Kid Nation: The Reunion
When Kid Nation premiered on CBS in September 2007, it was quick to attract comparisons to Lord of the Flies, William…
Lord of the Flies, But With Women, Written by Men
Two Hollywood broskis are gonna tuuuhtally flip the gender script by adapting Lord of the Flies, a stony classic novel,…
Half of America Thinks the Government Is Out to Get Them
Republicans are really concerned about the size of the American government. In fact, they’re pretty sure that, like the…
Judge Compares Chinese Teen’s Attack to Lord of the Flies
Back in March, a high school student named Yiran “Camellia” Liu was lured to a nearby ice cream shop in Rowland…
Fashion Week: The Best Of Backstage
This fashion week, we sent photographer Nilina Mason-Campbell to document the goings-on behind-the-scenes. Herewith,…
Lord Of The Flies Author Admitted Attempted Underage Assault
In an admission in some ways as disturbing as his famous novel, Lord of the Flies, author William Golding wrote in an…
Four Vacation Packages We'd Like To Take!
An article about a holiday "On the Trail of Laura Ingalls Wilder" got us thinking: what book vaycays would we like to…
Summer Camp: The Best (Or Worst!) Eight Weeks Of Your Life
My summer camp nemesis was a wiry, thin-lipped, sneering eleven-year-old I'll call Hannah. Hannah attended an elite…
Susan Faludi: Hillary Is Hated Not Because She's a Woman, But Because She's A Mother
Manhattan broadsheet the New York Observer scored quite the coup this week, signing up author Susan Faludi to take on…
'Kid Nation' Might Be More Terrifying Than 'Lord Of The Flies'
You know how reality TV in general is condescending and exploitative, to its audiences and participants both? Well CBS'…