#sundayread for May 19, 2019
By Wade Kwon
Photo: Marco Verch (CC)
My picks for #sundayread for May 19, 2019:
- I listened to the F. Scott Fitzgerald audiobook, “The Great Gatsby.” Always fun to reconnect with an American classic, even as we live under the severe rule of the 1 percent
[aff. link] https://amzn.to/2Qb5fwp - How America’s obsession with long working hours has widened the gender gap
By Claire Cain Miller @clairecm
(via @tanyaott1) - In dozens of criminal trials, prosecutors have put the same gun in the hands of more than one defendant.
@ByKenArmstrong - Flashback: The personal touch on LinkedIn
- When will the Earth try to kill us again?
By Howard Lee @HowardYLAPE - This Generation X project from @NYTimes is a hot mess.
(via @petershankman) - Flashback: From 2009, “Survivor” finale live blog with @JenBarnett (spoiler: JT wins!)
- Why Andrea Dworkin is the radical, visionary feminist we need in our terrible times
By Julie Bindel @bindelj - How the Hell Has @DanielleSteel Managed to Write 179 Books?
By Samantha Leach @_sleach - Flashback: From 2009, interview with “Survivor” winner, Alabama’s James “J.T.” Thomas Jr.
- Why aren’t more women in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?
By @EvelynMcDonnell - Scam Dunk: How a Bootleg Prep School Profited by Ripping off Teens with NBA Dreams
By Luke Cyphers @LurkCyphers and @TeriThompson71 - What Really Happened at the DC School Where Every Graduate Got into College
By Kate McGee @McGeeReports
(RT @rdlewis) - An Instagram poet becomes the social media king of women’s empowerment
By @Juliana_F_Reyes
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More #sundayread:
- All tweets for May 19 #sundayread
- The latest #sundayread tweets
- More #sundayread recommendations from me
