Books * Culture * Development * Environment * Fiction * Food * Gender * History * Language * Psychology * Science * Social justice
BOOKS
BBC Culture, “Agatha Christie shaped how the world sees Britain”
BBC Culture, “Did manga shape how the world sees Japan?”
Longreads, “High expectations: LSD, T.C. Boyle’s women, and me”
Brooklyn Magazine, " 'Death librarians' shed light on mortality and grief"
Poets & Writers, "Barbershop Books"
Pacific Standard, "How comic books can get even better for dyslexic readers"
[Articles about books and writing at Literary Hub]
[Contributor page at Book Riot]
[Contributor page at the Ploughshares blog]
[Articles about writing at Submittable]
[Reviews of visually impressive books at Wink Books and Boing Boing]
CULTURE
BBC Culture, “The soft power roots of K-pop”
BBC Culture, “Fascinating moments captured on film”
BBC Travel, "A nation of introverts"
New York Times, “Parents mourning stillbirth follow familiar patterns on YouTube”
The Offing, "London's current crush on New York"
Inverse, " 'A Mortician's Tale' is a game about dealing with death"
[Articles about culture, gender, sex, health, tech and politics at VICE]
[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”
BBC Future, “The race to stamp out malaria along the Bhutan-India border”
The Atlantic, "The enduring unpopularity of the female condom"
Truthout, "Crisis narratives and the ongoing drought in Ethiopia"
[Contributor page at Forbes, covering science + development]
[Articles about pop culture, activism and development at Bright]
ENVIRONMENT
BBC Future, “Can fashion ever be sustainable?”
BBC Future, “How to beat anxiety about climate change and eco-awareness”
BBC Future, “What will survive climate change?”
BBC Future, “A staple food to withstand disaster”
BBC Future, “Why ‘plant blindness’ matters — and what you can do about it”
BBC Worklife, “Some firms give more time off to those who shun plane travel”
The Daily Dot, "How the earliest victims of climate change are protecting each other"
[Book reviews and other articles at Earth Island Journal]
[Articles about the environment and history at Wellcome Collection]
[Articles about coastal issues at Hakai]
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?"
BBC Future, “The travelling bee farms that feed us”
BBC Worklife, “How did the vegan sausage roll get so popular?”
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"
The Atlantic, “Tech is killing street food”
Vegan Society, "The cost of a vegan diet: an international perspective"
GENDER
BBC Future, “The overlooked condition that can trigger extreme behaviour”
BBC Worklife, “The surprisingly strong relationships of commuter couples”
The Atlantic, "How cycling clothing opened doors for women"
JSTOR Daily, “How training bras constructed American girlhood”
Outside, "Bringing up baby on the road"
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"
Upworthy, "These savvy women are redefining the sex shop, and business is taking off"
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]
The Telegraph, "Can a hidden underwater city bring tourists back to Turkey?"
JSTOR Daily, “Do we have to tell them the house is haunted?”
LANGUAGE
BBC Culture, “How Brexit changed the English language”
BBC Culture, “Around the world in 80 words”
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 Future, “What happens when words don’t translate between languages”
BBC Worklife, “The beautiful ways different cultures sign emails”
JSTOR Daily, “How linguists are using Urban Dictionary”
Cracked, "6 insane prejudices people have based on the way you talk"
PSYCHOLOGY
BBC Future, “The truth about family estrangement”
BBC Future, “Do we have gossip all wrong?”
BBC Future, “Why most rape victims never acknowledge what happened”
BBC Future, "The secret science that rules crowds"
BBC Future, "Why being a loner may be good for your health" (plus video)
The Cut, "When sleep problems turn into relationship problems"
The Cut, "Here's why eye contact is so awkward for some people"
SCIENCE
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"
The Atlantic, "Why people faint at the theater"
The Daily Dot, "How Romania brought broadband to a whole country--and who got left behind"
The Week, "Why we should all be having sex with robots" (plus podcast)
[Articles about tech at Ars Technica]
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"
BBC Worklife, “The double-edged sword of a shorter work week”
BBC Worklife, “The family-unfriendly future of cities”
High Country News, "Why Compton said no to legal marijuana sales"
The Atlantic, "A birth certificate is a person's first possession"
GOOD, "The Deplorables' Guide should be everyone's go-to handbook for resisting hate"
The Big Issue Australia, "Off the shelf"
AWP, "Why freelance writers love working part-time for nonprofits"
Barefoot Vegan, "Conversations with makers of vegan sex toys"
[Articles about city life and culture at CityLab]
[Articles about inclusive cities at Next City]