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In the 1960s, a group of artists started experimenting with choreography based on ordinary movement and improvisation. Now your living room is the stage.

Finding a hobby that doesn't undermine your 19th-century masculinity can be tough.

Built by a fascist-turned-communist writer in the 1940s, it belongs to no one architectural style. But the views!

What's a masculine lesbian to do when her hair starts getting too long? Look at history for inspiration.

Secular Jewish psychologists like Boris Sidis criticized the positive optimism of Protestant-centered psychology.

They talk to each other via underground networks, grow shy, migrate across the Earth's surface, and reverse some of the damage caused by climate change.

Originally produced as an exploitation film that drew on racial stereotypes, the ironic revival of Reefer Madness made it a cult classic for stoners.

But the eighteenth-century readerly hobby angered critics, who saw it as a “monstrous practice.”

The drama of playing the famous prince. In pictures.