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Best of 2022: All of our No. 5 Story Picks
All the stories we’ve selected as number five in our weekly Top 5 newsletter.
Posted inCommentary, Current Events, Discussions, Podcasts
Influence: Who Gains It and Who Wields It and Who Abuses It
On the fate of Deadspin, recent longreads on Airbnb and influencers, and the uncanny canon of Wakefield Press.
Posted inEditor's Pick
I Had a Late-Term Abortion. President Trump and Pro-Lifers Have No Right to Call Me a Murderer.
A reported personal essay in which Margot Finn writes about the late-term abortion she under went at 29 weeks after it was discovered her baby had a severe brain abnormality; the online support group she helps run for parents who have had abortions because of poor prenatal diagnoses or maternal health issues; and how members […]
Posted inEditor's Pick
Whose Eyes Are These?
A collection of mosaics looted in Turkey and sold in the US have finally returned home. But in the absence of definitive information about the unidentified ageless face called The Gypsy Girl, this so-called “Mona Lisa of Turkey” becomes a blank slate on which the viewer imposes provenance and meaning, which reflects the complex identity […]
Posted inHighlight, History, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Unapologetic Women
Thank You for Not Being Afraid, Pat Maginnis
Compromise and political reform only take you so far; sometimes you need to shake the whole system.
Posted inCurrent Events, Highlight, Quotes
The Californians Who Can’t Budge
How do you hold down the fort when the fort is on fire?
Posted inReading List
This Week In Books: A ‘Melancholia’ or ‘Take Shelter’ Situation
I will become power-mad and lock my boyfriend inside forever!
Posted inNonfiction
Down the Rabbit Hole: A Psychedelic Reading List
The science, the strangeness, the promise, of psychedelic journeys.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Quotes
Disney World: A Surprisingly Good Place to Grieve
“To my surprise, Disney World was not a difficult place to be while in mourning. To me it didn’t feel like an escape from grief, so much as a continued break from unendurable real life.”
