Medium’s Weekend Reads


Parenting • 4 min read • by Refe Tuma
Welcome to #Dinovember: A month-long imagination invasion

Gender • 5 min read • by Apoorva Mandavilli
Alone in a Room Full of Science Writers
: On being the only Indian woman at a science writers’ conference

Drugs • 4 min read • by Mike Power
‘You cannot stop people doing drugs’
: An exclusive interview with Silk Road boss Dread Pirate Roberts

Literature • 10 min read • by Alexandra Lange
Circular Architecture: In Dave Eggers’s Silicon Valley, where are the whiteboards and IKEA throw pillows?

Personal Finance • 6 min read • by Michael Gurian
My 83-Year-Old Dad Was Swindled: Seven Financial Scams

Parenting • 10 min read • by Betsy Boyd
Sperm Donor #4282: A Love Story: In which my husband and I select our sperm donor

Policy • 8 min read • by Peter Aldhous
Want to Prevent Sexual Violence?: Accept that you know a rapist

Food • 5 min read • by Matthew Amster-Burton
I’ll Fry Anything Once: Tempura restaurants will unpretentiously dip anything in oil

Media • 5 min read • by Kit Eaton
What’s Wrong with Tech Writing?: Three little words—context, context, context

Humor • 1 min read • by John Martz
Know Your Double: A doppelgänger field guide, in pictures

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