Culture
The Strange History of One of the Internet's First Viral Videos
Back when video of Vinny Licciardi smashing a computer zigzagged all over the internet, "viral" wan't even a thing yet.
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Joe Veix
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Wired
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January 12, 2018
The Dramatically Different World of ’70s Dating Ads
Before Tinder, there was “Singles News.”
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Natasha Frost
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Atlas Obscura
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October 27, 2017
The Complicated History of Race and Mardi Gras
The celebration is steeped in a history of racial politics no number of floats could easily erase.
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Trimiko Melancon
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Black Perspectives
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February 9, 2018
The Drugs Won: The Case for Ending the Sports War on Doping
Two former anti-doping professionals think the fight against performance-enhancing drugs is doing more harm than good.
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Patrick Hruby
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Vice Sports
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August 1, 2016
Cinematic Airs
A pair of 1959 films brought "Smell-o-vision" into movies.
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Christopher Turner
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Cabinet
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July 1, 2017
Mourning John Perry Barlow, Bard of the Internet
Barlow was a poet, a cowboy, a philosopher, and the internet's staunchest ally.
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Steven Levy
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Wired
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February 7, 2018
A Meditation on Nonconformity
From Ralph Waldo Emerson to Normcore.
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K- Hole
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Ralph Waldo Emerson
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Lapham’s Quarterly
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February 7, 2018
Sheeeeeeeee-it: The Secret History of the Politics in ‘The Wire’
An exclusive excerpt from the forthcoming oral history of HBO’s beloved drama.
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Jonathan Abrams
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The Ringer
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February 6, 2018
A Brief History of Women’s Figure Skating
You might be surprised to learn that this sport where women now shine was initially seen as solely the purview of male athletes
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Kat Eschner
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Smithsonian
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February 6, 2018
The ‘SNL’ Sketch That Predicted Our Nerd Overlords
In 1986, William Shatner told a roomful of spoof Trekkies to "get a life."
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Alan Siegel
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The Ringer
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January 31, 2018
Mail-Order Magazines Did More Than Just Sell Things
The cheap monthly publications that flooded rural homes offered more than just advertising—they also provided companionship.
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Lorraine Boissoneault
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Smithsonian
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January 18, 2018
Is It Time for a 21st-Century Version of ‘The Day After’?
It’s beginning to feel like the 1980s all over again.
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Marsha Gordon
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The Conversation
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January 25, 2018
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