How Mister Rogers Found Inspiration in the Everyday By Krista Stevens Highlight ‘“I think that how we were first loved — or not — has a great deal to do with what we create and how,” Fred once told me.’
Every One of Us Is Other: Looking Back on Representation in “Heavenly Creatures” 25 Years Later By Alex Difrancesco Feature
It Was Putin, on British Soil, Using his Poison Factory By Krista Stevens Highlight Trying to keep a mouthy Russian oligarch safe from Vladimir Putin is harder than it looks. Especially when the oligarch has a penchant for publicly poking the bear.
The Soundtrack to Hell By Krista Stevens Highlight “Not only was the whine agitating—EHHNNNNNNNN—but its constant drone was like a cruel mnemonic for everything that bothered him.”
We’re All Tourists Now, So Let’s Stop with the Endless, Tedious Quests for Authenticity By Ben Huberman Highlight
It Was Putin, on British Soil, Using his Poison Factory By Krista Stevens Highlight Trying to keep a mouthy Russian oligarch safe from Vladimir Putin is harder than it looks. Especially when the oligarch has a penchant for publicly poking the bear.
OK Listener, We’ll Talk About OK Boomer By Longreads Commentary Longreads editors chat with Internet culture reporter Taylor Lorenz about ok boomer, TikTok, patriotism, and more.
My Brown Dad Voted for Trump By Anjoli Roy Feature Anjoli Roy struggles to understand the conservative father she dearly loves.
Every One of Us Is Other: Looking Back on Representation in “Heavenly Creatures” 25 Years Later By Alex Difrancesco Feature
“Labor-Saving” Kitchen Gadgets End Up Creating More Work for Women By Ben Huberman Highlight Instand Pot: great. Dover eggbeater? Not so much.
‘By Choice, and Not By Choice…Time Is Going To Change You.’ By Zan Romanoff Feature Nina MacLaughlin discusses her retelling of Ovid’s Metamorphoses. “[In] my very vague high school memories…there was no discussion of the fact that this book is just rape after rape after rape.”
‘I Was Being Used in Slivers and Slices’: On Feminism at Odds With Evangelical Faith By Jane Ratcliffe Feature
Burning Out By Sarah Trent Feature Search and rescue teams train for the worst conditions. But the worst conditions are getting worse. Are they ready for the next big disaster?
Should We Create New Life As Our Planet Struggles to Support Life In General? By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight
New York City Shredder By Aaron Gilbreath Highlight The West Coast may have invented skateboarding, but imaginative New Yorker Tyshawn Jones keeps pushing the limits of what this slab of wood can do.
I’m 72. So What? By Catherine Texier Feature Catherine Texier pushes back against society’s dated ideas about older women, claiming her place among those who are determined to remain vibrant and relevant in the last decades of their lives.
