Multi-Level Marketing’s Feminine Mystique: A Reading List By Erin Blakemore Reading List The commodification of female friendship began in the suburban living room. Today, it’s booming online.
Can Detroit’s Legendary Techno Scene Survive Gentrification? By Ben Huberman Highlight On the growing tension between techno’s gritty origins and its current velvet-rope tendencies.
The Nigerian, Feminist Designer who Flouts Convention By Danielle Jackson Highlight Building a fashion empire in a country that’s still conservative about sexuality and female agency.
Reflections of a Lifelong Metalhead By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight One aging Sabbath fan assesses the power and necessity of loud, dark music.
How the Brazen Are Falling By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary On Harvey Weinstein, a man whose grave I can’t wait to dance on.
The Horizon of Desire By Laurie Penny Feature Laurie Penny wants a new conversation about women, men, consent, desire, and autonomy.
We Need to Talk About Madness: A Reading List By Danielle Tcholakian Commentary Talking about it is terrifying, but not talking about it is deadly.
A History of American Protest Music: This Is the Hammer That Killed John Henry By Tom Maxwell Feature How a folk hero inspired one of the most covered songs in American history.
A History of American Protest Music: ‘We Have Got Tools and We Are Going to Succeed’ By Tom Maxwell Feature Lead Belly, Lee Hays, and the hammer songs that powered the folk movement.
Inside the Murky World of Essential Oils By Mike Dang Highlight Essential oils have become a big business, with some distributors selling their products with unfounded claims.
The Ubiquity and Brilliance of Tom Petty By Matt Giles Commentary The musician always seemed to be more of a friend to his fans than a distant celebrity.
The Genius of the Playboy Interview By Matt Giles Commentary Dedicated research and hours of interviews crafted the gold-standard of pre-access celebrity journalism.
The Dangers of Being a Tiny Island By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight After a few rich outsiders bought the Island of Eigg, the islanders bought their island back.
The Examination of a Playboy Bunny By Michelle Legro Commentary When Gloria Steinem applied for a job as a Bunny in 1963, she was told she first had to see a doctor.
How Did the Blues Become the Blues? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight In one simple sentence in 1914, Columbus Bragg, an African American writer, helped codify the Blues genre, though he’s largest forgotten.
The Panic in Twin Falls, Idaho By Michelle Legro Highlight It had one of the most successful refugee resettlement programs in the nation. Then Breitbart came to town.
Michelle Dean Uncovers Some Truths About Snopes By Krista Stevens Highlight The history of Snopes, the legendary internet fact-finding site.
The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty By Longreads Feature More than fifty years ago, one man tried to hold the Coors brewery CEO for ransom. Things went very badly.
Twenty Years Later, The Dude Still Abides By Krista Stevens Highlight Despite being nominated for Academy Awards seven times throughout his career, Jeff Bridges doesn’t mind forever being Jeffrey “The Dude” Lebowski.
The End of ‘Rolling Stone’ As We Know It By Matt Giles Commentary Jann Wenner created a magazine that lasted for 50 years because he understood nostalgia sells.
Junk Food is 21st Century Imperialism By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The first in a New York Times’ series about global obesity looks at the place of processed foods in Brazil.
Civilization Was Supposed to Make Our Lives Better, Right? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Cultivating crops led to permanent settlements, but also greed and exploitation. Was it all worth it?
Lena Waithe’s Historic Night at the Emmys By Matt Giles Commentary The writer, director, producer, and actor used her versatility to to take on the Hollywood system.
Mothering Is Not the Enemy of Creative Work By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Journalist Erika Hayasaki uses science to show how motherhood can improve creativity.
Ta-Nehisi Coates Takes on the Trump Presidency By Danielle Jackson Commentary In an excerpt from his upcoming book on the Obama administration, Coates constructs an incisive look at Donald Trump’s political ascent.
The Mastery and Magic of Rachel Kaadzi Ghansah By Danielle Jackson Reading List With her profiles of Toni Morrison, Dave Chapelle, James Baldwin, and more, Ghansah is an unparalleled chronicler of black excellence.
Taking Up Smoking at the End of the World By John Sherman Feature In his late twenties, John Sherman finds a new fondness for cigarettes, despite everything he was ever taught about them.
On the Internet, Nobody Knows You’re a Cartoonist Hustling for Money By Michelle Legro Commentary Bob Mankoff created a successful business model for cartoonists to get paid. Then Condé Nast ruined it.
Building a New Society for Black Americans, First in Mississippi By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight A movement in Jackson, Mississippi is working to remake the way the city governs, feeds, and runs itself in order to serve the black community.
Welcome Nowhere: The Plight of the Rohingya Refugees By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Myanmar’s Rohingya people escape systematic discrimination at home only to suffer depredations in search of new homes.
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