Cleave

“Trying to make sense of all this grief is a cultural challenge, as much as a scientific one. It requires a real grappling with memorythe science of how we remember, and what we choose to forget.”

Published: Feb 11, 2021
Length: 16 minutes (4,032 words)

The Secret Life of H.G. Carrillo

“As a black man claiming a manufactured cultural experience and ethnicity, Carrillo is a complicated figure.”

Source: Rolling Stone
Published: Feb 11, 2021
Length: 32 minutes (8,067 words)

The Cats and Dogs Who Eat Cats and Dogs

“Pets, like humans, don’t expect the call of the wild to arrive in their faces.”

Source: Terrain.org
Published: Feb 11, 2021
Length: 16 minutes (4,108 words)

Remnants on a South Philly Stoop

Chef Omar Tate caught the attention of the food world with a pop-up celebrating the Black American food experience. He was right on the verge of blowing up. But instead, everything else did.

Published: Oct 1, 2020
Length: 22 minutes (5,600 words)

Patricia Lockwood Is a Good Reason to Never Log Off

“I mean, the internet is inside us. It’s no longer an externality. We can’t get away from that. You can do some Alias thing where you rip the chip out and you throw it in the river, but it’s too late, man. We’re not getting offline.” Gabriella Paiella interviews Patricia Lockwood.

Source: GQ
Published: Feb 15, 2021
Length: 14 minutes (3,519 words)

Britney Spears Was a New Mom and No One Tried to Help Her

“I’ve never met a woman who did not at some point, in those first early weeks of motherhood, break down.”

Source: Romper
Published: Feb 12, 2021
Length: 6 minutes (1,586 words)

‘I Miss My Mom’: Children Of QAnon Believers Are Desperately Trying To Deradicalize Their Own Parents

“What it’s like to lose the person who raised you to a far-right cult.”

Source: HuffPost
Published: Feb 11, 2021
Length: 24 minutes (6,000 words)

Brazilian Butt Lift: Behind the World’s most Dangerous Cosmetic Surgery

“The BBL, like Robin Hood, takes from the rich – the wobbly belly – and gives to the poor: the flat, bony bum.”

Source: The Guardian
Published: Feb 9, 2021
Length: 23 minutes (5,886 words)

Grief’s Anatomy

“Hope awaits organizers like a trap.”

Source: The Baffler
Published: Jan 4, 2021
Length: 8 minutes (2,074 words)

Thread Man

“Seth Abramson’s viral meta-journalism unreality.”

Author: Lyz Lenz
Published: Feb 11, 2021
Length: 14 minutes (3,686 words)