Thousands of people in the U.S.’s all-volunteer military are transgender.
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Good Coffee Shouldn’t Have to Cost More Than $1
American’s infatuation with coffee, and the quest to see whether a delicious, $1 cup of joe is possible.
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Apocalypse Shopping List: Guns, Motorcycles, and… Bitcoin?
“I’ll be candid: I’m stockpiling now on real estate to generate passive income.”
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction
My Grandfather’s Fateful Goodbye, Reimagined
Karissa Chen tries to reconstruct the moment her grandfather, at 19, left Shanghai for Taiwan on a supposed vacation—a decision that would alter his life forever.
Posted inNonfiction
I’ve Found Her
Photos of an elderly French stranger has one Canadian writer examining the threads that connect people across continents and generations.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story, Unapologetic Women
Curing My Flight Anxiety, One Book Tour at a Time
Novelist Jami Attenberg discovered a surprise antidote to the anxiety that plagued her each time she had to get on a plane to promote a book.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Quotes
Not For the Paint of Heart
Mystery brunette and GQ correspondent Taffy Brodesser-Akner rented and rented, until a bad experience with a New Jersey landlord and a fit of financial security convinced her and her husband it was time to commit to homeownership. Now for the hard part: Choosing paint colors without having a complete existential breakdown. Akner details her taupe night […]
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story
Searching London for My ‘Third Place’
Years after agoraphobia kept her housebound, Jessica Brown walks the streets of her adopted city seeking deeper connection.
Posted inNonfiction, Quotes
ROKIT, MOTOWN and NIMOY: How Aviation Waypoints Get Their Names
Then there is the intriguing way airways are navigated, using radio beacons and “waypoints”, spots defined by geographic co-ordinates or their bearing and distance from a beacon. These waypoints are typically given five-letter capitalised names that are supposed to be simple enough for any controller or pilot to recognise them, regardless of their first language. […]
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I’ve Found Her
Photos of an elderly French stranger has one Canadian writer examining the threads that connect people across continents and generations.
