This week’s entry: Tama (cat)

Every month, a deluge of new books comes flooding out from big publishers, indie houses, and self-publishing platforms. So every month, The A.V. Club narrows down the endless options to five of the books we’re most excited about.

I am at a loss. I am devastated. I just found out my husband has been sexting with another woman. As if that wasn’t bad enough, this woman is his first cousin! And this has been going on for years!

Aw shucks, would you look at that: Gab, one of the premier online bigot cesspools “free-speech alternatives” to Twitter, got itself hacked the other day, potentially exposing around 70 gigabytes of private messages, posts, and passwords. The site’s founder (and noted transphobe), Andrew Torba, also confirmed Donald…

If there was ever a time when those old posters of a cat hanging on a branch or clothesline were needed, it’s now. As one day melts into another, we could all use a bit of encouragement from the set of words that accompany the image of a long-suffering animal suspended in midair. We’re all just trying to hang in…

Though some of his verses have been known to pack a political punch, prolific writer Theodor Seuss “Ted” Geisel—or Dr. Seuss—has definitely missed the mark more than once, employing racist caricatures packaged for young audiences. Of course, none of those instances would pass muster today (ideally, anyway) and on…

Several years ago, Reddit discovered an image that showed the aerodynamics of a cow. There’s nothing much for the average person to take from this picture, though we imagine it may be of note to a very specific subset of engineers and farmers. Still, bovine aerodynamics have somehow remained a fascinating subject to…

Dumb Gay Politics, hosted by Julie Goldman and Brandy Howard, takes a look at the current state of politics from the point of view of folks who might not know much about politics aside from how absurd they are. Howard and Goldman got started as fixtures on the Bravo network and have been writing partners for over a…

If Hard Case Crime is devoted to publishing “the best in hard-boiled crime fiction,” then why did it put out Later? Because Stephen King wrote it, dummy. It’s the genre legend’s third release via the imprint, and easily the most out of step with the publisher’s central thesis. Is there crime? Sure, but Later isn’t a…

This week’s entry: Nottingham cheese riot

Now that our (former) teen heroes of Riverdale are settled back into their lives in the (former) Town With Pep, the show’s fifth season begins to set the table for the mysteries to come. There are skeevy truckers, estranged husbands, mothmen aliens, a conniving school secretary, and so much more in the latest episode,…

“He sleeps the sleep of the dead—but he is alive!”

I know you and other sexperts say that kinks are ingrained and not something you can get rid of, but mine have all vanished! Ever since I started on antidepressants my relationship with my body and how it reacts to pain, both physical and mental, has completely changed. I used to love getting bit and spanked and beat…

Doing your due diligence is vital for every homebuyer. As nice as any property might initially seem, chances are at least one or two issues in even a potential dream house will require closer inspection. Sometimes, all it takes is a quick perusal of a Zillow listing to confirm your suspicions, but unfortunately, we…

It would be hard to understate just how appealing Tell No Tales is. Middle grade books can sometimes feel oddly paced or full of truncated dialog, but the last few years have seen a boom in entertainment aimed at kids but enjoyable for everyone. Tell No Tales is exactly that, a middle grade book about queer, mostly…

On Tuesday, Axios reported that Hillary Clinton is teaming up with Still Life author Louise Penny to write an international political thriller novel, titled State Of Terror. The novel will be out in October and both Simon & Schuster and St. Martin’s Press acquired the rights to the book.

Binge Mode has been going strong for years now; after its debut Game Of Thrones–focused season in 2017, hosts Mallory Rubin and Jason Concepcion have followed up with Harry Potter, Star Wars, and now, the Marvel Cinematic Universe, providing commentary on these franchises and offering insights on the sort of media…

“It’s like this though,” André Benjamin nervously shouted over the chorus of boos. “I’m tired of close-minded folks, you know what I’m saying?” As one half, with Antwan “Big Boi” Patton, of the Atlanta-based hip-hop duo OutKast, Benjamin had just won the 1995 Source Award for Best New Rap Group. The Madison Square…

This week’s entry: Kate Warne

Late last month, a woman out walking in a stretch of English countryside called Cannock Chase happened upon a forest clearing where baby dolls had been attached to the trees. According to Staffordshire Live, the 64-year old hiker had ventured further than usual into the forest while out walking and, “as [she] dug…