Books * Comics * Culture * Development * Environment * Fiction * Food * Gender * History * Music * Science/Tech * Sex * Social justice
BOOKS
BBC Culture, “Agatha Christie shaped how the world sees Britain”
Literary Hub, "On the use of sensitivity readers in publishing"
Brooklyn Magazine, " 'Death librarians' shed light on mortality and grief"
Submittable, "Dear white writers, please stop doing these things"
VICE, " 'The Scratch and Sniff Book of Weed' is more serious than you think"
The Smart Set, "Write outside"
Poets & Writers, "Barbershop Books"
[Contributor page at Book Riot]
[Contributor page at the Ploughshares blog]
COMICS
VICE, "More women than ever are Marvel creators, but does that matter?"
VICE, "Why Chew and Asian American superheroes still matter"
Pacific Standard, "How comic books can get even better for dyslexic readers"
Bright, "Comics pack an emotional punch"
[Reviews of visually impressive books at Wink Books and Boing Boing]
CULTURE
BBC Culture, “Around the world in 80 words”
BBC Culture, “Fascinating moments captured on film”
BBC Culture, "How Americans preserved British English"
BBC Culture, "The stories behind Britain's weirdest weather words"
BBC Culture, "Why British English is full of silly-sounding words" (plus radio appearance)
BBC Travel, "A nation of introverts"
VICE, "Two KKK documentaries explore the responsibilities of activists and filmmakers"
VICE, "White supremacists were everywhere in movies this year"
The Offing, "London's current crush on New York"
Inverse, " 'A Mortician's Tale' is a game about dealing with death"
Cracked, "6 insane prejudices people have based on the way you talk"
[Articles about art at Hyperallergic]
[Articles about personal finance at The Billfold]
[Personal essays at Catapult]
DEVELOPMENT
New York Magazine, “Zimbabweans are using social media to find gas during one of the country’s worst gas shortages”
New York Magazine, “Solar-powered fridges can help stop epidemics”
Literary Hub, "On the move with the donkey-powered mobile libraries of Zimbabwe"
Bright, "How do you get people to give a shit about shit? Tell poop jokes"
The Atlantic, "The enduring unpopularity of the female condom"
Truthout, "Crisis narratives and the ongoing drought in Ethiopia"
WhyDev, "The language of development - and the bigger picture"
ENVIRONMENT
Hakai, "Fire, protests, and distrust in the wake of Chile's fishery shutdown"
Wellcome Collection, “How light pollution affects our circadian rhythms”
Wellcome Collection, "How to cure the eco-anxious"
The Daily Dot, "How the earliest victims of climate change are protecting each other"
[Book reviews and other articles at Earth Island Journal]
FICTION
Broken Pencil, "Joe meets Jess"
Strange Constellations, "Honorary whites"
Apogee, "Managed migration"
The Grief Diaries, "Two kinds"
Mash Stories, "The first time"
Eco-Chick, "Meditations on water, from an unwell woman"
FOOD
Food52, "Which vegan egg replacer makes the best scrambled eggs?"
The Atlantic, “Tech is killing street food”
BBC Travel, "Is this the world's first energy bar?"
NPR, "In London, the American food aisle is full of nostalgia and preservatives"
New York Times, "Visiting McDonald's with my grandmother"
Munchies, "How Korean seaweed got turned into a health food"
Vegan Society, "The cost of a vegan diet: an international perspective"
[Articles at Rodale's Organic Life]
GENDER
Broadly, “The psychology behind stalking”
Broadly, "Endearing portraits of South Korea's elderly female freedivers"
Outside, "Bringing up baby on the road"
The Atlantic, "How cycling clothing opened doors for women"
How We Get to Next, "How to make public transportation safer for women"
SheKnows, "Why it's so important for women to share their stories about not having kids"
Women's Media Center, "Sextortion: name it, fight it"
HISTORY

Damn Interesting, "A jarring revelation" (plus podcast)
Damn Interesting, "No country for ye olde men" (plus podcast)
Damn Interesting, "The king's letters" (plus podcast)
Damn Interesting, "Into the bewilderness" (plus podcast)
["Nuggets" at Damn Interesting]
Wellcome Collection, “Reassuring ghosts and haunted houses”
CityLab, "At these costume parties, Londoners take refuge in Blitz nostalgia"
The Telegraph, "Can a hidden underwater city bring tourists back to Turkey?"
JSTOR Daily, “Do we have to tell them the house is haunted?”
MUSIC

The Smart Set, "The positive psychology of metal music"
The Smart Set, "Have Mercy on Me"
Noisey, "A look back at the Chinkees, the ska band that reclaimed Asian identity"
Planning, “Planning for music can transform American cities”
Wellcome Collection, "Could this be the loneliest kind of music?"
CityLab, "What being a touring musician teaches you about practical urbanism"
Motherboard, "Tomorrow's musical instruments look like lightsabers and metal detectors"
SCIENCE/TECH
BBC Future, “Do we have gossip all wrong?”
BBC Future, “When the going gets tough, have a nap”
BBC Future, "Why sleep should be every student's priority"
BBC Future, "The increasingly realistic prospect of 'extinct animal' zoos"
BBC Future, "The secret science that rules crowds"
BBC Future, "Why being a loner may be good for your health"
New York Magazine, "When sleep problems turn into relationship problems"
New York Magazine, "Here's why eye contact is so awkward for some people"
New York Magazine, "Why audience participation is so terrifying"
The Atlantic, "Why people faint at the theater"
Motherboard, "Virtual autopsies help shed light on possible child abuse"
The Daily Dot, "How Romania brought broadband to a whole country--and who got left behind"
Damn Interesting, "Of earwax and ethnicity"
[Articles about tech at Ars Technica]
[Articles about health at Tonic]
SEX
Broadly, "Will Americans ever actually use the female condom?"
Broadly, "This man got a PhD in threesomes"
Broadly, "What sex guides say about our changing views on sex"
BBC Future, “Why most rape victims never acknowledge what happened”
The Week, "Why we should all be having sex with robots" (plus podcast)
Barefoot Vegan, "Conversations with makers of vegan sex toys"
Upworthy, "These savvy women are redefining the sex shop, and business is taking off"
How We Get to Next, "Without technology inside, how can prisoners thrive when they get out?"
How We Get to Next, "The world has a playground deficit"
High Country News, "Why Compton said no to legal marijuana sales"
The Atlantic, "A birth certificate is a person's first possession"
Literary Hub, "Telling stories of police brutality, one panel at a time"
Submittable, "A few good sources of writing by prisoners"
GOOD, "The Deplorables' Guide should be everyone's go-to handbook for resisting hate"
The Big Issue Australia, "Off the shelf"
Medium, "An explanation for genocide? Testing aggression against different groups"
AWP, "Why freelance writers love working part-time for nonprofits"
[Articles about inclusive cities at Next City]