Our weekly recap highlighting the best feature stories from around the internet.
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When a Bullet Enters a Body: Gun Violence as Seen by a Trauma Surgeon – by Mike Spies, The Trace
“With an abdomen wound, or a back wound, or a wound to the groin or neck — pretty much anywhere except the outermost areas of extremities—it’s always agonizing. Unless you get shot in the heart — in which case you will die in minutes — it will usually take hours to die. In the movies you always die quickly from a gunshot wound. But not in real life.”
Ending the shame of not speaking the reo – by Nadine Millar, E-Tangata
“But a seed had been planted. I tried not to water it, but it grew anyway. For once, my thoughts about what it means to “be Māori” embodied visions of the future instead of echoes from the past. I dared to dream about where the language could take me from here.”
Starving for our stories - by Leilani Momoisea, Metro
“Some parents, when asked for help, weren’t sure how learning about stories from the Islands would help their children achieve in New Zealand. I wonder if some of us don’t tell our stories because, on some subconscious level, we feel they won’t be valued much in mainstream New Zealand. And maybe some of us don’t actively seek out our own stories for the same reason. Or maybe we feel like we’ve already heard, or we already know, these stories — we’re living them, after all.”
How Prescription Drugs Get So Wildly Expensive – by Nick Stockton, Wired
“Martin Shkreli is the Internet’s villain of the week. After buying and then immediately jacking up the price of a drug that treats a potentially deadly parasite, he’s become a sneering meme in social media, a think-piece punching bag, and a policy springboard for presidential candidates.”
Henrietta Harris: the shy Auckland artist gaining international attention – by Henry Oliver, Sunday Magazine
“She gets a lot of emails from teenagers, particularly from the UK, asking what her inspiration is, and how they can be as successful as she is. “It's really nice," she says, "but all I do is work and eat and go to the gym and go to sleep. My life isn't cool, but it's nice for people to think it is.”
The Kardashians' Makeup Artist Is the Most Influential Artist in America – by Mitchell Sunderland, Broadly
“While other "makeup experts" has reveal their secrets on YouTube, she has kept her skills private. (Why would her clients pay her well if she gave away the goods online?) Until very recently, she didn't even employ a manager, and she has enjoyed influencing Americans' makeup trends from behind the scenes, like a shadow government.”
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