Fandom gets at our most human urges: to share the things we love with others, to seek community among like-minded peers, especially at a time when we are all still too far apart.
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Gone For a Hike: A Reading List on Wilderness and Survival
Five captivating reads on adventures you never want to have.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Hannah Dreier, Jeremy Miller, Katherine LaGrave, Wes Ferguson, and Omar Mouallem.
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories from Daniel Engber, Sara Reinis, James Dolan, Irina Dumitrescu, and Amelia Tait.
I Learned How to Cope with Agoraphobia. The Pandemic Eroded It All.
“For a year and a half, my anxiety’s natural instincts—to stay at home, surrounded by trusted people—became the way of things. I no longer had to force myself to run a daily gauntlet of low-level fear. Unchallenged, the fears became stronger, and multiplied.”
The Battle for Zimbabwe’s Land Never Ended
“We all still have scars of having land taken from us in the past.”
The Silencing of #MeToo Reporting in Germany
How an HIV specialist in Germany is using media law to erase reporting of sexual abuse allegations against him.
How Should We Talk About Suicide Online?
“People are dying after joining a “pro-choice” suicide forum. How much is the site to blame?”
The Most Common Airbnb Scams: A Roundup
“…these emails paint a portrait of a platform whose creators are fundamentally unable to track what goes on within it, and point to easily exploitable loopholes that scammers have steamed their way through by the truckload.”
The Creator of the Shitty Media Men List Isn’t Done
Nona Willis Aronowitz profiles Moira Donegan, an emerging feminist author who once worried she’d be defined — and ruined — by the google spreadsheet she created as a safe space for women in media to anonymously share their experiences of sexual harassment and discrimination.