This week, Matt Ortile wrote about a relationship he wanted so badly to work — one that began on Twitter. Read that and others from the Washington Post, The Cut, The Toast, and more.
"12 Stupid Mistakes the U.S. Military Is Making" — BuzzFeed Ideas
The Army needs a major restructuring. And while there's been no shortage of criticism hurtled at the military and even plans proposed to fix it, there's so little scrutiny of the mundane. David Atkinson, who was formerly deployed in Afghanistan, suggested 12 ways to fix the military in a piece for BuzzFeed Ideas. In it, he touches on everything from the soldiers' ineffective workouts to their drinking problem. Read it here.
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"How I Tried to Slide Into a Relationship" — BuzzFeed Books
In a tearjerking piece for BuzzFeed Books, Matt Ortile recalls a relationship that he believed in and wanted so badly to work — one that began on Twitter. "When I was with Nate, I felt heard. And in this comfort, I came to see Nate exactly like the constellation I drew: that brunette twentysomething, who worked in media and had read me like an open book, who understood me, already knew me before he even met me. It was as though we’d skipped the hard parts, the growing pains, like I’d slid into a relationship." Read the entire essay here.
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"An Open Letter to My White Friends Who Love the Kardashians" — The Cut
After Amandla Stenberg called out Kylie Jenner's cultural appropriation of black hairstyles last week, Lindsay Peoples penned an open letter to her white friends. In it, Peoples took cues from the Hunger Games star, asking her friends what their lives would look like if they loved black people as much as they loved the Kardashians, and reflected on her own racial awakening. Read it at The Cut.
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"What My Landlord Learned About Me From Twitter" — The New York Times Magazine
In a hilarious essay for the New York Times Magazine, Haley Mlotek wrote about the awkwardness that ensues when your prospective landlord asks for your Twitter handle. "Couldn’t they just creep on me silently, like a normal person? I wondered, perturbed and embarrassed, realizing that my most recent tweet was a joke about penises and my most recent Instagram post was a selfie of my recently dyed purple hair," she writes. Read it at the New York Times Magazine.
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