How do you get to know a father—or a man—who defines himself by one single, insurmountable achievement?
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Celebrating Pride: Where Religion and Queerness Meet
During Pride Month, Emily Perper will be sharing stories from the LGBTQ community. This reading list is about the experiences of queer people of faith.
Confessional
A profile of the savagely smart former “Bachelor” producer behind Lifetime’s “Unreal.”
Home Free
How a New York State prisoner became a jailhouse lawyer, and changed the system.
How an Ad Campaign Made Lesbians Fall in Love with Subaru
The story of how Subaru cultivated its image as a car for lesbians—and did so at a time when few companies would embrace or even acknowledge their gay customers.
The Audition
Brownstone talks to women in Seattle who say that a man posed as a female porn recruiter to trick them into having sex with him. Can these women find justice?
Kim Kardashian West on Kanye and Taylor Swift, What’s in O.J.’s Bag, and Understanding Caitlyn
Celebrity interviews are often riddled with softball questions and tightly controlled by publicists. Kim Kardashian West’s full-time job is getting the public interested in her personal life, which means she doesn’t hold back in this interview with GQ.
The Invisible Forces Behind All of Our Decision-Making
Author Jonah Berger explains when and why we follow the herd.
The Unbelievable Tale of Jesus’s Wife
A supposedly ancient scrap of papyrus, which suggests that Jesus was married, has shaken the world of biblical scholarship.
Water Hazard
Revkin’s 1988 story about how human-alligator conflicts in Florida began to rise as the population in the state steadily increased and homes were built “on terrain that is transmogrified swamp.”
