Boredom and an enterprising Brit gave birth to the modern tourism industry, and we’re still trying to make sense of it all.
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Posted inBusiness & Tech, Food, Nonfiction, Quotes
Viral, Yet Ephemeral: Death On Your Cellphone
China’s WeChat app has become a place to both mourn death and share graphic videos of the moment itself.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Sports
Playing Football to the Beat of Their Own, Literal Drummer
Gallaudet University has tensions between its deaf and hearing students, but the deaf football team brings the campus together.
Posted inEditor's Pick
‘America’s Deaf Team’ Tackles Identity Politics
In order to survive, Gallaudet University has to blend a diverse student body from very different backgrounds: deaf culture and hearing culture. Can football players show the school how?
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End Notes
How is a death mourned after it’s gone viral? China, WeChat, and the public consumption of private tragedy.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
A Life Measured in Swipe-Rights
Andrew Kay found himself on the dating scene and the academic job market at the time time, living life as one long interview.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes, Sports
The Unnecessary Beauty of Ice Hockey
Kent Russell loves hockey. A lot. I don’t, but Russell’s writing about the game is utterly engrossing
Posted inArts & Culture, History, Nonfiction, Quotes
The Sun Never Sets on Oppression and Dominance, or Why You’re More Aztec Than You Think
Aztec priests ripped out people’s hearts daily as a sacrifice to the sun, and for Sam Kriss, the contemporary West might be a lot more like them that we think.
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Pilgrim at Tinder Creek
Life as an audition: the job market, the dating market, and the way we construct ourselves to impress.
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Fighting With Their Fists to Put a Period in a Basket
“Hockey has no reason for being. Rather, hockey’s one of those things that give reason to being.”