Longreads

Lou Henry Hoover is a force in boylesque, the traditionally male offshoot of the traditionally female world of burlesque. He's also an outsider: Hoover is the drag persona of the dancer Ricki Mason.

Butter tarts are strangely modest in their excess, a two-dollar decadence. But like that Canadian myth of innocent blandness, a butter tart’s surface hides something much more complex.

No one ever said being a professional boxer would be easy, but for the sport's women, it seems almost impossible—and rarely worth it.

Fifty years ago, Alice Crimmins's children died, and she was the prime suspect. The trials that followed ensured we'd never know who murdered them—only that a woman's life could be used against her.

When I started gaining weight, I didn't just want to get big: I wanted to occupy as much as space as possible.

The pressured pop career that led to Jagged Little Pill.

The acquittal of the man who stood trial for the murder of Cindy Gladue inspired a swell of voices calling for change.

In this excerpt from The Fix: Soccer and Organized Crime, Declan Hill investigates the intricacies of match-fixing in soccer: how fixes are arranged, how they're signalled, and how everyone gets paid.

How Brown should a Brown person be?