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the hustle - The big business of bachelorette party buses
atlas obscura - Why Are There So Many Female Ghosts?
bbc future - How orange juice took over the breakfast table
epicurious - Why Are So Many Cakes Named After Fabric?
teen vogue - The Problematic History of the Word "Hispanic"
teen vogue - The Problematic History of the Word "Hispanic"
IFL science - Our Sense Of Smell Changes How We See Color
mit technology review - What happened to the microfinance organization Kiva?
the atlantic - The Coming Attack on an Essential Element of Women’s Freedom
"I
before E except after C.” It’s used to help people remember how to
spell words like “piece,” but, Forsyth says, there are only 44 words
that follow the rule, and 923 that don’t."
"About one in a hundred marriages in the U.S. are between people of the same sex. An unknown but growing fraction of them, including the former Mayor of New York City's, are openly nonmonogamous.
But plenty of things about the process of getting married have remained stubbornly unchanged. Men still buy women expensive engagement rings, even when a couple already shares expenses. American women married to men continue to take their husband's last names, at a rate of 80:20. After a lull during the pandemic, the wedding industry is back in the black or, um, white. And the overwhelming number of proposals are still made by men."
"The latest figures from the U.S. Census Bureau say that there are only 90 unmarried men for every 100 unmarried women."
