lately:
The Beauty Entrepreneur Who Made the Jheri Curl a Sensation (The Hustle, July 2025)
The hairstyle originally involved an expensive trip to the salon. Then Comer Cottrell introduced the Curly Kit during the 1980s recession.
Performing Productivity: Task-Masking Could Be a Sign You’re Measuring the Wrong thing (Atlassian, June 2025)
The phenomenon is a product of a task-based workplace culture, rather than one that emphasizes collaboration and innovation.
The Unions Are (Finally) Coming for Big Tech (LeadDev, June 2025)
After decades of taking a back seat, the rise of AI, layoffs, and industry-wide burnout has led to a call for more prominent tech unions.
The Problem With Shadow Development (LeadDev, May 2025)
Your dev team hates Jira and will bend over backwards to get around using it. Big problem or smart solution?
The High Cost of Millennial Divorce (Business Insider, May 2025)
Calling it quits is even harder for millennials than it was for boomers.
selected highlights by publication:
the atlantic
In the age of AI, computer science is no longer the safe major.
A new generation of chatbots is poised to become the next frontier of self-help—and could reveal the truth behind Americans’ obsession with lifestyle gurus.
the new york times
It’s Not Just a Chemical Imbalance (Sunday Review)
Thinking of my mental illness as preordained missed many of the causes of — and solutions to — my emotional suffering.
We’re Finally Starting to Revolt Against the Cult of Ambition
The problem is not a sudden scourge of laziness. The problem is work.
What the Milwaukee Bucks’ Win Did for Their City
A basketball win won’t solve the city’s problems. But it can become a catalyst for renewed investment in a more equal and united urban fabric.
the new york times magazine
Letter of Recommendation: Naturism
Nakedness doesn’t democratize social experience. Instead, it offers something better: a shared preoccupation.
bloomberg businessweek
How an Abortion Changed My Life: 10 Women Share Their Stories (magazine)
From a state senator to a machine worker, Americans reveal—in their own words—how that one decision changed everything.
Business Insider
Millennials wanted to be better parents. So why are their kids little monsters?
Your Airbnb Host Probably Isn’t the Person You Think It Is
A shadowy cadre of investors are swallowing up the short-term rental market and cities can't keep up.
Elle
It’s the End of the World as We Know It, and We’re Still at Work (magazine)
On childless women and toxic jobs in the pandemic.
Ozempic Has Hit College Campuses, But No One Is Talking About It
Here’s why students are reluctant to admit that they’re using weight-loss drugs before graduating.
cosmopolitan
How a small-town scandal turned into an artificial intelligence tech nightmare.
Hazlitt
The activist-academic Silvia Federici has never muted her message to get ahead. What’s the cost of refusing to sell out?
Longreads
Leaving a Good Man Is Hard to Do
When women end relationships, it seems like the emotion we most acutely feel is the guilt of having pushed it away.
the guardian
‘People don’t get it:’ Inside the World of Hyper-Realistic Baby Doll Collecting
A subculture of lifelike baby dolls is thriving on social media – despite enthusiasts being dismissed as grown women playing mommy.
The Gospel of Mushrooms: How Foraging Became Hip
Searching for fungi has long had an old-world mystique. But for generations coming of age during the climate crisis, the powerful organisms are more important than ever.
the walrus
Burnt out and debt ridden, my generation is poised to change the household as we know it—maybe even for the better.
Life in the Afternoon (magazine)
The bloodless bullfighting of Dundalk, Ontario