AvatarMediumStoryboardThe Best of Medium (Week of Feb. 19, 2023)AvatarCurated byMediumThe best of Medium this week includes: A personal essay from Anton, in Kyiv, Ukraine, about the lights finally coming on after a long, dark winter as he marks the one year anniversary of Russia's invasion; Allison Wiltz on how and why Black New Orleanians made their own Mardi Gras krewes after being excluded; and the sordid end of the business telephone call by bestselling author Clive Thompson
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarWhat I Learned Selling Comedy Tickets On The Streets Of New YorkMedium - John DeVoreEverything I ever learned about capitalism, I learned selling comedy tickets to strangers on the streets of New York City. The first lesson is to …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarTenderheadedMedium - TaLynn Kel“You can become an unremarkable part of my day or act in a way that makes me remember you.” When I was a kid, I wanted to be unremarkable. I wanted to …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarHow Does It Feel To Lose Half a Million Dollars?Medium - Tim WiseTo answer the question posed in the title: it sucks. No shock there, I suppose. And no, I’m not exaggerating. If I still had the baseball card collection …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarLiving the Dream at the Worst TimeMedium - Sarah StankorbI asked a friend how she was doing the other day. She told me, honestly, that professionally things had never been so good; personally, they were …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarHave We Already Forgotten Brittney Griner?Medium - 'bumpyjonas…And just that quick, Brittney Griner has disappeared from the news cycle. Just like she vanished into Russia’s prison system. We cannot let this …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarThe Places Where We Make Our MemoriesMedium - Kerala TaylorWhenever I think of Michigan, my olfactory memory kicks in first, flooding my nostrils with the musty odor of our cottage basement. Each year, when I …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatar‘Crotch’ Is Not a Dress LengthMedium - Anastasia BasilIn high school, I went through a phase of wearing miniskirts with high-heeled pumps. One particularly unfabulous outfit involved a bright yellow …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarTable for oneMedium - Aimee OrtizThe first time I remember having a fancy dinner on my own was at the Grand Floridian while in the Disney College Program. It was my first Christmas …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarLiz Cheney Is Only Good For TrollingMedium - Michael ArceneauxSo long as she still votes the way she does, her commitment to democracy is limited and any suggestion otherwise is too damn generous. Aware of how …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarYou Should Move to a Random City for 2 YearsMedium - Eve PeyserI have a recommendation for any rootless millennial and Gen Zer who does remote work: move to a random city for a few years. I’d especially urge you …
AvatarMediumAvatarAvatarHow I Was Guided to the First EVER Triple Jump Medal for an American WomanMedium - Tori FranklinA few weeks ago I accomplished a feat no other American woman has ever achieved. I am the first and ONLY American woman to medal in the triple jump …