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Sometimes you just need a great fuck. From Erica Jong's "zipless fuck" to Cheryl Strayed's plea that we all "tackle the motherfucking shit out of" life, women writers know the power of a well-placed f-bomb. After all, th...

From The Kitchn ' How To Clean Wood Kitchen Cabinets (and the Best Cleaner for the Job)

Ashley Bartlett, a Toronto-based Glitter Guide contributor and the founder of Quaintrelle, is taking us along for the ride as she heads overseas for a six-month sabbatical in Paris! We invite you to ...

A few years ago, I met Carlos Espinosa, the founder of Holy Wood Acting Studio in California, and commented on one of his video blogs. I was struck by his wisdom and passion for opening an acting studio in California tha...

MEXICO CITY - As a former president of PEN International (1997-2003), I join Salman Rushdie and numerous colleagues in defending the PEN American Center's decision to give its Freedom of Expression Courage Award to the F...

The American Freedom Defense Initiative organized an event on Sunday night in Garland, Texas, inviting caricatures of the Prophet Mohammed. The event's organizers received more than 350 submissions and the cartoonist who...

KATHMANDU, NEPAL -- Life goes on at the tiny Paropakar Maternity Hospital in Kathmandu, where doctors have been delivering up to 70 babies a day since the April 25 quake killed thousands. "The babies are going to come wh...

Amanda's Scandinavian Neutrals Check out today's new Small Cool Contest entries and be sure to add a "favorite" vote to any and all that you'd like to help send on to the next round. Remember, you can vote once each for ...

Designer mom Lane Huerta knows how to make kids feel like superheroes. The brains behind home goods brand and online store, lovelane designs, released an empowering children's wear collection called #PlayHard last spring...

David Gregory and his wife recently cut the price of their $2.475 million Wesley Heights home, which was previously listed for $2.795 million.But it seems there are no tea leaves to read in that "for sale" sign about the...

Bhaktapur is an ancient city, full of decayed splendor and cultural treasures from Buddhist and Hindu worshippers who settled as early as the 13th century. Now it lies savaged by the earthquake that struck Nepal last wee...

Jean Pagliuso has photographed models, celebrities, movie posters and landscapes. In recent years, her camera lens has pointed in a different direction -- poultry. In her latest exhibition Poultry and Raptor Suites at th...

What is a work of art? Does art for art's sake serve a purpose? Who or what influences the value of art? For those who have ever mulled over these questions, then the penultimate exhibition in "The Great Debate about Art...

Xingi Hu, from The Remains series (detail), 2010. Hu is a thoughtful, highly-skilled artist in China involved in what might be a new type of cultural revolution. (Photo: Julie Chae) If you are interested in what's on the...

Beyond the occasional shady public funding for their stadiums and mega-museums, contemporary art carries nearly nothing in common with most professional sports. Sports have a complex set of rigid rules privileging merit ...

Like this entry? Favorite it below! Name: Robyn Location: Alhambra, CA Square Feet: 427 Division: Tiny What I Love About My Small Home: My home, which is a small cottage, gets great light which makes it feel much larger ...

Alexandra, Puerto Rico. Photography by Tau Battice It sometimes seems a requirement, especially in a city as large and diverse as New York, to claim belonging to one of society's sub-groupings, or tribes, as some might c...

In a very small town in the middle of the Nevada desert a young girl strips off her clothes, a drifter gets vulnerable and opens her heart, drugs factor without judgment, and the two characters veer into darkness as they...

Doctor Zhivago, playing at The Broadway Theatre on Broadway, transports you to a different time and place, early 20th-century Russia. It's a remarkable journey full of compelling twists and turns, and a lasting impressio...

One of my first jobs after graduating music school was a production of Cosi Fan Tutte with Eugene Opera. As is typical with regional opera companies who rent performance venues, rehearsal space is always an issue. In thi...

In honor of Lois Lilienstein and several generations of children's musicians In the late 1970's, many a folksinger split their time and talents between shows for adults at folk venues and festivals, and school performanc...

In the field of higher education, there is no one more iconic than Dr. Johnnetta Cole. She is revered for her achievements as the first African American woman president of Spelman College and Bennett College. Throughout ...