I haven’t peeked at eBay in years, and apparently I’m not the only one who’s forgotten it exists.
Racked
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Steve Kolowich; Stephanie Clifford and Jessica Silver-Greenberg; Taffy Brodesser-Akner; Carolyn Murnick; and Jamie Lauren Keiles.
Posted inQuotes
Square Dancing At Nudist Summer Camp: Do-Si-D’Oh My!
“It is easy to learn quickly when the risk of failure is grabbing a stranger’s penis.”
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Eliza Brooke, Aaron Cantú, Michael Kruse, Lucinda Chambers, and Lucas Reilly.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
#FrenchGirlGoals: Artful Dishevelment and Animal Fats
There’s big money for fashion and beauty companies in encouraging the women of the world to emulate the French Girl.
Posted inEditor's Pick
How to Sell a Billion-Dollar Myth Like a French Girl
The origins and consequences of everyone’s favorite Parisian fantasy.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
The Lives of Nuns, Part 2: A Reading List
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 inNonfiction, Reading List
On Beauty: A Reading List About Makeup
Beauty criticism analyzes the ways we can subvert a society that would have us subsumed by self-loathing. We use the tools we’ve been given. Makeup, then, can be a weapon. And it can be damn fun.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
On Beauty: A Reading List About Makeup
Beauty criticism analyzes the ways we can subvert a society that would have us subsumed by self-loathing. We use the tools we’ve been given. Makeup, then, can be a weapon. And it can be damn fun.
Posted inNonfiction, Reading List
Take a Hike: Seven Stories About Heading Outdoors
Below are seven stories about the outdoors, outdoor apparel, hiking buddies, bodily transformation, body image, abuse and sufferfests.