A list of good reads
One big picture read: Economist points to the rise of a global hipster culture—spreading (like a rash?) from Kabul to San Francisco.
One literary read: Yiyun Li’s exquisitely written New Yorker essay on the “delayed crying club.”
Two good profiles: Indian Express profiles the Indian king—Maharaja Ranjit Singh—who beat Winston Churchill to be named ‘greatest leader of all time’ in a BBC history poll. New York Times profiles Sash Simpson, the top Toronto chef who started out as a street child in Coimbatore.
Two pet-related reads: FiftyTwo offers a brilliant and scathing takedown of Gurgaon’s bizarre and twisted relationship with dogs—which best symbolises its own dysfunction. Mel Magazine answers a question no one’s brave enough to ask: what does my pooch think when it catches me mid-sex?
Five useful reads:
- Not every veggie or fruit in your fridge has to be organic. Mic points to 15 you can leave off the list.
- Why do we sigh? Is there such a thing as sighing too much? Vice explains.
- BBC Future flags the tell-tale signs that a photograph is fake.
- Well+Good has a comprehensive guide to ‘co-washing’ your hair—i.e. Saying goodbye to shampoos and conditioners.
- We usually think of attachment therapy in terms of parenting. A psychotherapist in Aeon explains why it is vital in healing adult marriages and relationships as well.