The best things I read in 2020
In my mind, I read very little this year besides news articles, tweets, and Notes app apologies from canceled girl bosses. But when I checked my “best of 2020” tag in Pocket over the weekend, I was surprised/happy to discover that I actually read quite a bit of good shit on the internet this year! So here, in no particular order, are my 2020 favorites:
This Is Not the Apocalypse You Were Looking For, Wired.
Do DC Renters Who Are Evicted Know About Their Court Dates?, DCist.
‘I apologize to God for feeling this way.’, Washington Post.
The Soft Butch That Couldn’t (Or: I Got COVID-19 in March and Never Got Better), Autostraddle.
Coronavirus, Charity, and the Trolley Problem, Crooked Media.
The N95 shortage America can’t seem to fix, Washington Post.
A Failure, But Not Of Prediction, Slate Star Codex.
What Did Emile Weaver Know?, ELLE.
Content note: this is a pretty harrowing article about the death of a newborn.
Tear Gas Doesn’t Deploy Itself, The New Republic.
You Want a Confederate Monument? My Body Is a Confederate Monument, The New York Times.
My Mustache, My Self, NYT Magazine.
The Consequences of Your Actions, Design Mom.
The Darkness Where the Future Should Be, The New York Times.
How hard will the robots make us work?, The Verge.
Eating for Two, The Cut.
Learning to Swim Taught Me More Than I Bargained For, NYT Magazine.
Applying for Unemployment Is My New Full-Time Job, The Cut.
How Salon Shutdowns Are Disrupting Black Women's Haircare, Jezebel.
Dear Fuck-Up: My Close Friend Is Being Radicalized On the Internet and I Don’t Know What to Do, Jezebel.
Apparently, I’m Too Fat to Ski, The Cut.
The very real, totally bizarre bucatini shortage of 2020, Grub Street. ✨
Also: The best things I published in 2020.