude Photo Of Herself
EmbedContent(562a3b49e4b0443bb56395ae,,Embed,aolon,Some({})) Kourtney Kardashian looked gorgeous at the gallery opening of "Metallic Life" by Brian Bowen Smith on Thursday night. The reality star...
View ArticlePraise YouTube, You Can Now Watch Bob Ross' Very First 'Joy Of Painting' Episode
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View ArticleIf The 2016 Candidates Dropped Some Beats, Here's What Their Albums Would Be
EmbedContent(5627e92be4b08589ef4a8a28,,Embed,html,Some({})) While Mike Huckabee and Martin O'Malley are known to break into song on the campaign trail, the rest of the 2016 presidential candidates...
View ArticleHow To Win Yourself A Man Using Witchcraft, According To A 1973 Cosmopolitan...
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View ArticleLet These Amazing Award Winning Panoramic Photos Envelop You
A six shot panorama image of the Himalayas won this year's EPSON International Pano Awards. The stunning photo, titled "The Ice Prison," was taken by Max Rive of the Netherlands. Now in its sixth...
View Article10 Classic Baby Name Ideas From Celebrity Parents
EmbedContent(562a4f2ee4b0ec0a38942c11, ,Embed,html,Some({})) There are a number of celebrities who quietly choose from the canon of traditional names -- not the trendier classics like Beatrice and...
View Article'Suffragette' Deserves Better Than This Tone-Deaf, 'Humanist' Marketing
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