Who knew Ben Shelton could do all that? Certainly not the Defector writer who was slandering him in the early stages of the ...

It is difficult, and yet important, to practice holding multiple truths at once, such as: No animal is inherently bad, and ...

Maybe you have heard of Roko’s Basilisk. This is a thought experiment, for lack of a better term, popular among a certain set ...

Drew Magary’s Thursday Afternoon NFL Dick Joke Jamboroo runs every Thursday at Defector during the NFL season (except when ...

Only If You Get Caught is back for Season 2. If you listened to the first season, welcome back; if you didn’t, you have six ...

At my university, you had to take an introductory fiction writing workshop before you were eligible to apply for the more ...

Welcome back to Minor Dilemmas, where a member of Defector’s Parents Council will answer your questions on surviving family ...

Think of the internet as an ocean vast enough to contain a near-infinite constellation of distinct watery biomes, each populated by creatures that have evolved to suit the one in which they live—a ...

What’s this we have here? Why, it’s the first-ever episode of Defector’s brand-new NFL podcast, All Ball! Every week, the team of myself and elite indie blogger Arif Hasan break down every NFL matchup ...

In her 1980 essay “Compulsory Heterosexuality and the Lesbian Existence,” Adrienne Rich lists over 60 examples of systematized female oppression. To name a few: the power of men to deny women their ...

Before the NFL season kicks off this weekend, it will kick off Wednesday night with a primetime game between the New England ...

Time for your weekly edition of the Defector Funbag. Got something on your mind? Email the Funbag. You can also read Drew ...