Delving into the darker side of Wall Street, oil, and conservatism.

Barbara Ehrenreich takes on a plague of positive thinking.

Onetime The L Word writer Cherien Dabis’s convictions far outweigh her fear of obstacles.

Hunter Parrish’s cross-country commute gives him time to consider his morals.

Leslie Kritzer, star of Off Broadway’s Rooms, has a whole other career as diva slayer.

After five seasons of amassing animosity, The L Word’s diva auteur will meet an untimely end.

“The longer I wrote about these people, the fewer possibilities were open to everyone based on the choices they made.”

In the past, when lesbians were seen in pop culture—if they were seen at all—they tended to be sexless creatures draped in flannel. Showtime’s The L Word reverses the stereotype. And, writes Kera Bolonik, New York’s lesbians are ready for a new paradigm.