TheNewsGal, Edition No. 65
What a week! Here's what you missed.
All the things
How the fossil fuel industry convinced Americans to love gas stoves. I need to move. (Rebecca Leber, Mother Jones, ~17 min.)
Two minutes to midnight. What are deadlines, really? (Lauren Oyler, Tank Magazine, ~13 min.)
The joy and agony of being @deuxmoi, Instagram’s accidental gossip queen. This. Is. Fascinating. (Maureen O’Connor, Vanity Fair, ~22 min.)
The year without friends. I hadn’t thought about the pandemic like this. Ugh. (Amanda Katz, The Interpreter, ~4 min.)
For years, a tactical police unit in New York reigned with impunity — protecting drug dealers, planting evidence, brutalizing citizens. Then one of its own started covertly documenting the abuse. Holy schnikes. (George Joseph, GQ and Gothamist, ~21 min.)
Dionne Warwick is still crushing it at 80, and her hilariously candid tweets have made her an unlikely social media queen. I’m a fan. (Hunter Harris, Billboard, ~11 min.)
Attack of the 6-foot woman: On body horror, Attack of the 50 Foot Woman, and the growing pains of being the tall girl. Excellent. (Hannah Walhout, Catapult, ~14 min.)
The mystery of the missing North Korean social media star. I can’t stop thinking about this one. (Abigail Haworth, Marie Claire, ~15 min.)
The myth of “good” and “bad” covid-19 vaccines. Share this with your people! (Helen Branswell, STAT, ~8 min.)
Megan Rapinoe and Sue Bird are goals. A damn-near-perfect profile. (Emma Carmichael, GQ, ~24 min.)
Covid-19 cases are dropping fast. Why? A great — and short! — explainer. (Derek Thompson, The Atlantic, ~7 min.)
The limits of the lunchbox moment: Not all children of immigrants grew up embarrassed about their food, but pop culture convinced them they should be. Excellent. (Jaya Saxena, Eater, ~16 min.)
Bad dog: Why live with a difficult animal? Just trust me on this one. (Anna Heyward, New Yorker, ~29 min.)
“Tomorrow. Tomorrow I’ll start to feel better”: Kaitlin Denis, on approaching year two of living with covid-19. My heart. (Eli Saslow, Washington Post, ~9 min.)
At 93, she waged war on JPMorgan — and her own grandsons. OMG, I love her. (Tom Schoenberg, Bloomberg, ~18 min.)
“It’s a miracle I came out alive”: FKA Twigs opens up about her abusive relationship with Shia LaBeouf. This is why we can’t have nice things. (Marjon Carlos, Elle, ~24 min.)
Who really invented the Blooming Onion? An important investigation. (Brian VanHooker, MEL Magazine, ~7 min.)
I can’t complain: But if I could … Nearly a year into the pandemic, this nails it. (Jamilah Lemieux, The Cut, ~9 min.)
If you read one thing this week
In praise of cold-calling your friends. Yes, let’s. (Clio Chang, GEN, ~4 min.)
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Kirsten