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Girlhood Gone: Notes from the New Nashville

by Susannah Felts September 13, 2016March 22, 2023

After returning home to Nashville following many years away, Susannah Felts assesses the city’s changing face through the eyes of a native, and as a woman raised in the South.

Escaping the Recession by Boat

by Automattic January 6, 2015October 19, 2022

In the midst of the Great Recession and its bleak job prospects, Alex and Nick Kleeman scraped together enough cash to buy a 32-foot sailboat and plunged into the Pacific for the adventure of their lives. So what if they didn’t know how to sail?

Nonfiction

A Dead Superhero Is a Marvelous Corpse

by Dana Snitzky April 19, 2016October 19, 2022

A theory of superhero suffering and death.

Nonfiction, Quotes

Why the Porn Industry Can’t Beat the Pirates

by juliawick March 16, 2015October 19, 2022

Keeping porn from getting ripped and posted is impossible. After having free pornography clips easily accessible for years, nobody expects that customers will ever buy DVDs in the numbers they once did. The porn industry’s sales figures are disputed; estimates range from a few billion to as high as $14 billion, a widely cited figure from a 1998 […]

Nonfiction, Story

A Dead Superhero Is a Marvelous Corpse

by Dana Snitzky April 19, 2016October 19, 2022

A theory of superhero suffering and death.

The Pawn King

by Automattic December 10, 2014October 19, 2022

Are pawnshops exploiting the poor or saving those hit hardest by the recession?

Nonfiction, Reading List

Inside the Advertising Industry: A Reading List

by Emily Perper February 22, 2015June 4, 2025

From fashion bloggers to food “fluffers,” it takes a village to make you want to buy stuff. Why do some brands connect with us, while others take us by surprise or make us angry? Here are six stories examining the advertising industry.