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It’s Getting Weirder: Buzzfeed News’ Former Royals Reporter on Kate Middleton, Palace PR, and Distrust in the Media
“There’s an information void surrounding Kate’s current status, and the royal press team has left a lot of space to speculate about what’s actually going on.”
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The Internet of the 2010s Ended Today
“BuzzFeed News was more than a website: It defined an era.”
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‘Nothing Will Go Wrong. It’s Paradise.’
“Numerous passengers traveling on major cruise lines such as Carnival and Disney say in court documents that they were raped and assaulted — oftentimes by crew members.”
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Inside the Psychiatric Hospitals Where Foster Kids Are a “Gold Mine”
“How a scandal-plagued health care giant profits off a failing child welfare system.”
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The Fascinating History Behind a Set of Miniature Murder Scenes
“Forensics pioneer and miniaturist Frances Glessner Lee crafted tiny dioramas in the 1940s to teach investigators to search for clues and assess a scene.”
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Abdul Sharifu Was Buying Milk For A Neighbor’s Baby. A Snowstorm Killed Him.
“How the tragic death of one man during Buffalo’s historic snowstorm in December highlights both the city’s close-knit immigrant community and its systemic failures.”
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The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
From writing about climate disaster and catastrophe to pieces on sleep habits, hometowns, and the heyday of a digital media empire, these five reads will take you into your weekend.
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Archives of Our Own: A Reading List on Fandom & Community
Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.
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He Was 5’7″. After Surgery, He’ll Be 5’10”.
In this piece for Buzzfeed News, Elamin Abdelmahmoud explores the rise in men seeking cosmetic procedures — particularly a rather alarming sounding surgery where the leg bone is cut and a rod inserted to increase height. With men of average height increasingly taking this option, Abdelmahmoud questions how popular culture influences them. I asked Westrich […]
