Every Saturday, this space is given over to extol the writing of others. Since we’re still at a time of yearly retrospection, it seems proper to call attention to some of the best articles of 2020. These are the essays … Continue reading Outside Reading — Six from 2020
Does “Wonder Woman 1984” Hide Its Hero’s True Superpowers? by Jill Lepore To evaluate the new Wonder Woman movie, The New Yorker turns to staff writer Jill Lepore, who wrote an entire book on the amazing Amazon and her creators. … Continue reading Outside Reading — Fantastically Powered Princess edition
Texas Wedding Photographers Have Seen Some $#!+ by Emily McCullar Writing for Texas Monthly, Emily McCullar details the dilemma faced by wedding photographers in the state she covers, which presumably mirrors the experiences of similar professionals across the country. McCullar … Continue reading Outside Reading — Photo Negative edition
No One Expects Civility From Republicans by Michelle Goldberg Writing for The New York Times, Michelle Goldberg astutely details the abominable double standard that leads to aghast cluck-clucking any time someone says something unkind about Republicans and shrugging excuses when … Continue reading Outside Reading — A Thousand Thumb-Suckers About Civility edition
Is It Possible to Enjoy This Winter? by Molly Young Ostensibly a review of Wintering, a new memoir by Katherine May, this piece by Molly Young expounds on all manner of concerns that relate to the oncoming season of snow … Continue reading Outside Reading — Hazy Shade edition
In Praise of Phoebe Bridgers, a Thoroughly Good Celebrity by Madeline Ducharme Writing for Slate, Madeline Ducharme offers an accounting of Phoebe Bridgers’s contributions to the culture in recent months, and it’s a welcome compendium of good things in a … Continue reading Outside Reading — If We Make It Through December edition
The kids aren’t alright: How Generation Covid is losing out by Federica Cocco The cataclysmic failure of national leadership — and, to a more varied degree, state and local leadership — has wreaked havoc on communities coast to cost, including … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Unreal World edition
Who Dies by Sarah Jones As the national tragedy of the the COVID-19 pandemic has amassed miseries, it has also exposed a multitude of flaws in our existing systems. Many of these flaws are basically known to the monied individuals … Continue reading Outside Reading — The Care Divide edition
Biden Wins Presidency, Ending Four Tumultuous Years Under Trump by Jonathan Martin and Alexander Burns Truly, how could I lead this post with anything else? This has been a rough, rough week, and it didn’t need to be. A nationwide … Continue reading Outside Reading — There’s Nothing We Can’t Do, If We Do It Together edition
A Big-Screen Small Business Fights an Epic Battle for Life by Nicole Sperling It pains and angers me that the abject refusal of certain leaders to deal realistically with the global pandemic is leading to the likely destruction of the … Continue reading Outside Reading — Darkening Screens edition
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