Natasha Vargas-Cooper

11/11/15

The Story and Nightmare Emails Behind One Elite Silver Lake Preschool's Turmoil

A specter of tyranny is haunting Silver Lake, Los Angeles. At Camelot Kids, a preschool in the ultra-hip east side…

11/9/15

Is This Professor a Rapist For Sleeping With Her Severely Disabled Student?

In October, Anna Stubblefield, 45, a Rutgers University ethics professor, was found guilty of aggravated sexual…

11/5/15

What Happens When Inmates Go From 'The Box' to Release? They Come Back.

USA Today’s Kevin Johnson has followed the lives of nine inmates who were all released from solitary confinement on…

10/30/15

Without Photos and Magazine Collages, How Do Teens Even Decorate Their Walls?

What is on your walls, teens? Is it all just holograms and memes these days?

10/28/15

The No. 1 Movie in Germany Is a Hitler Comedy Called Look Who's Back

Uh. Ok, Germany.

10/25/15

The Best Comments From The Day The iPod Was Released, 14 Years Ago This Week

On October 23, 2001, Steve Jobs launched what he described as a “revolutionary” product known as the iPod, to which…

10/22/15

Why Smutty Frat Banners Are a Blessing to Women

Earlier this year, during move-in week, that tender time of year when parents lug trunks and Target curtains into…

8/12/15

Accused 'Voracious' Hollywood Peeper Dismissed From Latest Movie Set

Kevin Thomas Roy, a veteran Hollywood production assistant and assistant director, was fired from the set of the…

7/30/15

Meditations on the Death of a Lion

This week, the internet erupted over the murder of Cecil the lion by a trophy-hunting dentist. Now seems like a…

7/17/15

Hollywood Movie-Crew Peeper Filmed Dozens of Unwitting Naked Women

An assistant director who has worked on a string of Hollywood blockbusters including Insurgent, Pirates of the…

7/7/15

What Do Women Want? To Have Sex with Their Stepbrothers

Nestled inside the top sellers list on Amazon, between the James Patterson pot-boilers, the ubiquitous de-cluttering…

7/7/15

Poland Has Abortion Drones. We Need Abortion Drones.

Last week, the Dutch abortion activists of Women on Waves successfully flew a quadcopter carrying abortion-inducing…

6/24/15

A Report From the Barricades of The Teen Crop Top Movement

As you read this blog post, there is an international movement of teens conspiring to destroy the leviathan which…

6/20/15

Meet the Lady Who Ruined Dylann Roof's Chance at an Insanity Plea

Now that Dylann Roof is in custody and has been charged with nine counts of murder, the question is: how will he…

6/5/15

Emma Sulkowicz's Newest Art Project is a Disturbing Sex Tape

Artnet has confirmed that Emma Sulkowicz, the former Columbia University student known for “Mattress Performance (Car…

6/3/15

Publisher of The Toast Nick Pavich Is Out for Murky Reasons

Jezebel has learned that Nicholas Pavich has left The Toast, a popular lady site frequented by post-structuralist…

6/1/15

Feminist Prof Cleared of Sexual Misconduct for Writing an Essay

Laura Kipnis, a professor at Northwestern University, has been cleared of violating the college’s Title IX provision,…

5/29/15

Feminist Students Protest Feminist Prof for Writing About Feminism

As feminist student activists fight to expand their circle of vulnerability in collegiate life, Title IX has gone…

5/27/15

Court Records Reveal Heinous Child Porn Tastes of the Duggar Trooper

In 2005, Duggar Family patriarch Jim Bob brought his son Josh to the Arkansas state troopers’ office after catching…

5/26/15

My Favorite Photographer Mary Ellen Mark Has Died

Mary Ellen Mark, 75, passed away in New York City Monday. During her 40-year career, Mark photographed lepers,…

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