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Our Bodies, Our Shelves

Hawking body parts, pregnancy as a capital E-experience, and crashing uterus-first into the glass ceiling. by Kaye Cain-Nielsen At 1:57 I stumble out of the underground and run up the street in…
LENGTH: 21 minutes (5295 words)

#longreads: The State of Scottish Arts Funding, Flash Cubes, and Net Art Goes Corporate

Ruth Ewan, The Glasgow Schools, 2012. Installation view, ‘Magic for Socialism.’ (Image courtesy of Afterall) Creative Scotland: Or, the Lottery, the Funders and the People, Afterall.…
PUBLISHED: Jan. 18, 2013
LENGTH: 2 minutes (556 words)

How to be a Person in the Age of Autoimmunity

A twentysomething—living with three autoimmune disorders—tells us about the state of bodies under capitalism, the notion of productivity, and her own experience in biomedical purgatory.…
LENGTH: 24 minutes (6145 words)

A Spy in the House of Hip

By Rahel Aima Illustration by Patrick Kyle Earlier this year, I received an intriguing email from a mysterious London-based firm. They introduced themselves as a creative agency that…
LENGTH: 8 minutes (2116 words)
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Artificial Skintelligence: The Fleshlight at the End of the Tunnel

by Carib Guerra  Borg Life is a new multimedia column about technologized bodies and the growing pains we experience as we adjust to cyborg life. Future Sex, Also, Love Sounds While gunning…
LENGTH: 10 minutes (2534 words)

“Tá Tudo Errado!” The Future of Funk in a Pacified Rio

by Greg Scruggs  It has been six years since the first time I climbed the 100-odd steps separating Copacabana from Cantagalo, a hillside favela perched just behind the Copa high-rises, to attend…
LENGTH: 13 minutes (3487 words)
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Amen! (D'Angelo's Back)

The massive weight gain didn't make Michael "D'Angelo" Archer see the darkness that was looming. Neither did the hermit-like isolation, the shattered friendships, the years wasted without a new…
SOURCE:www.gq.com
LENGTH: 30 minutes (7592 words)

Housed

Is homeownership, despite three presidents’ best efforts, out of reach for the sinking middle-class? Good riddance, says one former homeowner. Images via ForeclosureDeals.com When I was only a…
AUTHOR:Aimee Phan
LENGTH: 16 minutes (4009 words)
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