My Abuser’s Gender Made Me Doubt My Experience By Caroline Catlin Feature After an assault, Caroline Catlin questions the safety of queerness.
Speaking Candidly about Opioid Dependence and Legal, Safe Alternatives By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight One journalist shares what her experience with prescription painkillers taught her about decriminalization and recovery.
Brendan Fraser’s #MeToo Moment By Sari Botton Highlight Actor Brendan Fraser reveals he was touched inappropriately — and says it’s behind why he vanished from the scene for more than a decade.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from Edith Zimmerman, Eli Saslow, William Brennan, Meredith Haggerty, and Kelly Conaboy.
Grief is a Jumble Word By Ken Otterbourg Feature Ken Otterbourg contemplates love and loss and what we remember when we try to forget.
How Black Panther Asks Us to Examine Who We Are To One Another By Rahawa Haile Feature Rahawa Haile considers how, by sliding between the real and unreal, Black Panther frees us to imagine the possibilities — and the limitations — of an Africa that does not yet exist.
How Lead Poisoned People of Color in East Chicago and Beyond By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How lead contaminated the soil under East Chicago’s black and Latino communities.
We’ve Always Hated Girls Online: A Wayback Machine Investigation By Julianne Aguilar Feature Searching for a teen girl who was once internet famous for her coding skills, a former fan uncovers a story of harassment.
To Live and Die in Utopian New Zealand By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight How the super rich like Peter Thiel are buying land in New Zealand to survive the apocalypse.
The Hotel of Multiple Realities By Emily Carter Roiphe Feature While recovering from an aneurysm, Emily Carter Roiphe discovers the hospital houses a series of alternate realms.
An Education in Doubt By Catherine Cusick Feature In her memoir ‘Educated,’ Tara Westover studies herself to safety, but books can’t rescue her from the memories of sustained violence.
The Great Online School Scam By Longreads Feature Students are performing worse than ever, but private companies are making millions.
A Tale of Two Vegases By Gayle Brandeis Feature Gayle Brandeis takes two trips to Sin City with her mother — one while her mother is delusional.
Are We Getting Ripped with Protein or Ripped Off? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The rise of the protein drink industry.
The Making of a Black Fortune By Aaron Gilbreath Feature America’s first black millionaires were born into slavery — and built wealth alongside political power.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week By Longreads Weekly Top 5 This week, we’re sharing stories from May Jeong, Leslie Jamison, Irina Dumitrescu, Barbara Ehrenreich, and Matt Wake.
The Unexpected Reemergence of an Elusive Strain of Rice By Ben Huberman Highlight Hill rice was supposed to be extinct, until a South Carolina chef stumbled on it — in Trinidad.
Black Disabled Wonder Women Need Love, Too By muteiny Feature Britney Wilson considers the lessons she learned while taking a risk on romance.
Cataloguing the Detritus of Relationships Past By Sari Botton Highlight Essayist Leslie Jamison visits Zagreb’s Museum of Broken Relationships.
America’s Duded-Up Kitchens By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight Companies have re-coded their appliances to capitalize on men’s entry into the kitchen, and they’ve taken their stereotypes with them.
Polar Exploration: The Story of Pain By Krista Stevens Highlight It’s -40F. Your mission? Travel 20 miles back to town on skinny skis while pulling a heavy sled over the frozen earth. Oh, by the way — you have 72 hours or you fail the exam.
Blockchain Just Isn’t As Radical As You Want It To Be By Longreads Feature On how a new administrative technology is being conflated with radical politics.
A Shot at Glory By Sam Riches Feature For the first time in 24 years, there are no NHL players at the Olympics, offering a rare opportunity for a group of journeymen from a nation that claims hockey as its game.
In a City Divided by Barbecue, Chicago’s South Side Style Gets Ignored By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight On Chicago’s Southside, there is a type of barbecue found nowhere else, and it’s too widely ignored.
Inadvertent Matchmaker Seeks a Love of Her Own By Sari Botton Commentary I was introducing all my friends, but had no idea how to be in a good relationship.
The Great Stink By Laurie Penny Feature It’s time for men to stop worrying about who they are, and start thinking about what they do.
A Finder, No Longer a Keeper By Jenny Klion Feature How finding someone else’s engagement ring helped Jenny Klion let go of her own.
And Headbangers Shall Know Thy Names By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The untold story of two musicians who contributed to Guns N’ Roses’ early success.
Hierarchy of Needs By Aaron Gilbreath Feature Angela Palm learns to find joy in a world filled with suffering.
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