Summer is the time to knock down those books you’ve been meaning to read all year, but it’s also the perfect time to get back to the books you read digitally in 2023. large sheet The team read, shared, and bookmarked many long reads this year. These were some of our favorites.
Tomorrow’s life will change: What happened when pro basketball’s Isaac Humphries came out – Good Weekend
Feature writer Conrad Marshall can imbue any story with weight – he recently ghostwrote Dani Laidley’s memoir – but I especially love the story of gay basketball player Isaac Hann. I was impressed by his sharp cover story on Freeze. As this story eloquently asks, “Who cares?” We’re evolved enough to think we don’t need a big “coming out” element. There may be some people. But it matters when there are incredibly few professional athletes who haven’t come out of the closet. “Just because homophobia isn’t in your immediate thoughts doesn’t mean it doesn’t affect many people,” Humphries says.
– Michael Harry, National Editor
Erewhon’s Secret – The Cut, New York Magazine
This explanation of the story behind cult Los Angeles grocer Erewhon, the supermarket that introduced Hailey Bieber’s Strawberry Glaze Skin Smoothie, shook me, for lack of a better word. I had no idea how Erewhon started, but its humble beginnings in a basement store were beyond my expectations. The rest of this story was similar. Store raids. This book is dedicated to 36 celebrities who “might meet a bad end” if they don’t eat better. Its two “macrobiotic educator” founders broke multiple zoning laws and at one point were effectively kicked out of town. I have no doubt that I’ll be thinking about this piece for many months to come, especially the last line.
– Ruby Harris, Deputy Brand Content Editor
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Elon Musk’s Shadow Reign – The New Yorker
Like many young people, I entered Elon Musk as a bit of a fan. Wow, this guy is trying to save the planet with Tesla! He will take us all to Mars! He’s digging a hole in the basement of LA! I’ve been super into Team Grimes lately, and this great article by Ronan Farrow detonates the idea that Musk is just a billionaire asshole. We know that his power is so insidious that he can change the course of wars, disrupt governments, and will undoubtedly shape the future in his image, whether we like it or not. Sho. But he’s also a very lonely man, trapped in a ketamine-induced nightmare. After reading this, you almost feel sorry for him.
– Dan Cunningham, Directory Editor
Drowning in cheese, saucier, and caviar: How Tiktok took over the menu – Grub Street
Since 2009, large sheet has become the bible for those navigating Australia’s culture and food scene. In 2015, the term “Broadshut” was coined to describe the overnight success of local businesses featured on our site. But in recent years, user-generated content (specifically Tiktok and Instagram) has become a power of discovery and a breeding ground for a “shameless, noisy approach to chasing views.” This article sheds light on how restaurants are adapting his Tiktok-first menu (pasta balloons with sauce, anyone?). A lucrative business that connects restaurateurs with influencers. Some of the most effective spots on social media include “a ‘sushi bootlegger’ with 19th-century nautical-themed décor that requires a pass code to access.” (Broad) (Take the Sheet Heading Generator as an example).
– Stephanie Vigilante, Head of Social Media
Confessions of the Future: Three Young Hackers Who Built the Web-Killing Monster Finally Tell Their Story – Wired
Famed science fiction author Arthur C. Clarke once said, “Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic.” And even though I have a cursory understanding of how undersea cables and TCP/IP protocols work, the Internet – vast, complex, and fundamentally incomprehensible – still feels like magic to me at times. . So it’s deeply disturbing to know that humanity’s most ambitious and transformative creations are so fragile and so easily destroyed. Three hobbyist teenage hackers were able to take down Netflix, Spotify, Paypal and more without any special training or equipment. Isn’t the essence of the Internet that it is a decentralized, decentralized network? This is a heart-wrenching thought.
– Nick Connellan, Publishing Director
Western Sydney is dead, long live Western Sydney! – Sydney Review of Books
I grew up around Blacktown and the Hills and moved to Sydney’s North Shore as an adult. For the past 10 years I have moved to Parramatta via Sydney’s inner west and have been living there since 2021. Sheila Ngoc Pham’s 2022 essay on Western Sydney’s mythical identity shot to the top of my reading list earlier this year. A line early in the work that describes Western Sydney as “a vast, evolving region that is impossible to essentialize” seems arbitrary, especially now that the term Western Sydney has come into use. I wondered how we define culture and identity through boundaries. For politicians to champion cultural diversity and disadvantage in the suburbs. Fam explores how Western Sydney is something that can’t, or shouldn’t, fit into a label.
