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Our Picks

Did I Kill Gawker?
Read, a former editor-in-chief of Gawker, examines the rise and fall of the polarizing site.
Author: Max Read
Published: Aug. 19, 2016
Length: 25 minutes (6400 words)
On Beauty: A Reading List About Makeup
Beauty criticism analyzes the ways we can subvert a society that would have us subsumed by self-loathing. We use the tools we’ve been given. Makeup, then, can be a weapon. And it can be damn fun.
Author: Emily Perper
Source: Longreads
Published: Aug. 21, 2016
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
The top stories of the week, as chosen by the editors at Longreads.
Author: Editors
Source: Longreads
Published: Aug. 20, 2016
For Gord: 27 Mini-Essays about the Tragically Hip

As Canada's most beloved band prepares for their final concert, 27 writers pay homage to the Tragically Hip's long, prolific career.

Source: BuzzFeed
Published: June 2, 2016
Length: 47 minutes (11827 words)
Why Am I So Fat?
Writer and performer Sara Benincasa writes a brilliant, biting, and hilarious response to the guy who wrote her asking, “Why did you gain so much weight?”
Source: Medium
Published: Aug. 18, 2016
Length: 14 minutes (3700 words)
Something New in the Chill, Salt Air: Hope
Cod's sudden return to the waters of Newfoundland have New England's beleaguered fisherman feeling optimistic, but scientists are still trying to understand the fishes' behavior.
Author: David Abel
Source: Boston Globe
Published: Aug. 6, 2016
Length: 8 minutes (2157 words)
Dee Dee Wanted Her Daughter To Be Sick, Gypsy Wanted Her Mom To Be Murdered
A true crime story about Dee Dee Blancharde, a mother who persuaded family, friends, and even doctors to believe that her daughter, Gypsy, was gravely ill. It was only after Dee Dee was murdered that the truth came to light.
Source: BuzzFeed
Published: Aug. 18, 2016
Length: 34 minutes (8504 words)
One Classroom, Twenty Teachers
The students in Kelly Zunkiewicz’s pre-calculus class at Earl J. Lennard High School in Ruskin, Florida excel because they're able to work in groups and help each other grasp mathematical concepts.
Author: Staff
Source: TNTP
Published: Aug. 11, 2016
Length: 15 minutes (3980 words)
The Rise and Fall of Restaurant Kitsch

As minimalist design goes down-market and T.G.I. Friday's says goodbye to clutter, what happens to all the fake Tiffany lamps?

Author: Lisa Hix
Published: Aug. 11, 2016
Length: 49 minutes (12389 words)
Their Body, Themselves
A parent grapples with her child's identity exploration.
Author: Rachel Klein
Source: Catapult
Published: Aug. 15, 2016
Length: 9 minutes (2493 words)
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