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Yemisi Aribisala

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Joined April 2012
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Bonded by minibus

Bonded by minibus

Different ways to get married, by Yemisi Aribisala

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Friends! (those who know abt my dad’s minesweeper project). Dad & his team have encountered problems and had to take the engine out. So I am doing a raffle. If you can donate (as little as a couple of 💵 helps) I will enter you into a raffle 🌎 delivery. 3 of my cookbooks signed
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ALSO TODAY: @jidesalawu on shopping and racial profiling. “These discomforts have grown sharper now, in an age of increasing racism and amid the rise of hard-right politicians in Europe, the U.S., and elsewhere.” flaminghydra.com/shopping-an…

Shopping and Its Discontents

In 2011, a Black woman in Toronto named Mary McCarthy was asked to open her backpack by a clerk at a Shoppers Drug Mart. She came to realize after a time that she was under suspicion of pilfering,...

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TODAY: @shirleyshirlw plumbs the depths of Facebook marketplace, and the soul flaminghydra.com/r/60a015f3?…
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David Moore@ppolitics11 Oct 2024
All the Flaming Hydra pieces linked here are free to read: - Osita Nwanevu on punk rock and libraries - Arwa Mahdawi on how to write about Palestine - Julianne Escobedo Shepherd on the music industry’s “pretty tax" ... pieces to remember: kickstarter.com/projects/the…
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Out of our misery

Out of our misery

You saw a series of photos the other day of panicked wild horses being chased by a helicopter. It loomed over them like a bird of prey in contrast against the backdrop of a red setting sun. The image...

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'Many students no longer arrive at college—even at highly selective, elite colleges—prepared to read books.' theatlantic.com/magazine/arc…
The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

The Elite College Students Who Can’t Read Books

To read a book in college, it helps to have read a book in high school.

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'HYDRA’s whole purpose, as they point out on their website, is to bring back the innocent vibe of the early-’90s internet when the Web felt more like a playground & less like some nightmarish corporate-sponsored meatgrinder.' thestory.au/articles/coopera…
Capitalism failed the media. Can a little collectivism save it?

Capitalism failed the media. Can a little collectivism save it?

After years in the trenches, journalist are finally beating tech giants at their own game. Can they save independent media from extinction?

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'In 2011, Maria Concetta Cacciola, a thirteen-year-old whose parents were involved with the ’Ndrangheta, was married off to an associate. She eventually fled Calabria for northern Italy, leaving behind her three children.' newyorker.com/magazine/2024/…
The Priest Who Helps Women in the Mob Escape

The Priest Who Helps Women in the Mob Escape

Don Luigi Ciotti leads an anti-Mafia organization, and for decades he has run a secret operation that liberates women from the criminal underworld.

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'The thing is this: she knows the value of silence. There is a way, alone with her in the car, that travel falls quiet.' Miles Klee flaminghydra.com/the-mall-pu…
The Mall Pulls You In

The Mall Pulls You In

My mom tells me the mall nearest my hometown in New Jersey, long past its prime and emptied out, is due to close for good. Of course she is the one to inform me—my dad always hated the mall, its...

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Have you ever dreamed of supporting our Kickstarter? That is a VERY specific dream, but today it can come true!! AND you can help us preserve the archives of both The Awl and The Hairpin! kickstarter.com/projects/the…
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TODAY: As part of our LOST INTERNET series, @ppolitics on the surprising fun of Delicious, the earliest "social bookmarking" site that also served as a little microblog for enterprising users flaminghydra.com/r/bf438650?…
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Dami Ajayi celebrates 5 years of migranthood in poetic prose damiajayi.substack.com/p/50a…
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TODAY: A very beautiful read from @BenEhrenreich about running through a bucolic English park while considering riots, crusades, and violence around the world and throughout history flaminghydra.com/issue-141/#…

Riot and ruin

Ben Ehrenreich goes for a run in the outskirts of Norwich

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ALSO TODAY: Maria Bustillos and Tom Scocca talk AI flaminghydra.com/yakkin-abou…
Yakkin’ About AI

Yakkin’ About AI

a fiery writer-owned cooperative

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TODAY: an absolutely incredible new illustrated story from Amy Chu. flaminghydra.com/r/c05d4232?…
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With “Rob Peace,” the actor Chiwetel Ejiofor directs a cohesive ensemble in a heart-wrenching tale based on a true story. nyti.ms/4dnOdVm
‘Rob Peace’ Review: Risking the Future to Remedy the Past (Published 2024)

‘Rob Peace’ Review: Risking the Future to Remedy the Past (Published 2024)

The actor Chiwetel Ejiofor directs a cohesive ensemble — featuring Mary J. Blige, Michael Kelly, Mare Winningham, Camila Cabello and Jay Will — in a heart-wrenching tale based on a true story.

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