Willa Paskin

What razor blades reveal about the weirdness of late capitalism.

A single line of dialogue in the movie Sideways left the wine industry with a hangover that lingers to today.

Before Mulder and Scully, there was Betty and Barney Hill.

The Smart Kids Album’s bizarre legacy also extends to straight-edge hardcore music.

And why we all cared when these two personal injury lawyers split up.

A debate over authenticity shreds another Italian cuisine myth.

How an art collective smuggled their provocative work onto prime time TV.

The fate of a computer game about the Underground Railroad is a reminder that teaching Black history has always been fraught.

Melissa Rivers wants some credit for the lucrative job of celebrity stylists.

Her death, at 53, is tragic, but at least she survived us.