Why were three Afghan women brutally murdered at the edge of Europe? A journey from Mazar-i-Sharif to Istanbul to Athens in search of answers. Life in …
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Sunday Reads for December 4, 2022
For the past three-and-a-half years, Sarah Souli has been investigating a triple murder on the Greek-Turkish border. I met her when she was in the middle of this reporting, so I’m excited to lead today’s newsletter with her astounding 11,000-word story for The Atavist. The next piece tackles the myth that the brain is mature at 25. Improv as a route to self-love, confidence and self-actualization? Yes, and… The Wednesday Addams aesthetic is stronger than ever.
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A powerful idea about human development stormed pop culture and changed how we see one another. It’s mostly bunk. When Leonardo DiCaprio’s …
Half of all Americans now die in hospice care. Easy money and a lack of regulation transformed a crusade to provide death with dignity into an …
Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who …
When I moved to New York a couple of years ago, I threw myself into all the activities one typically does when they move to the city. I saw shows on Broadway, picnicked in Prospect Park and became a regular at my bodega. I also started to take improv classes, which seemed like one of those New York …
Little A, a university student in Shanghai, wouldn’t have known about the protest if a friend hadn’t told him to bypass the Great Firewall on Nov 27 …
Belugas pass cultural knowledge across generations. Their survival may depend on how they collectively adapt. When Roswell Schaeffer Sr. was 8 years …
I knew the place I’d just moved into wasn’t my dream home. What I didn’t know was that its history would give me nightmares …
This story was funded by our members. Join Longreads and help us to support more writers. Emily Alford | Longreads | November 23, 2022 | 8 minutes (2,132 …
Maybe it’s not the movies that are the problem. Maybe it’s the marketing. It’s the holidays, so I’m going to let you in on one neat trick to start enjoying movies more: Stop watching trailers. At best they’ll just show you stuff you probably knew anyway, or don’t need to know — who’s in the movie, …
