A list of good reads
- Vogue speaks to Margot Robbie about all things Barbie. Reminder: she is playing the world’s best known blonde in one of the most anticipated movies of this summer.
- Hustle explains the $40 million bet that made South Korea a food and cultural power.
- The Atlantic looks at the first generation of ‘social media babies’—whose parents shared childhood photos with the world. They are not happy.
- If you’re planning to become a digital nomad any time soon, you might consider Vienna—which New York Times describes as a “renters’ utopia’.
- Also in the New York Times (splainer gift link): a stunning gallery of Tina Turner’s life in photos.
- Yuval Noah Harari pens a provocative essay in the Economist—arguing that AI has hacked the operating system of human civilisation.
- New Yorker has an absolute must-read on author Alice Sebold and the man wrongfully convicted of her rape.
- Mint Lounge has an engaging read on the remarkable history of bar snacks in India.
- Also a fun read: BBC News on birth control ads in India.
- Scroll has a powerful piece that revisits the suicide of a Dalit student at Bangalore’s prestigious Indian Institute of Science.