Íslensku – A delve into the surf culture island of Iceland and the people that define it ~sports Video published Mar 2 2023 2 votes
The internet’s richest fitness resource is a site from 1999. ExRx.net is little changed since the days of GeoCities yet beneath its bare-bones interface is a deep physiological compendium. ~tech Article 1078 words, published Mar 3 2023 16 votes
‘The Norse Myths That Shape the Way We Think’ by Carolyne Larrington – from Tolkien to Marvel, the huge influence of Norse myths on modern culture ~books literature reviews Article 895 words 2 votes
How two Jewish kids in 1930s Cleveland altered the course of American pop culture (and the birth of Superman) ~comics Article 1952 words, published Feb 16 2023 5 votes
Join the Counterforce: Thomas Pynchon’s postmodern epic Gravity’s Rainbow at fifty ~books science fiction literature fiction.historical Article 2561 words 6 votes
Norway's golden generation of athletes proves the value of sport as a public good – commitment to making the “joy of sport” available to all is producing world-class talent ~sports Article 957 words 3 votes
Blackpilled Swag: The dark allure of cursed clothes — and hijacking them toward blessedness ~design fashion Article 1943 words 9 votes
Andy’s Pop Life - Revisiting Steve Schapiro’s historic 1965 visit to Andy Warhol’s Factory and his travels across the US with a cadre of Superstars ~arts art.pop photography filmmaking art.performance Article 1246 words, published Jan 19 2023 2 votes
Navigating the ethics of ancient human DNA research ~humanities archaeology anthropology ethics Article 2434 words, published Jan 19 2023 1 vote
Noma's closing exposes the contradictions of fine dining ~food restaurants Article 2329 words, published Jan 14 2023 5 votes
Arne Aksel: ‘Denmark had become this decorative no-go land. We've been in a white or gray or beige box for what – 20, 25 years? I think people have had enough.’ ~design Article 1424 words, published Jan 11 2023 5 votes
Stop talking to each other and start buying things: Three decades of survival in the desert of social media ~life Article 3446 words, published Dec 22 2022 17 votes
How bullying manifests at work — and how to stop it ~life work Article 2193 words, published Nov 4 2022 4 votes
Almost famous: The untold story of an artist’s rock-poster roots ~arts Article 3129 words, published Oct 29 2020 4 votes
Rooster Teeth responds to ex-employee’s allegations of harassment, grueling hours, low pay and unpaid work ~games Article 1432 words 6 votes
High anxiety in Hollywood: “Everyone is totally drained and burnt out” ~movies Article 858 words 8 votes
Why do new cars look like this? (Gray and without any flake, as if formed out of dough) ~transport Article 657 words, published Aug 30 2022 14 votes
Indigenous Sámi cinema meets a global audience – transformation of the Nordic Pavilion into the “Sámi Pavilion” at this year's Venice Biennale ~movies Article 1313 words 5 votes
Don't blame Dostoyevsky - Culture, too, is a casualty of war ~humanities Article 1278 words, published Jul 24 2022 6 votes
One good way to understand religion is to break it apart ~humanities religion Article 1846 words 5 votes
On being an asshole, on being a woman: In praise of female pedants ~life.women Article 2553 words 6 votes
Mascots, unmasked - An absurdly deep dive into the history, culture, and antics of sports mascots ~sports Link 3 votes
Toronto wants to kill the smart city forever - The city wants to get right what Sidewalk Labs got so wrong ~design urban planning Article 2042 words 10 votes
Three things I got wrong about patriarchy ~humanities.history Article 4522 words, published Jun 26 2022 5 votes
The polyglots of Dardistan - At the crossroads of south and central Asia lies one of the world’s most multilingual places, with songs and poetry to match ~humanities.languages Article 3530 words 3 votes
Gender has a history and its more recent than you may realize—The story of how society, ignorant of medical research, made a stigma of something our bodies do naturally: not conform to a sexual binary ~lgbt history transgender Article 2515 words, published Jun 8 2022 3 votes
How ‘The Dress’ sparked a neuroscience breakthrough ~science Article 2227 words, published Jun 24 2022 8 votes
The Deep South’s dames of dildos ~life nsfw education.sex Article 5534 words, published Jun 9 2022 7 votes
Netflix alters corporate culture memo to stress the importance of artistic freedom ~life work Article 381 words 3 votes
A stupendously wonderful interview with one of the founders of @ Cafe, an internet cafe that launched just as the internet was coming into the public eye ~tech internet Video 8:59, published Aug 24 2016 5 votes
Why audiences in China are loving Green Book ~movies Article 1307 words, published Mar 9 2019 4 votes