What I read today May 14
Community Outraged After Police Shoot 3 Children in the Head, Ebony
Welcome to NYT Parenting. Here’s Why We Won’t Say ‘Natural Birth.’, NY Times
“A Marriage Agreement”— 1970, Lilith
Original Catfluencer: How a Victorian Artist's Feline Fixation Gave Us the Internet Cat, Collectors Weekly
The Trouble With Fathering 114 Kids, The Atlantic
what I read today May 10
26 phrases to calm your angry child, Mother Mag
Opinion: Elizabeth Street Garden Fans Must Acknowledge the Housing Crisis, City Limits
America’s Train Fans Are Having One of the Best Weeks of Their Lives, Atlas Obscura
Arthur is REALLY into trains and we regularly watch steam engines on youtube. This week, there has been a plethora of videos in Wyoming with this train and I couldn’t figure out WHY so many people were lined up by the tracks!Exit Interview: I Was the Director of Research and Development at a Candy Company, Atlas Obscura
Why It’s So Hard to Study the Toxic Dust Blowing From Earth’s Youngest Desert, Atlas Obscura
We are killing our planetArizona’s Most Unusual Cacti Have Their Own Fan Club, Atlas Obscura
For Seed Rebels, Saving Life’s Building Blocks Has New Urgency, Civil Eats
The Story Behind America’s Most Famous Sex Therapist, Hyperallergic
A Forgotten Precursor of Genderqueer Performance Art, Hyperallergic
WATCH: In the Face of the Black Maternal Mortality Crisis, This Doula Is Providing Expectant Mothers With the Support and Care They Desperately Deserve, The Root
What I read today May 8
AirPods Are a Tragedy, Vice
The skinniest building in Midtown Manhattan, ephemeral new york
What I read today April 24
Why We Created a Gender-Inclusive Stock Photo Library, Broadly
I'm Changing the Largely Male, Straight Tattoo Industry with a Simple List, Broadly
Nipsey Hussle's Memorial Was a Celebration of African Spirituality, Broadly
Pete Buttigieg Says Incarcerated People Shouldn't Get to Vote, GQ
When the Old Penn Station Was Demolished, New York Lost Its Faith, NY Times
The Company That Sells Love to America Had a Dark Secret, NY Times
How Goop’s Haters Made Gwyneth Paltrow’s Company Worth $250 Million, NY Times
What I read today April 1
Court Rules Against City, Millions of Dollars Of Wealth Restored, Kings County Politics
What I read today march 27
Study: Racial Segregation an Issue in Neonatal Intensive Care, MedPage Today
Brooklyn Wins Bragging Rights to the World’s Tallest Politician, NY Times
Street Art Used To Be the Voice of the People. Now It’s the Voice of Advertisers., In These Times
City Councilmembers Propose $100,000 Fine For 'Hideous' LED Billboard Boats, Gothamist
Tax Policy Should be Part of Our Basic Civic Education, hyperallergic
How many people pay the estate tax?, Tax Policy Center
More Americans favor raising than lowering tax rates on corporations, high household incomes, Pew Research Center
Documenting the Horrors of America’s Opioid Crisis in One of the Hardest-Hit Cities, hyperallergic
In Centering West Africa, an Exhibition Tells Another Story of the Medieval Period, hyperallergic
Layering Vintage Slides to Create Strange New Narratives, hyperallergic
Found: A Medical Manual Linking Medieval Ireland to the Islamic World, Atlas Obscura
Pete Buttigieg’s Quiet Rebellion, The New Yorker