How missing persons cases work in the wild
The real science of searching in nature is the most interesting — and disturbing — part of Lankford’s account
Katrina Gulliver
Friday
Sunday
Inside the world of multilevel marketing
Pyramid schemes work because we all have points of vulnerability
Tuesday
Girls on film
New Woman Behind the Camera brings together the whimsical and the confrontational to show how modernism shaped photography
Tuesday
Read all over
Sensational: The Hidden History of America’s ‘Girl Stunt Reporters’ by Kim Todd reviewed
Wednesday
Picking Apple
There probably is something here for everyone. But maybe only one thing
Tuesday
Heroine problem
Female antiheroines — at last
Tuesday
Veep’s jokes are the truth about women in politics
When a man throws things at his staff, it’s assault. When a woman does it, it’s a punchline
Saturday
Why is it always white women calling the cops on non-criminals?
Reinforcing victimhood has lead us to the culture of appealing to authorities.
Wednesday
Are the French right to be obsessed with their Gaulish ancestry?
This book reminded me of Kurt Andersen’s Fantasyland — but where Andersen thinks only Americans have lost their minds, David Andress thinks everyone has. I can’t say I disagree, being a subscriber to the Hourly Outrage, also known as Twitter. Andress refers to Brexit, Donald Trump’s election and Marine Le Pen’s rise in French politics
