"In the face of these truths, we are reminded that for many people, their bodies are not considered their own." @zoramag zora.medium.com/the-police-tri… #longreads
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Sharing/publishing the best longform stories (#longreads) since 2009. Sister site of @Atavist. Mastodon: @[email protected]. Bluesky: @longreads.com
- "Anyone can find themselves—or a slightly tanner/paler version of themselves—in @TheRock" @caityweaver @GQMagazine gq.com/story/dwayne-j…
- CALL FOR PITCHES: Longreads wants your words! We take essay submissions, feature pitches, reading list ideas, and other queries, and we pay competitive rates for accepted work. Here’s a 🧵 of what the editors are looking for:
- "I was late and slow. A slow learner. But not as late as her. I love to tell her story because people—particularly women—need to hear that you can start late." Ursula K. Le Guin
- "I believe that gifted editors are rarer than talented reporters. If you have the knack for it, I just wanna say: go for it. I really want to give you a nudge of encouragement in that direction. It’s a wonderful job and journalism needs you." longreads.com/2019/01/10/sto… @iraglass
- "It is hard to believe something is possible if you have never seen it happen before. Now we’ve seen it happen. Now we know." Twelve #longreads on @Ocasio2018, compiled by @danielleiat:
- "Even if you think Anne Boleyn was a king-seducing homewrecker extraordinaire, it’s impossible not to appreciate the sheer audacity of it all." @anne_theriault's #QueensOfInfamy series is back!
- "No one who saw it wished to see it again, although, of course, many saw it again." @TomJunod @esquire #September11 esquire.com/news-politics/…
- "Kpop has been my candy-colored distraction from the angst of feeling trapped, but it has also, in the person of Mino, rather unexpectedly led me to a glimmer of an answer." @wendyqgan #FineLines (Illustration by @HulloJackie) longreads.com/2019/10/30/lea…
- "@SteveCarell held up taping of The Office because he refused to be a scab. Each extra moment of discomfort he conveyed to the network, each bit of pay he lost, meant more leverage afforded to the striker." @SorayaRoberts longreads.com/2019/02/08/the…
- We're accepting personal essay drafts and pitches for reported personal essays and reading lists. We're looking for pieces on unexpected topics and unique angles. Submissions never close! More on submissions and rates in 🧵
- We're accepting drafts and pitches for reported and personal essays at [email protected]. More information on rates and what we're looking for in 🧵
- "In 2016, @Oxfam's report showed that the wealthiest 62 individuals owned the same amount as the bottom half of the world’s population. This year, that number had dropped to 42: 3.5 dozen people with as much stuff as 3.5 billion." @OliverBullough @guardian
