Here’s a selection of profiles that resonated with us this year.
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A Butcher Shop Visit and Our Top 5
“More tellingly still, on the block in front of me are half a dozen dead pheasants. This is the butchery department, deep in the bowels of Waltham Forest College in North East London, UK, where I am the only female student.” For those who celebrate, Easter weekend can mean a big ol’ roast dinner. Some […]
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Every Language Everywhere All at Once
“Audiences love foreign TV and film. So do streamers. There’s just one little challenge.”
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What Mike Fanone Can’t Forget
“There is a thin blue line between order and chaos, and at that moment, Mike Fanone was it.”
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She Fell Nearly 2 Miles, and Walked Away
“At 17, biologist Juliane Diller was the sole survivor of a plane crash in the Amazon. Fifty years later she still runs Panguana, a research station founded by her parents in Peru.”
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Not Serious People: A ‘Succession’ Reading List
Great writing begets great writing — and the commentary around the HBO smash hit is some of the best around.
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How the “Mother of Yoda” Conquered Hollywood — and Why She Disappeared
The skill of puppeteers, and puppet creators, can get overlooked — even when they create icons. So it was a delight to read Falene Nurse’s profile on puppet designer Wendy Froud, complete with wonderful photos from her time on film sets. “One of the most tragic moments in my life, in my early teens, was […]
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The Surrogacy State
A profile of three women carrying pregnancies after New York legalized paid surrogacy in 2021: In the days following the overturning of Roe v. Wade, photos of herself with her IFs went viral on TikTok. Portia, who wore a long red dress, cradled her bump, her IFs in the foreground. Were the three a throuple? Was she placing her baby for […]
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How Humans of New York Found a New Mission
Lisa Miller profiles Brandon Stanton and explores the evolution of and the power imbalances inherent in “Humans of New York,” which Stanton has recently turned into a grant-giving operation, going beyond images and words on social media to offer financial assistance to those he profiles. Stanton has raised nearly $8 million over the past 18 […]
