Wars and heightened border security have created a humanitarian crisis in the Mediterranean.
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First Contact
Sarah Watts details how science fiction shaped her family, her religion, and her own self-image.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
On Beauty: A Reading List About Makeup
Beauty criticism analyzes the ways we can subvert a society that would have us subsumed by self-loathing. We use the tools we’ve been given. Makeup, then, can be a weapon. And it can be damn fun.
Posted inBooks, Nonfiction, Story
‘Open Casket’ and the Question of Empathy
Did Dana Schutz’s painting engage with her subject, Emmett Till, ethically and responsibly?
Posted inStory
‘What Is Missing Is Her Soul’: Women and Art, Girls and Men
In a new book, Camille Laurens examines the life of the model for Degas’ masterpiece, “Little Dancer, Aged Fourteen.” But there’s still so much we don’t know.
Posted inBooks, Commentary
The Longreads 2018 Holiday Gift Book Guide
We’ve made a catalog of books we featured in 2018 that we think would make great gifts.
Posted inReading List, Technology
Twitter Won’t Miss You: A Digital Detox Reading List (and Roadmap)
Maybe it’s time for an internet break… after you read this.
Posted inNonfiction
Game of Crones
It wasn’t entirely Laura Lippman’s idea to become a mother in her 50s. But when it happened, she leaned in hard.
Posted inCrime, Current Events, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes, Uncategorized
How the Border Patrol Threatens Civil Liberties Far from the Border
While ICE makes headlines, the U.S. Customs and Border Protection agency continues to detain and search American citizens far from the actual border, and it doesn’t need a warrant.