– Adeline Teoh, Associate Editor
It’s Barbie’s world.We are just living in the here and now – Vanity Fair
Barbie has always been an influencer. In this article, published before Greta Gerwig’s box office smash, reporter Delia Cai goes behind the scenes at Mattel’s offices and Plastic Doll’s Instagram and TikTok accounts, where at the time A team of up to 15 people was creating videos and reels for her. – He has 3 million followers on both platforms. Not surprisingly, that number has skyrocketed ever since Margot Robbie played the iconic doll on screen, grossing over US$1 billion worldwide, cementing the film’s place in Hollywood’s earning history. was built. “People think it’s just taking the doll out of the box,” said Zlatan Kusnor, the art director behind Barbie Social. “But that’s not true. It’s actually very polite.” In this article, Kai unpacks not only Barbie’s social kingdom, but also influencerdom, the creator economy, and content creation in 2023. (vanity fair We’re following the story with a podcast episode that’s also worth a listen).
– Audrey Payne, Melbourne Food and Beverage Editor
Opposition to Travel – The New Yorker
Show me someone who has traveled the world many times. Then I’ll show you shocking boredom. In a globalized, hypermobile culture, the more interesting, courageous, and subversive life stories are sure to come from people who have never set foot outside their hometowns (perhaps as close to impossible as they come). rare). The case against travel is made with great insight by newspaper publisher Agnes Callard. new yorkerDrawing from literature and philosophy, the article examines how travel has evolved into a shallow, personal, tantalizing appendage rather than a deep, mind-expanding adventure, but that’s a myth. She claims there is. She writes that travel has a false “aura of virtue” and is often “stigmatized as an accomplishment,” creating an inherent competition among those who are enslaved to it. And this is not to mention the fact that most travel has become a predictable, heavily marketed product that we consume as casually as anything else, and its environmental impact. Just to be clear, Callard herself is clearly well-travelled, and these mature observations could only have been made after experiencing the things she is now condemning. Suggests. On the other hand, her conclusion and disturbing final sentence perhaps reveal a morbid truth about our irresistible wanderlust.
– Barnaby Smith, Deputy Editor
Big Block of Boredom – Grub Street
From the moment I saw the headline, I knew I should have written it. new york magazinefood derivatives of grab street It broke through the global obsession with burrata and sparked a fromage-fueled meltdown in the Networld. It was written that burrata was boring. Oozing orbs adorn any menu, drizzled with oil, atop spaghetti swirls, or jazzing up a Capri salad, but they rarely bring anything new to the table. We all enjoy having it delivered to our gobs (perhaps via freshly defrosted bread from Bondi), but as Tammy Teklemariam writes, it’s just a “seasonal garnish.” And a thick hunk of cold dairy products with some $20 price tag? I tend to think so. And I’d be happy if someone said that. But I find her take on her bread and butter – “helpful and not at all surprising” – frankly offensive.
– Grace McKenzie, Sydney Food and Beverage Editor
A chaotic breakdown of Nancy Meyers’ movie world – Vulture
I’m going to feel very uncomfortablelarge sheet Confession. When it comes to the world of movies, I only want to watch romantic comedies. Look, I know there are a lot of exciting documentaries and black-and-white classics out there, and I’m sure whatever Christopher Nolan has released lately is actually pretty good, but damn. I just want a happy ending with a boppy soundtrack. A very solvable problem. And I want Nancy Meyers (or Nora Ephron) to write it all.So when I found vultureAfter reading Meyers’ love letter to the world of film, I knew I had found my kind. Rachel Handler argues that Myers is a writer and that her world of lavish kitchens, white wine-drinking, turtleneck-wearing heroines should be taken as seriously as any other filmmaker. Next, we’ll rank Nancy Meyers’ 14 of her movies from most typical to most typical.
– Lucy Bell Bird, National Deputy Editor
Inside CNN’s Meltdown – The Atlantic
Author Tim Alberta was given access to then-CNN CEO Chris Licht, something journalists rarely get anymore. But there’s probably a good reason for that. Alberta tracked Licht and conducted multiple interviews from mid-2022 (around the time David Zaslav appointed Licht as CEO of CNN Worldwide) to mid-2023. This article was written before leading CNN. The Late Show with Stephen Colbert. He was fired just five days after its publication.
– Audrey Payne, Melbourne Food and Beverage Editor
Descendants of slavery: The slave-owning and ancestral ties of today’s political elites – Reuters
A team of investigative journalists set out to find out how many members of America’s political establishment are direct descendants of slaveholders, examining the genealogies of more than 600 officials, from presidents to Supreme Court justices. did. The researchers combed through primary sources such as census records, obituaries, marriage announcements, and cemetery archives to uncover the connections. Among them were “documents from over 100 years ago, handwritten in cursive, ranging from plain text to hieroglyphs.” From their research and reporting came this amazing five-part series of his. This series includes interesting, interactive, and heart-breaking personal stories. The idea for the series began just weeks after the killing of George Floyd in Minneapolis, when reporter Tom Lasseter returned to the United States after nearly two decades as a foreign correspondent. He wondered if the country had “really considered” its history of slavery, asking: “How many of our ancestors enslaved people?” Did they know too? ” After all, some spoke, others did not, and who would talk about their relevance was a completely different matter.
– Katia Wachtel, Editorial Director
Looking for more summer novels? Check out our 2022 guide – full of fascinating content.