Strike With the Band

“Classical musicianship is better understood as a job, a shitty job.”

Source: The Baffler
Published: Sep 3, 2019
Length: 15 minutes (3,772 words)

Death to the Open Floor Plan

Maybe having rooms with doors that close and the attendant modicum of privacy wasn’t so bad after all.

Source: CityLab
Published: Aug 6, 2018
Length: 9 minutes (2,342 words)

McMansion, USA

How the emblem of mainstream economic success came to represent the fragility of 21st-century consumer culture.

Source: Jacobin
Published: Nov 9, 2017
Length: 7 minutes (1,891 words)