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5 Great Essays about Gametes
The Egg by Bloomberg Staff - A story of extraction, exploitation and opportunity
Unscrambling the Egg by Natalie Angier - Put a few adults in a room with a sweet-tempered infant, and you may as well leave a tub of butter sitting out in the midday sun…
The Doctor Is a Woman by Sloane Crosley - On the prospect of parenthood
You Wouldn’t Believe How Difficult it is to Buy Sperm by Danielle Elliot - It’s easier than ever for single women to have children on their own … or so I thought. Then began my $17,000 journey
Sperm Count Zero by Daniel Noah Halpern - Within a generation we may lose the ability to reproduce
Plus 25 more great articles about reproductive health
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5 Great Essays about Streaming
Casual Viewing by Will Tavlin - Why Netflix looks like that
Confessions of a Spotify Vandal by Andy Cush - A folk-pop mischief-maker who goes by Catbreath has collected hundreds of thousands of streams by giving his songs prankish titles like “Chill Music,” “Gym Bangers,” and “My Discover Weekly.”
The Ghosts in the Machine by Liz Pelly - Spotify’s plot against musicians
How Platforms Killed Pitchfork by Casey Newton - Critics were once our best guides to new music. Then came streaming and AI
Not Even Spotify Is Safe from AI Slop by Elizabeth Lopatto - How fake music targets real Artists
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The 12 Best Articles of 2024 by Jacob Feldman of The Sunday Long Read
The Sunday Long Read is a weekly roundup of the week's best longform journalism delivered straight to your inbox every Sunday morning. We asked SLR founder and editor Jabob Feldman to pick the best articles of the year, and he didn't disappoint:
Priscila, Queen of the Rideshare Mafia by Lauren Smiley - She came to the US with a dream. Using platforms like Uber, Instacart, and DoorDash, she built a business empire up from nothing. There was just one problem.
A Family Ranch, Swallowed Up in the Madness of the Border by Eli Saslow - Desperate migrants. Cartel violence. It’s all happening in the Chiltons’ backyard.
I Always Believed My Funny, Kind Father Was Killed by a Murderous Teenage Gang by Tracy King - Three decades on, I discovered the truth
The Ramen Lord by Kevin Pang - At Chicago’s buzziest new restaurant, Mike Satinover is obsessed with one goal: making the perfect bowl of Japanese noodles.
The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates by Ryu Spaeth - The Return of Ta-Nehisi Coates A decade after “The Case for Reparations,” he is ready to take on Israel, Palestine, and the American media.
Guns. Knives. Bats. Hammers. Hatchets. Spears. by Ruby Cramer - As incidents of road rage escalate across the country, aggressive drivers in Texas try to understand what triggers anger.
Seventy Miles in Hell by Caitlin Dickerson - The Darién Gap was once considered impassable. Now hundreds of thousands of migrants are risking treacherous terrain, violence, hunger, and disease to travel through the jungle to the United States.
The Unbranding of Abercrombie by Chantal Fernandez - The problematic mall brand pulled off the most exciting makeover in American retail. How?
I Don’t Know If I Can Call Myself a Mom by Jess Mayhugh - After enduring infant loss and years of fertility challenges, I still don’t have a child.
Will Hezbollah and Israel Go to War? By Dexter Filkins - Months of fighting at the border threaten to ignite an all-out conflict that could devastate the region.
Racing to Retake a Beloved Trip, Before Dementia Takes Everything by Francesca Mari - My dad always remembered his childhood journey through Europe. Now, with Alzheimer’s claiming his memories, we tried to recreate it.
From Heartbreak to Hope by Catherine Elton - A Maine father’s unlikely journey, one year after the Lewiston massacre
For more great journalism, check out the SLR Best of 2024 Edition and, of course, subscribe to the newsletter!
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