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Cabin Fever: A Reading List for the Perpetually Isolated

by Kara Devlin May 18, 2022October 19, 2022

How the pandemic made us confront what it means to be alone.

Posted inEditor's Pick

When Swimming As a Muslim Woman Becomes A Political Act

by Sari Botton August 22, 2019October 19, 2022

After interviewing 30 Muslim women about their experiences being harassed and excluded from places in America for wearing modest swimwear, Rowaida Abdelaziz shares the experiences of a few, who defiantly continue to swim in their burkinis.

Posted inReading List, Uncategorized

To Reflect, To Love, and To Protest: A Pride Month Reading List

by Emily Perper June 29, 2018October 19, 2022

A roundup of longreads to celebrate Pride Month.

Posted inEditor's Pick

Everyone Got The Pulse Massacre Story Completely Wrong

by Sari Botton April 5, 2018October 19, 2022

Over the course of Noor Salman’s trial for allegedly aiding her husband, Omar Mateen, in the 2016 Pulse Nightclub shooting, a different narrative has emerged than the false one the FBI erroneously constructed, and which the media tragically bought into. Melissa Jeltsen points out that not only was there zero evidence it was a targeted […]

Posted inArts & Culture

The Downwardly Mobile Generation

by mlegro December 19, 2017October 19, 2022

How job insecurity, student debt, health care, zoning and the housing market have compounded over decades to create a life few millennials can afford.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Quotes, Science & Nature

The Gun Barrel and the Damage Done: A Profile of Trauma Surgeon Amy Goldberg

by Krista Stevens April 26, 2017October 19, 2022

Jason Fagone profiles veteran trauma surgeon Dr. Amy Goldberg, who spends her days saving the lives of gunshot victims in Philadelphia, PA.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

The Lives of Nuns, Part 2: A Reading List

by Emily Perper January 11, 2017October 19, 2022

In the two years since I compiled the first installation of “The Lives of Nuns,” Autostraddle wrote about queer nuns in history, Racked shadowed (fake) nuns growing marijuana, and The Huffington Post reported on a nun’s murder and the students who want the truth. Those stories and more are included below. Seclude yourself and read.

Posted inFeatured, Reading List

A Resolute 2017: A Reading List

by Emily Perper December 31, 2016October 19, 2022

In 2016, I published my New Year’s resolutions on Longreads. As 2017 dawns, I thought I’d check in with my old self, dust off 2016’s goals and set some new intentions.

Posted inFeatured, Reading List

A Resolute 2017: A Reading List

by Emily Perper December 31, 2016October 19, 2022

In 2016, I published my New Year’s resolutions on Longreads. As 2017 dawns, I thought I’d check in with my old self, dust off 2016’s goals and set some new intentions.

Posted inFeatured, Nonfiction, Reading List

Graduation Day: Five Stories About Commencement

by Emily Perper May 22, 2016October 19, 2022

If your commencement speaker disappoints, you can read these beautiful addresses from Lin-Manuel Miranda, Ursula K. LeGuin and Joy Ladin.

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