Caity Weaver searches America for its best free bread, an oral history of Girl Interrupted, Patricia Cornwell’s wikipedia page and more longform for you
Topics include so much delightful data on who gets shipped in fan-fic, Amanda Peet’s summer of Ativan, “the trans perfectionist,” Scorcese, vintage Pizza Huts, the flood at Camp Mystic, life…
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The wealthy Los Angeles couple who obtained dozens of children through surrogates, Snow White’s Scary Adventures, Gen Alpha’s bedrooms, WOOFing, the evolution of women’s clothing sizing, that lesbian couple on…
Looking back on Portlandia, the “New Yorker story,” the most anticipated books lists, the Great Movie Ride, our friends in Minneapolis, the downfall of Veganism and more longform for your…
An elite rescue squad in the Great Smokey Mountains, the museum at the Pennhurst Asylum, a liberal journalist gets hired by ICE, how to cast a baby commercial and more…
Caity Weaver goes to Austria to quit sugar, misadventures in gentle parenting, the chainifcation of American restaurants, the decline of Starbucks and more longform I loved this week.
Elif Bautman interviews Miranda July, Rachel Kushner remembers ‘Less Than Zero’, The Ringer explains Olivia Nuzzi, why men like AI more than women, two types of dishwasher people and more…
Dying in a hospital town, the horrors of being 44, the legend and the glory of Cinnabon, the airport lounge wars, Chat GPT destroying relationships, delivery’s impact on restaurants and,…
The missing kayaker, everything is television, the difference between audacity and courage, Ruby Tandoh on the charm and machinery behind “The Great British Bake-Off,” making a stew for 75 days…
The Holy Land Experience, Courtney Williams on herself, the libido of Las Vegas, the Ivy-to-Consultant pipeline, Lizzo, the Sarasota County Agricultural Fair, a dark side of homeschooling and more.
The most audacious surrogate fallout story I’ve ever heard in my life, Caity Weaver dons regalia to reenact the Revolutionary War, the implications of celebrity-endorsed bestseller “The Tell,” Mr Beast,…
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