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Archives of Our Own: A Reading List on Fandom & Community

by Lindsay Eanet March 30, 2022October 19, 2022

Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.

Posted inBusiness, Crime, Current Events, Featured, Highlight, Nonfiction

The Silencing of #MeToo Reporting in Germany

by Seyward Darby January 28, 2021October 19, 2022

How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads July 31, 2020October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Barack Obama, Andrea Pitzer, Hannah Dreier, Ismail Muhammad, Niela Orr, Hanif Abdurraqib, Danielle A. Jackson, and Cassie Owens, and Karolina Waclawiak.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 29, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Will Evans, Tomi Obaro, Rachel Morris, Maya Kosoff, and Michelle Delgado.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads November 22, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Lakeidra Chavis, Jodi S. Cohen, Jennifer Smith Richards, Heidi Blake, Zandria F. Robinson, Michael Hall, and Eve Peyser.

Posted inBooks, Crime, Featured, Highlight, Quote Posts, Quotes

It Was Putin, on British Soil, Using his Poison Factory

by Krista Stevens November 20, 2019October 19, 2022

Trying to keep a mouthy Russian oligarch safe from Vladimir Putin is harder than it looks. Especially when the oligarch has a penchant for publicly poking the bear.

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads October 25, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Paul Kiel & Justin Elliot, Andy Greenberg, Mary Heglar, Katherine Miller, and Kyle Chayka.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Am I Writing About My Life, Or Selling Myself Out?

by Sari Botton October 2, 2019October 19, 2022

After people repeatedly recognize Shannon Keating and her girlfriend from a personal essay she published about a lesbian cruise, and in the midst of the furor over Natalie Beach’s essay about her friendship with Instagram influencer Caroline Calloway on The Cut, Keating wonders about the line between writer and influencer, and the ethics of writing […]

Posted inNonfiction, Top 5

The Top 5 Longreads of the Week

by Longreads June 21, 2019October 19, 2022

This week, we’re sharing stories from Casey Newton, William Langewiesche, Sarah Miller, Hafizah Geter, and Shannon Keating.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Highlight, Quotes

How Do You Get Help When No One Believes You?

by michelleweber February 12, 2019October 19, 2022

“Asylum” technically means “a place of safety or refuge,” but that’s not now many psychiatric in-patients experience their time on psych wards.

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