The Attic

“Upon reflection now, I think the attic, to me, represented something of my feminine desire, perhaps contained it, let it incubate, simmer, and grow.”

Source: The Rumpus
Published: Jan 2, 2019
Length: 12 minutes (3,052 words)

A Woman’s Rights

From the editorial board of the New York Times, an eight-part interactive series on the state-by-state push to restrict the rights of pregnant women.

Author: Editors
Published: Dec 28, 2018
Length: 54 minutes (13,740 words)

A Woman’s Work: The Outside Story

In the latest installment in her illustrated series, Carolita Johnson catalogues her efforts to maintain her appearance from about 1970 to 2018.

Source: Longreads
Published: Jan 2, 2019
Length: 23 minutes (5,775 words)

Lost in the Valley of Death

The Parvati Valley in the Indian Himalayas — known for its overwhelming beauty — calls to those who want to shed their possessions as part of a quest for spiritual enlightenment. As Harley Rustad reports at Outside, it’s also known for a plethora of missing and (presumably murdered) Western adventure tourists.

Source: Outside
Published: Dec 13, 2018
Length: 25 minutes (6,395 words)

The Infiltrator

Even as the people protesting the Dakota Access pipeline became suspicious about other activists’ loyalties, a security firm successfully planted a bearded ex-Marine undercover to gather intelligence about the protesters. Besides fueling paranoia, did the operative’s activities change anything?

Source: The Intercept
Published: Dec 30, 2018
Length: 29 minutes (7,439 words)

Swipe White

In this personal essay, Jennifer Chong Schneider considers what it is to be Asian, maligned, and fetishized in dating — and questions her own desire when she dates someone of her own ethnicity for the first time.

Source: Longreads
Published: Dec 28, 2018
Length: 14 minutes (3,673 words)

The End of Forever

What happens when an adoption fails? The harrowing story of one young boy in Florida.

Source: The Atavist
Published: Dec 31, 2018
Length: 44 minutes (11,000 words)

A murder, a grieving mother, and an act of grace

Trump used her slain daughter to rail against illegal immigration. She chose a different path.

Source: Washington Post
Published: Dec 28, 2018
Length: 16 minutes (4,238 words)

Margot Kidder Played Every Character, No Matter How Small, with a Vivid Inner Life

A moving tribute to Margot Kidder, as told through the words of her daughter, Maggie McGuane.

Published: Dec 28, 2018
Length: 7 minutes (1,853 words)

2018: The Year In Ideas: A Review Of Ideas

You’ll want to get your Vive le roi! t-shirt out of storage.

Source: HuffPost
Published: Dec 27, 2018
Length: 26 minutes (6,600 words)