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Re-examining the “Dysfunctional Pleasure” of Eating Disorders

That the Ironman participant may be as vain or as emotionally distressed as a freely directed exerciser becomes irrelevant, because the Ironman race, like a Thanksgiving feast, takes place in the…

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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Georgian kindergartens are cooler than yours. Incidentally, every day is a good day to revisit crazy Soviet architecture. Old plant anatomy charts (are neat). James Cameron presents: giant crustaceans and…

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Repeal Day, Writer Style

Today marks the 79th anniversary of the 21st Amendment, which repealed the 18th Amendment, which prohibited alcohol. In other words, on this day in 1933, booze became legal once more…

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Young Brooklyn Artists Keep it Fresh

The fresh eyes and perspectives of young artists keep the art world from stagnating, and Brooklyn is a hotbed for these up-and-coming artists. The L Magazine interviews some young Brooklyn…

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Happy Birthday, Joan Didion

Joan Didion’s 78th birthday is as good an excuse as any to revisit her conversation with Sheila Heti for the Believer. The two talk about the performative aspects of writing, the…

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When Dora the Explorer is Not Enough

Like many of his third-grade classmates, Mario Cortez-Pacheco likes reading the “Magic Tree House” series, about a brother and a sister who take adventurous trips back in time. He also…

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Think. Don’t Write.

“’I write every waking minute,’ I said. I meant, of course, that I am always writing in my head.” At Draft, novelist and teacher Silas House reflects on the practice…

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War on (A Creepy But Also Somehow Boring Version of) Christmas

Lynn Beisner, like many of us, has been accused of waging a “war on Christmas.” In an essay at Role/Reboot, she explains why she’s tempted to do just that. If…

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Qatari Poet Sentenced for Life

This past Thursday, after a five-minute hearing, Qatari poet Muhammad Ibn al-Dheeb al-Ajami was sentenced to life in prison for his poem “Tunisian Jasmine,” in which he expressed support for…

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Dan Weiss’s Morning Coffee

Chillin’ out on the magnetic highway. Today in vintage illustration porn: WPA literacy posters and old kid’s stamps. Old timey explorer disputes are the best disputes. Curiosity is getting a…

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The History of Black Lesbian Cinema

It’s about a year old now, but whatever: this primer on black lesbian cinema is too good not to read. Salamishah Tillet walks us through twenty years of movies by…

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The Stick-Figure Antics of Hemingway’s Wartime Pals

What comes to mind when you think of Ernest Hemingway? Simple declarative sentences, the banal horror of war, endless rounds of booze, and…whimsical schoolboy-style doodles? Hemingway’s fellow ambulance drivers drew…

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