Tag: The Billfold

Over six seasons, Girls has not been even remotely realistic about the earnings of a freelance writer.

Eight must-read essays on how we cook and how we eat.

For so long, conversations about money were considered gauche. With every essay and podcast episode, that taboo is broken down.

Bullies, teachers, classmates—it’s time to head back to school with these six stories from the The Big Roundtable, Los Angeles Times, and more.

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This week, we return to your regularly scheduled Longreads programming. The theme? Food: queering food, eating Pokemon, the potential of Soylent, tasting curly fries for a living, and Canadian food trucks. 1. “America, Your Food is So Gay.” (John Birdsall, Lucky Peach, June 2013) “It’s food that takes pleasure seriously, as an end in itself, an […]

The lines between my life and these lists blur often, and this week is no exception; I begin a new job tomorrow. 1. “Workin’ 9 to 5 (What a Way to Make a Living).” (Megan Reynolds, The Billfold, April 2014) “I can’t shake the feeling that the 9-to-5 grind carries the one hallmark of adulthood—obligation. […]

A man with $90,000 in debt makes some hard decisions about his life—starting with a trip to Kosovo for an IT job:  Of course, all I understood at the time was JOB INTERVIEW and VIENNA. Prior to my application, I had never heard of the OSCE, and I knew next to nothing about Kosovo. My […]

A writer, out of money, is forced to part ways with his dream guitar: The first hospital bill arrived in late June. My eyes roamed its surface: “If paying by check…” “YOU ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR YOUR BILL. PLEASE PAY THE BALANCE AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.” “Please pay this amount…” Along came the dizzying despondency of […]