An Immodest Proposal

Elna Baker notices a change in how people in New York City are dating during the pandemic. (12 minutes)

Kurt Braunohler and his girlfriend had been together for thirteen years, and they were still only 30.

Kim Jong-Il loved movies, but hated all the movies made in North Korea. So he kidnapped a famous South Korean director and his ex-wife—a South Korean film star—locked them up in a villa in North Korea, and forced them to make movies for him. Nancy Updike tells the story.

Lindy West tells us how she went from being ashamed of her fatness to embracing it, and reads from her book, Shrill.

Writer Lindy West has been harassed by hundreds of trolls online.