BFFs, Girlfriends, and Besties

As the British Empire expanded, the fabric of society depended upon women’s friendships. One letter from a “BFF” back home could save a colonist from abandoning ship.

If you’re job hunting, should you scrub your online presence to make it look squeaky clean, or just hope that employers see your digital identity as a natural way of rounding out your resume?

Two kinds of books: mommy memoirs and mother-daughter memoirs, are tackling the tough topic of abortion in new ways.

An online database of Grimm’s fairy tales reveals the evolution of these stories, which in their earlier versions were often violent and sexually suggestive.