Weekly Links 9.22.19
A weekly update of content from around the web including modern takes on the ancient world, material related to this past week’s articles, and a look at what our editorial staff is reading.
This week:
No, we shouldn’t bury Homer.
Do not decolonize.
On attempting to deal with addiction through books.
How much does an adjunct actually make?
An endorsement of the corduroy jacket.
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Donna Zuckerberg: Please enjoy Anne Helen Petersen's deep dive into the history of Jeremy Renner being kind of a tool; seems like we can all finally agree that Malcolm Gladwell isn't such a genius after all; dieting while Latinx; instagram brotography; the heartbreaking math of college admissions shows that it's still a great time to be affluent and mediocre.
Sarah Scullin: Jonathan Van Ness opens up; Haley Joel Osment has thoughts; Catherine O'Hara is surprised; on Chandler Bing's job (as a transponster); the ins and outs of book deals; the secret to better slacking ("slack" as in using Slack for negotium, not as in enjoying otium); an investigation into the brown lipstick of the 90s.
Yung In Chae: One more on Susan Sontag, because it’s by Janet Malcolm, Tavi Gevinson reflects on Instagram’s role in her career, a profile of Constance Wu, that now-infamous Lauren Duca profile and a related analysis of feminist self-empowerment’s failures, the man who wants to save the world with imagination.
Tori Lee: The end (sort of) of the fire lookout; one multiracial family’s experience inside and outside of America’s racial categories; a fire at an artificial bull insemination plant leads to a bull semen explosion; how Boeing’s managerial revolution created the 737 Max disaster; and some wonderful makeup inspiration, because makeup is really damn fun.
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