This week, we’re sharing stories from Mark Arax, David Grann, Stephanie Nolen, Eleanor Cummins, and David Marchese.
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We Watch HGTV for the Destruction, Not the Makeovers
Drywall, meet sledgehammer.
Posted inReading List, Unapologetic Women
Wives, Queens, and Other Comedy Heroes: A Reading List
A reading list dedicated to queer and trans comedians, and comedians of color.
Posted inEditor's Pick
Beware the Open-Plan Kitchen
Almost a decade after the speculation-driven financial crisis of 2008, the success of HGTV’s aspirational real-estate programming proves that house-flipping culture is alive, well, and potentially dangerous.
Posted inArts & Culture, Nonfiction
Kevin Smith’s Second Act
Kevin Smith’s business motto is to give the people more Kevin Smith.
Posted inNonfiction, Top 5
The Top 5 Longreads of the Week
This week, we’re sharing stories by Ijeoma Oluo, Michael Hall, Erika Hayasaki, Jerry Saltz, and Caren Chesler.
Posted inReading List
Twenty Years of ‘Buffy the Vampire Slayer’: A Reading List
I don’t remember consciously watching Buffy—it feels like I absorbed it by osmosis. It’s not perfect, but it is wonderful.
Posted inArts & Culture, Profiles & Interviews, Quotes, Uncategorized
The David Letterman University of Excessive Self-Deprecation
Talking late-night television, retirement, and putting comedy in service of our nation, with the great David Letterman.
Posted inBusiness & Tech, Nonfiction, Quotes
We’re Gonna Need a Bigger Screen: On the Addictive Escapism of Video Games
In Vulture, Frank Guan, an avid gamer himself, digs deep into the appeal and addictive qualities of video games in an effort to understand the psychology that undergirds hard-core gaming — and whether it has an impact on or can predict our politics.
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Why Ever Stop Playing Video Games
Many Americans have replaced work hours with game play — and ended up happier. Which wouldn’t surprise most gamers.