The Baron of Botox Is Gone, But His Face Lives On
A profile of late celebrity face master Dr. Fredric Brandt, who revolutionized cosmetic dermatology with the use of Botox and fillers, before dying by suicide in 2015.
William Gibson: ‘I was losing a sense of how weird the real world was’
William Gibson talks to Sam Leith at the Guardian about how he got into writing science fiction, how his breakout novel Neuromancer was possible because he knew nothing about computers, the subtle, yet striking similarities that make London and Toyko great settings for his work, and the fact that even in science fiction, you’re lost without your phone charger.
Searching Sephora for an Antidote to Aging — and Grief
How I Confronted the Truth About My Fraternity’s Racist History
Only after Charlottsville did one man stop shrugging away his fraternity’s 130 years worth of racist values and activities, and finally reconcile with his own culpability.
My Father, the Atomic Bomb
When one writer took a close look at her life, she found all roads, from her identity as a writer to her life with one parent, trace directly back to her father’s deadly profession.
When a Psychic Reading Costs You $740,000
There’s a cat and mouse game between psychics who scam people out of their life savings and the investigator who pursues them. But the true psychics already saw that coming.
The Price of Dominionist Theology
After leaving fundamentalism, Eve Ettinger grapples with the loaded theological heritage of evangelical personal finance teachings.
Translating a Person
“Who do we become when we inhabit another language?”
Lived in Bars
Helena Fitzgerald wonders whether she can still enjoy herself and the easy camaraderie she finds in the dark, cozy dive-bars bars she loves — without drinking alcohol.
Think Debtors Prisons Are a Thing of the Past? Not in Mississippi.
How the state’s “restitution program” forces poor people to work off small debts.
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