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  • Link Party: 11/28-12/2

    What I’ve read lately: 1. The film J.D. Salinger nearly made of “For Esme, With Love and Squalor.” 2. New York’s dying diner culture. 3. Confessions of an Instagram influencer. 4. FiveThirtyEight asked 8,500 people why they leave comments on the Internet. 5. Donald Crowhurst’s heartbreaking 1969 circumnavigation hoax. And a bonus: Wes Anderson‘s Christmas…

  • Link Party: 10/29-11/20

    There hasn’t been much Link Partying around here lately. I need to fix that, and I promise to be more consistent in the last few weeks of 2016 and into 2017. Here’s a party to last you all week. Take your pick: 1. An interview with Frank Ocean. 2. Zadie Smith on the dancers that inspire…

  • Link Party: 8/22-8/26

    Quick question: where did August go? This summer has felt like a rubber band — one minute it feels like it’s been the longest summer of my life, while the next seems like yesterday was just the first of March. Here’s what I read this week: 1. If you’re interested, this article from a former…

  • Link Party: 4/11-4/15

    I had a great week, and I hope you did too. Here’s what I read: 1. This is a fascinating read on Minecraft and the kids that play it. 2. Instagram is ruining vacation. 3. What working at Sephora is like. 4. The miniskirt‘s unabashedly feminist history. 5. A conversation with Elena Ferrante. And a bonus:…

  • Link Party: 3/28-4/1

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The zen of the Buzzfeed Tasty video. 2. Hillary Clinton, “superpredators” and the deep roots of mass incarceration in the United States. 3. Lost in Trumplandia. (This is very, very good.) 4. The most important sentence on this article about Instagram’s switch to an algorithmic feed: “Our current…

  • Link Party: 2/15-2/19

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. This article about Tumblr teens was wild at every turn. 2. I’ve never been a huge fan of Buzzfeed’s content (besides a really great podcast called Another Round), but I’ve always found their business strategies and virality fascinating. Read this interview with Buzzfeed’s publisher and you’ll see what…

  • Link Party: 2/1-2/5

    This has been another week where I don’t know where my time went. Sometimes I panic over when and what I post and feel guilty when I don’t meet my own deadlines, but I think the actual publishing act is truly what matters most. I’m proud of myself for making the effort to get my words and…

  • Link Party: 1/25-1/29

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. The performance of race, gender and identity on Vine. If you use or know of Vine, you should read this. 2. This story about the role of Facebook’s community standards for the Internet brings up some important questions about Facebook and the public. 3. The world of fake…

  • Think Tank: Instagram’s Embrace of Landscape and Portrait Photos

    Instagram announced today that in addition to its signature square posts, the app will now allow users to upload  photos and videos in both portrait and landscape orientations. Prior to this change, users made their whole photos fit by using other apps to add borders. Instagram realized that 20 percent of its users use these apps extensively…

  • Link Party: 5/18-5/22

    Here’s what I read this week: 1. My favorite Mad Men series finale review. 2. Instagram is turning us all into sociopaths. 3. An inside look at Thought Catalog, which is a lot more terrible than I originally had thought or anticipated. 4. I gotta say, this article about online journalism is #duh. 5. I fully…

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