A list of good reads
- Everyone is talking about Emily Ratajkowski’s searing essay about sexual violence, of losing and reclaiming her body. It is a must-read.
- Adrija Bose has a brilliant report on an all-girls school in Uttar Pradesh that is teaching its students to be feminists—and saving them from child marriage.
- Atlas Obscura offers a hilarious read on a cult classic: A Portugese to English phrasebook—written by a man who didn’t know much English.
- Neil Gaiman delighted fans on Goodreads by posting notes on his wildly popular novel ‘American Gods’.
- Wired reports on the Facebook defectors who are using the company’s playbook against Trump.
- Siddharth Agarwal in National Geographic pens a lovely essay on what he learned by walking along India’s great rivers.
- Stereogum put together a collection of wonderful pop culture essays—each focusing on a song that went number one on the charts. Example: ‘Like A Virgin’ by Madonna.
- We loved this piece in The Atlantic that tells the story of a middle-aged woman who fell in love with a convict—and helped him escape from jail. Yes, it has a happy ending.
- The pandemic has brought with it isolation, anxiety and depression. But can it also offer joy? This Guardian essay says ‘Yes!’.
- Everyone is raving about ‘The Social Dilemma’—the Netflix doc on the perils of social media. This Verge essay strongly disagrees (and offers thought-provoking reasons).
