Best of 2018: Arts and Culture

A four-year battle over a tiny patch of river beach in Northern California—between two middle-aged guys with way too much time on their hands—illustrates the deep divide in how we perceive access rights to public lands

Put on your Sunday clothes and let’s debate.

A startling investigation into how men enter bathtubs. Do they do it on their hands and knees, so their balls don’t get hurt by the hot water?

You haven't heard it all from living legend Paul McCartney, who talks candidly about the Beatles breakup, Kanye, orgies, forgetting his own songs, killing frogs, group masturbation, and (somehow) more.

Lizzo's self-love anthem works by turning a mirror to the listener. Every moment, from the hair-tossing hook to the rapturous call and response, is about <em>you</em> — the best, most impossible you.

In this week’s Ask Polly, the Cut’s advice columnist, Heather Havrilesky, answers a question from a reader who feels like she’s broke, friendless, and has wasted her whole life.

For those unschooled in diving, it’s like walking the plank.

Three little girls, an Internet boogeyman, and a stabbing in the woods on a sunny afternoon. Inside the trials of Morgan Geyser and Anissa Weier.

Everything is 10 years behind in Alaska—including the way people see movies. In three stores across the coldest state in the union, Blockbuster captured the imagination of its residents long after the company ceased operations around the rest of the country. But now, the late fees are finally coming due, and the end of the Blockbuster era is upon us.