A long list of good reads
- Christopher Nolan’s ‘Tenet’ is playing in theatres in the rest of the world—and the reviews are out. Most concur: Pretty as it may be, it isn’t worth the risk of playing footsie with the virus at the theatre. Gizmodo rounds up the lot, but New York Times offers a far more fun read.
- The Ringer profiles the anonymous lawyer who has been correcting the New York Times’ many typos, one untactful tweet at a time. Happily, no one has set such high standards for us.
- A must read from The Guardian: the women workers in Lesotho who suffer daily sexual assault and rape for the privilege of making our jeans.
- Aeon looks at ‘forgiveness therapy’ that helps patients—especially women—make peace with the extreme trauma of abuse. What we found thought-provoking: how it separates forgiving an abuser from reconciling with them.
- Atlas Obscura offers a fascinating look at the Nazi origins of the cheery orange-coloured Fanta—and of course, Coca Cola that owns it.
- Mashable reports on the rise of ‘step porn’—incestuous sexual fantasies involving step-siblings/parents etc, and why this genre is everywhere at this moment of time.
- Mint explains why our Ganesh idols have become gargantuan in size.
- A very good read in The Atlantic: The mythology of ‘Karen’ and how the angry white woman has turned into a weaponised tool of sexism.
- BBC News looks at how the racist stereotype of 'docile' Asian women is hurting their careers in the West.