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How Eeyore Became the Patron Saint of the Depressed

Depression memes are just the latest iteration of the century-old tradition of diagnosing Eeyore with a serious mental-health condition

The Sexual Fluidity and Eternal Cool of the Velvet Underground

Todd Haynes, the director of a great new documentary about the influential 1960s band, discusses the group’s erotic charge, their dismantling of masculinity and why frontman Lou Reed remains a fascinating mystery

Does Steven Seagal Owe His Entire Career to a Bet?

The truth behind the Hard-to-Kill rumor that Seagal was made into a star so super agent Michael Ovitz could prove just how powerful he was

Inside the U.K.’s War on Strip Clubs

Faced with the disappearance of their jobs and safety networks, strippers all over the U.K. are fighting a pitched ideological battle against anti-sex work activists who want strip clubs banned from the country completely