Our weekly recap highlighting the best feature stories from around the internet.
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Social Media Got You Down? Be More Like Beyoncé – by Jenna Wortham, The New York Times Magazine
“The Beyoncé we follow seems to live and breathe, and provokes a real emotional reaction. It’s an illusion that feels intimate and real, a hologram self for us to interact with that, in theory, provides the actual Beyoncé space to exist away from our prying eyes.”
Hillary Clinton’s Miss Universe Moment - by Jia Tolentino, The New Yorker
“Throughout, Trump spoke like a man who, when he deigns to be silent, imagines it as a kingly act of generosity, and who views women in power like a peculiar species of talking dog. When he first called his opponent “Secretary Clinton,” he asked her, condescendingly, if that term was O.K. “I want you to be very happy,” he said. “It’s very important to me.” He interrupted Clinton twenty-nine times, honking out “Wrong!” when she proffered easily verifiable facts about his record.”
Pakistan’s National Baseball Team Just Wants You To Know They Exist – by Lindsey Adler, Deadspin
“This was Team Pakistan’s first time playing on a proper, manicured baseball field. (Back home they play on a mud and dirt ground loaned to them by the team president’s friends, who own a gated community called Bahria Town in Lahore.) For many of the players, it was their first time playing with wooden bats, batting gloves, and proper catching gear, which was provided for them in the team clubhouse upon arrival by WBSC, the subsidiary of MLB and the MLBPA that acts as the governing body of the World Baseball Classic.”
Dumb: Wellington Rugby apparently learned nothing from the Chiefs debacle – Jamie Wall, The Spinoff
“I’m not here to judge Filipo. He’s already been judged, first by a court, and then by the public, with markedly different results. One thing is for sure, though: he’s a kid. It doesn’t excuse what he’s done, but it does mean he’s got plenty of time to try and sort himself out.”
The Wash, Rinse, and Repeat of Being Black In America Today – by Panama Jackson, VSB
“My daily morning routine (unfortunately) currently feels a lot like Groundhog Day. I wake up and peruse Facebook and without fail, nearly every day I’m met with another story of some Black person meeting their demise at the hands of law enforcement. I’m then generally moved to saying some sort of muffled profanity as to not wake up the rest of my house, typically asleep, enjoying the last few moments of peace before being hit with another round of tragic news.”
‘South Park’ Is the Show We Need Now – by Mark Titus, The Ringer
“But I think we’re also taking South Park for granted. It doesn’t matter that the show has gotten better with age. What matters is that it’s almost impossible for anything to stay cool for 20 years. South Park is still hilarious, still sharp with its commentary, and still appointment TV for me. But I’m not sure it’s coooo anymore, and that’s a damn shame.”
