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Jay-Z, “Holy Grail (ft. Justin Timberlake)”

“Women Behave in Ways They Find Sanctioned in Stories Written by Men”

Jennifer Lopez Sings “Feeling So Good” in Turkmenistan

What Is Your Personal Garbage Music?

The Evolution of Miss Scarlet

What Would Tami Taylor Do About the Second Special Session in Texas?

“It’s not my fault that we are made so, half from disinterested contemplation, half from appetite”

Interview with Maja Cule, the Artist Who Decoded “Laughing Alone with Salad”

Rick Rubin on Instinct, Minimalism and Kanye Going “Full-On NBA Finals”

The “Freaky New Freedom” of High School Fashion in 1969

“My Body Stopped Speaking to Me”

This week’s Modern Love column is called “The View From the Victim Room.”

Erotic Photo Hunt Photoshopper Advises, “Don’t Go for the Breasts First”

Abstain from Cognition During Meals

Stars, “Hold on When You Get Love and Let Go When You Give It”

What Is a Summer Jam?

Charli XCX and the Rules of Pop Stardom

“Widows take sweets to a saint’s shrine/ I’ll bring God popcorn and beg him to kill mine”