There was so much going on in 2018 that I leaned on journalism, podcasts, and art more than usual to challenge, clarify, and enrich my understanding (and for comic relief too). I listed the most memorable of those things below, and I’d love to hear about your favorite things to read, listen to, and watch this year in the comments or on Twitter.
To read
Amber Wyatt Told Her Story Of Rape. This Is How The World Responded. by Elizabeth Bruenig
The Best Way To Save People From Suicide by Jason Cherkis
Finding David Sedaris by Katie Herzog
Everything You Know About Obesity Is Wrong by Michael Hobbes
Protest Isn’t Civil by Vann Newkirk II
There Is Only One Trump Scandal by Adam Serwer
When Children Say They’re Trans by Jesse Singal
When The Muzzle Comes Off by Rebecca Traister
To listen to
1A: The Persistence of Segregated Schools
The Black Goat: The Year 2018 In Review
Circle Of Willis: Children At The Border
Everything Hertz: Shit Academics Say With Nathan Hall
Laura Jane Grace & The Devouring Mothers: Bought To Rot
Unerased: Dr. Davison And The Gay Cure
Tatter: Mission Creep (On Carrying Implicit Bias Too Far)
Two Psychologists, Four Beers: The Replication Crisis Gets Personal
To watch
Bad Times At The El Royale (and the soundtrack is fantastic too!)
Culturally Determined: Life With Depression
NPR Music Tiny Desk Concert: Wu-Tang Clan
