Do you suffer Computer Back? I do. Mine is caused by the terrible habit of hunching over the laptop while also curling my legs under the chair in a sort of corkscrewed position that is osteomuscularly nightmarish but somehow conducive to concentration. When I stand up I look like a stooped, slightly concerned turtle. Now, lots of people have Computer Back, and nearly everybody with whom I've talked about it has, at some point in the conversation, brought up the fact that Philip Roth works at a standing desk. That tidbit, you'll remember, came out in a 2000 David Remnick profile, and it apparently haunts the imagination of everyone [...]

In an era where the young adult fiction aimed at teen girls concerns itself with such pressing problems as how to dissuade your vampire boyfriend from performing cunnilingus when you're having your period, it's difficult to remember that author Judy Blume was once considered shocking or controversial. It's almost quaint to reflect on Blume's oeuvre when you put it on the shelf alongside current titles like OMG I Sucked A Lot Of Cock At Sandy's Party or Bent Over At The Ass Olympics: Diary Of A Teenage Girl, Book 3. But Blume can still inspire outrage from those on the other end of the culture wars: a recent solicitation for [...]

This is the sound of every lady between 26 and 45 screaming. FIRST STOP: TIGER EYES. Second stop: WIFEY??? Ugh, I don't even know in which order I want the Judy Blume canon to be made into films.

Throughout the month, we're counting down our most favorite Twitter accounts, ranging from the infamous to the fake to the most horrific and the most hilarious. .bbpBox{background:url(http://a0.twimg.com/profile_background_images/51306175/judy.jpg) #C0DEED;padding:20px;}

Wearing texting gloves in Key West. Present from daughter who must have known how cold it would be this week.Mon Dec 27 20:17:32 via Twitter for iPhoneJudy Blumejudyblume

Once you've already followed the magical Margaret Atwood, and yet again searched in vain for a Twitter account from Joy Williams (can you imagine), it is time for you to sign up for the Judy [...]