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'For most of my life Iβve felt that I could not in good faith perform the Pledge of Allegiance. I do put my hand over my heart with other intentions: first and foremost to notice or study the cadence of my heartbeat.' #longreads Wendy C. Ortiz Tasteful Rude tastefulrude.com/noncompliant-hβ¦
Read Rebecca Schuman's full 2018 series, 'The β90s Are Old,' here:
longreads.com/tag/the-90s-arβ¦
'The twinsβ dream was to one day see a movie in a cinema. They never had, and probably never would. They also dreamed of seeing the world outside of Gaza City.
But they never had. And probably never would.' #longreads Paul Fischer Hidden Compass hiddencompass.net/story/gazawoodβ¦
'Abandoned to live alone in her mud hut, her behavior grew increasingly erratic and inexplicable. She no longer spoke sense. She hardly spoke at all. And no one spoke to her.' #longreads SKJ Traveler Narratively narratively.com/they-were-labeβ¦
Do yourself a favour and read this story by Maggie Donahue about death and art and how they overlap and have it change your mind about all of it! (A bonus of fact-checking is that I've had the pleasure to read it 1239875 times already!)
'This isnβt a story about gentrification β at least, not how we usually think about it. Itβs a story of a Black woman losing her home to municipal greed, and a white woman benefitting from her loss.' #longreads Anne Elizabeth Moore BridgeDetroit bridgedetroit.com/i-was-given-a-β¦
Heide Hatry uses the ashes of the deceased to create memorial portraits, allowing bereaved families to keep loved ones close even after death.
In 'The Death Artist,' @maggiedonahue1 explores Hatryβs unusual background and her controversial, macabre art: longreads.com/2022/10/25/deaβ¦
Great collection via Longreads π: 'This Stuff is Aliveβ: A Global Folk Music Reading List', Yoik singing, throat singing, griot traditions βΒ longreads.com/2022/10/18/thiβ¦