Fall of the Palace of Pinks

“The image of these women is fetishised as they rise, and then weaponised against them as they fall.”

Source: Tortoise Media
Published: Dec 1, 2020
Length: 27 minutes (6,851 words)

My Friend Jay

Matthew Stanmyre’s childhood best friend was shot and killed when he was 16. Twenty-one years later, he searches for answers for why he died.

Source: NJ.com
Published: Dec 20, 2020
Length: 39 minutes (9,958 words)

The Boy Called Vimy

Adolescent boys are walking, talking paradoxes. They’re brilliant and foolish, thoughtful and impulsive. They can exude bravado and insecurity in equal measure. They can pretend that what their friends say doesn’t matter when nothing matters more. They can risk their lives while fretting about curfew.

Source: Ottawa Citizen
Published: Oct 19, 2020
Length: 20 minutes (5,216 words)

Living With Karens

“A white woman calls the police on her Black neighbors. Six months later, they still share a property line.”

Source: The Cut
Published: Dec 21, 2020
Length: 30 minutes (7,500 words)

Life Was Not a Peach

“David Chang’s new memoir grapples with the white-hot fury that defined most of his career. But as an employee on the receiving end of that rage, the book fails to account for trauma he caused me.”

Source: Eater
Published: Dec 21, 2020
Length: 24 minutes (6,091 words)

How the School Reopening Debate Is Tearing One of America’s Most Elite Suburbs Apart

Noreen Malone recounts the very public and heated debate around school reopening between a teachers union and wealthy, liberal parents in a Boston suburb.

Source: Slate
Published: Dec 18, 2020
Length: 24 minutes (6,178 words)

To Make a Building Healthier, Stop Sanitizing Everything

” For years scientists have sounded the alarm that our disconnect from the outdoors is linked to a host of chronic health problems, including allergies, asthma, depression, irritable bowel syndrome, and obesity. “

Published: Dec 16, 2020
Length: 16 minutes (4,113 words)

Punch After Punch, Rape After Rape, a Murderer Was Made

“The execution of Lisa Montgomery would be an injustice on top of an injustice.”

Published: Dec 18, 2020
Length: 11 minutes (2,900 words)

‘We Are Slowly Being Poisoned’

Kiera Feldman investigates how toxic fumes seep into the air you breathe on airplanes.

Published: Dec 17, 2020
Length: 22 minutes (5,710 words)

My Mommies and Me

Alexandra Tanner’s essay is a hilarious and dark look into the lives of Mormon mommy bloggers on Instagram.

Source: Jewish Currents
Published: Dec 18, 2020
Length: 8 minutes (2,122 words)