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The Year We Found Goatse and Visited the KKK: The Best of Gawker's 2012 Longreads

Sometimes, instead of writing 40 words to go along with a viral Internet video, we write many words. Thousands of words, even. Since we do this somewhat frequently, those pieces can be easy to miss.…
SOURCE:gawker.com
LENGTH: 5 minutes (1378 words)

Requiem For a White MC

Last week, after learning that Adam "MCA" Yauch of the Beastie Boys had died at 47, Gawker asked sometimes Deadspin contributor Peter Nash—also known as Prime Minister Pete Nice of 3rd Bass—to share…
SOURCE:gawker.com
PUBLISHED: May 10, 2012
LENGTH: 7 minutes (1901 words)

This Man's Quest To Build His Dream Car Is Driving Him Insane

Koji — no separate first or last name, just "Koji" — is a man of remarkable skill, talent, and determination who is attempting to build his dream car in a garage somewhere in…
LENGTH: 14 minutes (3512 words)

The Mystery Man Behind the Most Disturbing Internet Meme in History

Sometime in the late 20th century a naked man bent over, spread his ass and took a picture. Eventually that picture, known as Goatse, became one of the most venerable memes in internet history. Who…
SOURCE:gawker.com
PUBLISHED: April 10, 2012
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4056 words)

Lady Writers and the Male Celebrities They Profile

In GQ this month, Claire Hoffman sits down with rapper Drake for the magazine's cover story. Drake is not a horribly interesting person, and celebrity profiling is not usually a horribly interesting…
SOURCE:gawker.com
PUBLISHED: March 22, 2012
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2147 words)
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What Happens When A 35-Year-Old Man Retakes The SAT?

I took the SAT a grand total of one time when I was in dipshit prep school. This was 1993. Like any other kid, I wanted to do well on the test, primarily so that I would NEVER have to take it again,…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3431 words)

Cancer is just as deadly as it was 50 years ago. Here’s why that’s about to change.

Why haven't we cured cancer yet? It seems like almost every day, we hear about another miraculous advance in cancer treatment. Drugs that cause tumors to shrink,
SOURCE:io9.com
LENGTH: 9 minutes (2498 words)
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