Top stories published by Grabbag and Chills in December of 2017

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Dec 7, 2017

“Here’s What Really Happened To The Cars From ‘Pimp My Ride’”

“In Justin Dearinger’s Reddit AMA, he claimed that “they actually take out a lot of the stuff that they showed on TV,” such as in his case, a “pop-up” champagne contraption and a “drive-in theater.” Further explaining to…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 4, 2017

“The Team of Men Behind Rachel Brewson, the Fake Woman Whose Trump-Fueled Breakup Went Viral “

“Brewson wasn’t a publicity stunt, but an attempt to make money. The character was created by an (all-male) team of internet marketers interested in pushing traffic…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 14, 2017

“How America Outlawed Adolescence”

“Kenny’s case did not receive much attention from officials because it was not unusual. Her arrest was based on a law against “disturbing school,” a mysterious offense that is routinely levied against South Carolina students. Each year, about 1,200 kids are charged…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 26, 2017

“Calibri is the new Comic Sans”

“ A humanist sans-serif was appropriate for tech in the new millennium, where our Apple computers came in transparent shades of neon plastic and the first iPhone debuted in 2007. It represented modernity, sleek design, and a dramatic change from Times New Roman whose…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 23, 2017

“Native English speakers are the world’s worst communicators”

“When such misunderstandings happen, it’s usually the native speakers who are to blame. Ironically, they are worse at delivering their message than people who speak English as a second or third language, according to Chong.

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 6, 2017

“This is How Literary Fiction Teaches Us to Be Human”“

“More recently, Trends in Cognitive Sciences reported more findings that link reading and empathy, employing a test called “Mind of the Eyes” in which subjects viewed photographs of strangers’ eyes, describing what they believed that…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 26, 2017

“What your fat friend needs from you.”

“I laughed because I didn’t want anyone to notice me. I wanted to disappear into the backdrop, be absorbed into the joke so I wouldn’t be spotlit as its subject. In moments like these, I could feel every inch of my skin, every hot pore, every hair on end. I…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 16, 2017

“What the Amish Can Teach the Rest of Us About Modern Medicine”

““Patient autonomy” is a relatively new concept in Western medicine, and its significance depends on your perspective. On the one hand, patients report feeling lost in the system — stripped down to a gown and underwear…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 4, 2017

“Why TV Shows Are Darker Than They’ve Ever Been”

“HBO has made a cottage industry of dimly-lit hourlong dramas — True Detective, Boardwalk Empire. And where HBO goes, other networks have followed, from basic cable (Better Call Saul) to streaming (Jessica Jones) to even networks: No show was as…

Jess Brooks in Grabbag and Chills

Dec 22, 2017

“Why Millennial Pink Refuses to Go Away”

“For one thing, with Millennial Pink, gone is the girly-girl baggage; now it’s androgynous. (Interestingly, back in 1918, the trade publication Earnshaw’s Infants’ Department published an article saying, “The generally accepted rule is pink for the boys, and…

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