Uncanny Valley
Anna Wiener on the hollow promise of San Francisco’s startup life. “’I just hope this is all worth it,’ she spits in my direction. I know what she means — she’s talking about money — but I also know how much equity she has, and I’m confident that even in the best possible scenario, whatever she’s experiencing is definitely not.”
427: Ten Years Without Jen, Twenty-Six With
Seitz, on the 10th anniversary of the death of his wife, describes where’s he’s been and what he’s learned.
Re-examining Monica, Marcia, Tonya and Anita, the ‘Scandalous’ Women of the ’90s
Marshall revisits some scandals involving women in the ’90s and has us reconsider their stories: “All these women confronted us with truths we did not want to consider, and so we terrorized them, mocked them, abused them, and rendered them finally voiceless.”
Madness
In Florida prisons, mentally ill inmates are routinely tortured and killed by guards. Staff are often witnesses to the abuse but remain silent out of fear of retaliation, cooperating with security officials who they depend on for protection.
An Exegesis on Spanking Fetishists
Jillian Keenan on her new memoir, which delves into her lifelong obsessions with spanking and Shakespeare.
The Defenders
What does the future of legal services for the poor look like?
How Lifetime Became One Of The Best Places In Hollywood For Women
A feminist history of the Lifetime channel, and their transition from “guilty pleasure” to a critically acclaimed home for groundbreaking television.
Millennial Women At Work: A Reading List
These stories offer a glimpse into the weird world of “professionalism,” how young women are expected to adapt to rapidly changing, innately biased work environments.
What Was Virtual Reality?
At Backchannel, a reprint of John Perry Barlow’s seminal 1990 essay on Virtual Reality, “Being in Nothingness.”
The Secret History of Tiger Woods
Incredible reporting by Wright Thompson. An inside look at how Tiger Woods lost his way following the death of his father Earl — exploring an obsession with the Navy SEALS, pursuing affairs with women, and grappling with no longer being “the greatest.”
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