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Growing Old Online

by Carolyn Wells October 12, 2022October 14, 2022

“Millennials, the first generation to be online as kids, are starting to feel like we’ve aged out. Is there a way to age gracefully on the internet?”

Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction, Quotes

A Design Aesthetic That Lets You Succeed In a World That Doesn’t Care If You Fail

by Aaron Gilbreath March 9, 2020October 19, 2022

Every era bears its aesthetic burden. This is ours.

House obscured by fog
Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction

The Living Nightmare of Homeownership

by Catherine Cusick November 18, 2019October 19, 2022

The manmade dream of owning a home wasn’t built on a solid foundation.

Posted inHighlight, Nonfiction, Quote Posts, Quotes

‘Leaving the Bay Area is the Best Thing You Can Do Right Now, If You Have a Dream’

by Cheri Lucas Rowlands February 8, 2019October 19, 2022

In the Bay Area, there are two migrations: young people in tech moving in, ready to disrupt, and young people with other dreams — the artists, teachers, blacksmiths, therapists, mechanics, musicians — who leave because there’s no longer a place for them.

Posted inBooks, Culture, Feature, Featured, History, Profiles & Interviews, Story

The Precarity of Everything: On Millennial (Blacks and) Blues

by Danielle Jackson February 6, 2019October 19, 2022

Reniqua Allen — the author of It Was All a Dream: A New Generation Confronts the Broken Promise to Black America — on Black millennials, millennial burnout, and hope in a time of uncertainty.

Posted inBusiness, Design, Highlight, Quotes

Style Ain’t Cheap, aka That Stuffed Coyote Costs Extra

by michelleweber August 15, 2018October 19, 2022

Going to a hotel to have a place to sleep is for suckers: it’s influencing or bust.

Posted inHighlight, Longreads News, Nonfiction, Podcasts, Unapologetic Women, Writing

Introducing ‘Fine Lines,’ a Series About Age and Aging

by Sari Botton July 10, 2018October 19, 2022

A new essay and podcast series examines how attitudes toward age and aging have changed.

Posted inBlog Post, Nonfiction, Quotes

You Can’t ‘Never Forget’ the Holocaust if You Haven’t Learned About It

by Sari Botton April 12, 2018October 19, 2022

A new study shows that knowledge about the Holocaust is dangerously at an all-time low.

Posted inNonfiction

You’ve Reached the Winter of Our Discontent

by Rebecca Schuman March 27, 2018October 27, 2022

A half-assed elegy for the Cool-Loser Dream Boy of Gen-X cinema.

Posted inEssays & Criticism, Nonfiction, Story

We’ve Always Hated Girls Online: A Wayback Machine Investigation

by Julianne Aguilar February 22, 2018October 19, 2022

Searching for a teen girl who was once internet famous for her coding skills, a former fan uncovers a story of harassment.

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