GOOD Pictures: Go Outside

This year, I've managed to hang out at both the Atlantic and Pacific Ocean, see the redwoods and the desert for the first time, and hike the beautiful trails of Montana. Spending all this time in nature has reminded me of two things:  1. America is gorgeous 2. I should spend more time expl [more]

From Sweet to Swaggy: Moments When Teen Pop Stars Became Sex Symbols

On March 1, Justin Bieber turned 18 years old, and a few weeks later, he released his single, "Boyfriend." The song offers the same fantasy as always—he just wants a girlfriend to cuddle, and that girl is you, baby—but this time, the Biebs [more]

A Public Art Project Symbolically Reverses Detroit's 'White Flight'

The late artist Mike Kelley spent most of his career working in Los Angeles, but his origins lie in Westland, Michigan, a working-class town 16 miles outside Detroit. One of his final works before his suicide in January reconnects with those roots using a replica of the classic ranch-style home he [more]

Sounds GOOD: Download 'Proton Drive Theme Song' by Daedelus

Sounds GOOD brings you new music by artists we love. Pay what you want to download the track, and GOOD will donate the net proceeds to a worthy organization. (Payments are not tax-deductible. Net proceeds are the total revenue from sales minus transaction costs.) <a [more]

GOOD Pictures: Jaimie Warren Wants You to Feel Better

GOOD Pictures features work by a new photographer each week, with a focus on up-and-coming artists. It is curated by Stephanie Gonot and Jennifer Mizgata.  Jaimie Warren's website and Aperture monograph are entitled "Don't You Feel Better." And yes, I do feel b [more]

What's Wrong With This Picture? When Juxtaposing Past and Present Sends the Wrong Message

If you've been on the internet in the last two days, you may be aware that many people aren't too happy about North Carolina voters' decision to approve a constitutional amendment that strengthens the state's existing ban on gay marriage. And true to internet form, that sentiment r [more]

GOOD Maker Winner: Encouraging Creativity Through Communal Doodling

Doodling is now a team game on the University of Miami campus. Thanks to the creators of U-Doodle, a project “promoting social interaction and collaborative creativity,” students can enjoy a break from calculus and anthropology to add colors and illustrations to communal canvases. The [more]

In New York City, Growing Greens As Art and Local Food

I was sitting on a desk in Jenna Spevack’s studio for about 20 minutes before I realized it was actually a piece of art. It was a month before her the opening of her show, "8 Extraordinary Greens," and the pieces were still stuffed into her studio, a corner of a vast shared space o [more]

The Key to Maurice Sendak's Success With Children? His Contempt for Adults

Beloved children's book author and illustrator Maurice Sendak died today at age 83. Though there are thousands of children's authors whose works have touched millions of people, Sendak, whose most famous story was 1963's Where the Wild Things Are, made books that were somehow able to e [more]

Why I May Love TV Recaps More Than TV Itself

When I was in sixth grade, my best friend Sarah and I would obsessively watch the Thursday night lineup: first Beverly Hills, 90210, then Party of Five. Since homework often kept us from watching in the same room, we’d dial each other the moment a commercial broke. Our analysis didn’t [more]