Alison Fishburn shares seven longreads on how humans experience the death of their pets.
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One Man’s Poison
The only way to protect herself from her father was to erase him from her life, but she survived being his daughter by acting just like he did.
Posted inNonfiction
On Silence (or, Speak Again)
Elissa Bassist breaks her silence about everything she’s not supposed to talk about and comes out alive.
Posted inHighlight, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes
A Moral Center In a Decayed Ethical Universe
“The best thing I did was simply respect him.”
Posted inStory
Yentl Syndrome: A Deadly Data Bias Against Women
The science of medicine is based on male bodies, but researchers are beginning to realize how vastly the symptoms of disease differ between the sexes — and how much danger women are in.
Posted inEditor's Pick
No One Told Babe Ruth He Had Cancer, But His Death Changed the Way We Fight It
How the legendary baseball player’s cancer treatment in the 1940s helped pave the way for how we treat cancer today.
Posted inNonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes
Why Murder-Suicide is on the Rise Among the Elderly
“He thought he could live with the punishment of grief—he had done what his wife had asked—but the punishment of the law would be another matter.” Ann Neumann investigates why mercy killings and murder-suicides are on the rise.
Posted inStory
A Walk On The Wild Side: The Pete Ripmaster Journey
After discovering ultrarunning, a middle-aged father battling depression attempts his most daunting and dangerous race to date: 1,000 miles, solo, across Alaska in winter.
Posted inEssays & Criticism, Feature, Nonfiction, Story
Confessions of a Lapsed Catholic Dancer
Kate Branca considers the body as an instrument of faith.
Posted inBusiness, Business & Tech, Commentary, Essays & Criticism, Feature, Story
Pot Luck
Searching for justice in the newly legal weed economy
