“We were nothing to these companies but a number in a database. And they fully controlled our fates.”
The Baffler
Posted inArts & Culture, Essays & Criticism, Quotes
You’ll Dream What We Tell You To Dream and You’ll Like It
Looking for an Instagrammable way to spend your Saturday? Mediate your imagination through the forced whimsy of the Dream Machine.
Posted inBusiness, Nonfiction, Quotes
Dorm Living for Adults
The new Common co-living company isn’t as communal is it pretends.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
How Lead Poisoned People of Color in East Chicago and Beyond
How lead contaminated the soil under East Chicago’s black and Latino communities.
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
Tearing the Heart from the Music Industry
Digitization has removed the humanity from the music business, from collaboration to mutual respect.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Quotes, Sports
The NFL Has Pimped Its Players for Too Long
The disturbing parallels between professional football and the business of pimping
Posted inArts & Culture, Business & Tech
Destroying Music, One Playlist at a Time
Spotify’s corporate-branded playlists are not the solution to the music industry’s problems. They’re a new problem.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Rana Dasgupta, Whitney Joiner, Jesse Barron, Kiese Laymon, and David Roth.
Posted inCurrent Events, Nonfiction, Quotes
You Can’t Embarrass a Dog, or a Trump
“Does he even know about… Let me stop you there. The answer is no.”
Posted inEditor's Pick
The President of Blank Sucking Nullity
“It is not quite fair to say that Donald Trump lacks core beliefs, but to the extent that we can take apart these beliefs they amount to Give Donald Trump Your Money and Donald Trump Should Really Be on Television More.”