Here Is What Happens When You Cast Lindsay Lohan in Your Movie Stephen Rodrick | New York Times Magazine | January 2013 | 31 minutes (7,752 words) Stephen Rodrick (@stephenrodrick) is a contributing writer for The New York Times Magazine, contributing editor for Men’s Journal and author of The Magical Stranger.
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What Happens When the State Separates a Mother From Her Child
“Sacha Coupet, a professor of law at Loyola University Chicago, who used to work as a guardian ad litem and as a psychologist, worries that the Adoption and Safe Families Act, by promoting ‘adoption as the normative ideal,’ has made it easier to avoid ‘dealing with the enormously complex root causes of child neglect and […]
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The Pros and Cons of Culinary Education
The writer investigates the financial realities of attending culinary school, and the hard life of a working chef: “Chef Brad Spence wouldn’t go culinary school if he had to do it all over again. After graduating from the Culinary Institute of America in Hyde Park, the chef/partner of Philadelphia’s Amis moved to New York City, […]
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The Rules of Grieving: They Are Still Boys
Grief counselors at Archbishop Moeller High School, an all-boys school, work with teens who have lost loved ones: “Phillip begins to speak even more in this session. He says his father died of heart failure which was a result of quadriplegia. The death was not expected, he says, but it was not a surprise. He […]
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Bionic Hand Fits Young Woman Perfectly, But Does It Suit Her?
A young woman tries out a bionic hand after losing her fingers and toes: “Her dad wonders if the financial burden of the bionic hand is worth it. A left hand device won’t be considered until that’s clear. If the bionic hand’s too hard or awkward to use, will it collect dust on her nightstand? […]
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I’m For Sale
A writer looks for a balance between creative ambition and financial security: “I recently asked my dad if he ever regretted not following those early ambitions. No, he told me. Even though he’d toyed with doing a more commercial craft like silversmithing or pottery, he realized how hard a life that would be, always having […]
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A Man Was Murdered Here
In the summer of 2012, a homeless man named William Greer Jr. was bludgeoned to death in a park in Austin, Texas. Greer’s case remains unsolved, and his daughter is determined to find answers: “In the weeks that followed her dad’s death, Tangie drove to Austin three times: once to speak to police, once to […]
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Unfit for Work
The number of Americans on disability has skyrocketed in the last three decades, and the Social Security Administration says the reserves in the disability insurance program are on track to run out in 2016: “Scott tried school for a while, but hated it. So he took the advice of the rogue staffer who told him […]
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Brief Encounter with the Household Gods
[Fiction] A daughter talks about her father and his favorite TV Show: “It’s the political woman who’s responsible for his new phase. I see him watching her on her TV show. With her husband & her kids, she’s traveling around her totally backward state. My dad loves that show. He gets all excited because sometimes […]
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When A 10-Year-Old Kills His Nazi Father, Who’s To Blame?
A 10-year-old boy suffers abuse growing up and murders his sleeping father, a member of the National Socialist Movement. What led to the killing, and did the system fail him? “Inside the police station, Joseph sits in the interrogation room with a blanket on his lap and a McDonald’s meal on the table. Krista strokes […]
