Lily Salter's Blog, page 1096
May 24, 2015
It’s not because she got fat or he won’t do laundry: Here are the real reasons people cheat
A few extra pounds causes infidelity? Not exactly — the real reasons are much more complex
“You get a cookie for being offended”: Mat Johnson on the fine art of racial satire
The author of "Pym" talks about his new novel, his love-hate relationship with Twitter and being a black nerd
The U.S. Navy’s brutal new war on the Arctic
This fishing season, the government plans to detonate thousands of pounds of toxic munitions in the Gulf of Alaska
Westeros is the Garden State: Everything I love about “Game of Thrones” I learned from New Jersey
The Lannisters and Sopranos have a lot in common — my feminist friends bailed, but "GoT" speaks to my gritty roots
Cancer’s terrifying genetic superpowers revealed
Science has allowed us to look at genes more closely than ever. And cancerous genes show us something remarkable
Education reformers have it all wrong: Accountability from above never works, great teaching always does
Common Core or No Child Left Behind -- reformers always try to manage change from above. It fails & hurts our kids
Does a “base tan” really protect against sunburn?
Studies of sunshine-deprived human buttocks offer an answer to one of summer's oldest questions
The U.S. military is a national security threat
America's armed forces are a massive drain on resources that could otherwise strengthen the country
Anatomy of a train wreck: Why the Amtrak disaster should come as no surprise
The tragedy of the derailment in Philadelphia is that it was entirely preventable. Our politicians owe us answers
May 23, 2015
Ryan O’Connell on Thought Catalog, trolling & the Millennial angst tipping point: “The more you write about your personal life, the less you have one”
The former Thought Catalog star tells Salon about his new book, "I'm Special: And Other Lies We Tell Ourselves"
