Barbs Honeycutt
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Barbs Honeycutt
“There is nothing more noble or selfless than becoming a mother.”
We all lifted our glasses of sparkling water and toasted the mother-to-be, who stood on the other side of the room, beaming at the hostess who was throwing this little baby shower.
I felt slightly uncomfortable at her words. They seemed a little... much . But I brushed it off as... See more
We all lifted our glasses of sparkling water and toasted the mother-to-be, who stood on the other side of the room, beaming at the hostess who was throwing this little baby shower.
I felt slightly uncomfortable at her words. They seemed a little... much . But I brushed it off as... See more
This Is Why We Hate Childfree Women
“The word for world is forest” — Ursula K. Le Guin
In the late 18th century, officials in Prussia and Saxony began to rearrange their complex, diverse forests into straight rows of single-species trees. Forests had been sources of food, grazing, shelter, medicine, bedding and more for the people who lived in and around them, but to the early modern... See more
In the late 18th century, officials in Prussia and Saxony began to rearrange their complex, diverse forests into straight rows of single-species trees. Forests had been sources of food, grazing, shelter, medicine, bedding and more for the people who lived in and around them, but to the early modern... See more
Maria Farrell • We Need to Rewild the Internet
The Millennial’s Lament
By River Clegg
June 5, 2024
The Millennial awakens. His alarm has not gone off. He wakes up this early now, naturally. He sighs. He hums the first few notes of “Rolling in the Deep,” a song that he believes came out four years ago. He sighs again.
He walks. I am no longer young, he thinks. Being young was my identity—my whole
... See moreThe Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many... See more
The Information Superhighway paved over Virtual Villages; can we bring them back?
Keaton Brandt
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Jan 28, 2024
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In the beginning, the internet resembled a quaint village where everybody knew your name. It was largely self-governing and self-policing, with its own norms and customs. Like many... See more
Keaton Brandt • The Internet’s Lonely Urban Design
A man knows he should speak up about the sexist behaviour of his coworkers, but doesn’t, because they’re his friends and he doesn’t want to make it awkward. A tenured professor is bothered by her colleague’s flirtatious remarks, but says nothing, because it would be awkward to bring it up. A person runs into a recently bereaved coworker, and... See more
Alexandra Plakias • We should take awkwardness less personally, and more seriously | Aeon Essays
the cut - june 11 - 2024What If Motherhood Isn’t Transformative at All?
We’re often told that becoming a parent will alter one’s identity. For me, the change never came.
By Anastasia Berg, editor of the Point
Art: March Avery, Evening Reading, 1972/© 2024 Artists Rights Society (ARS), New York; Courtesy of the artist, Private Collection, and BLUM Los
... See moreHow to Live in a Digital CityWhat we can learn from real-life urbanization to improve online livingBy Megan Garber and Andrea ValdezIllustration by The Atlantic. Source: Corbis / Getty.May 20, 2024 ShareSave While the vibrance, innovation, and cacophony of online life can feel completely unlike anything humanity has ever created before, its newness... See more