What We Like Right Now
Our favorite picks for the week of April 20, curated by Slate writers and editors.
Curious about what we’re digging? What We Like Right Now is a curated recommendations list from Slateeditors and writers, just for Slate Plus members.
Here are our favorite stories, podcasts, and videos from around the Web for the week of April 20.
- Photo editor Juliana Jimenez Jaramillo likes ...
“Ecuadoreans Hail John Oliver for Taking a Swing at Their ‘Sensitive’ President” by Manuel Rueda, Fusion
“For critics of Ecuadorian President, this skit was an act of ‘divine justice.’ ”
- Future Tense editor Torie Bosch likes …
“On Authenticity, Ownership, and Not Reading the Comments” by Shannon Swearingen, Creative Nonfiction
“Well, this is weird. Creative Nonfiction interviewed me about comments, e-books, and writing in the first person.”
- Senior editor Laura Bennett likes …
“Lilly Pulitzer May Be Good for Retail, but It’s Terrible Fashion” by Robin Givhan, Washington Post
“Hard to imagine a more accurate Lily Pulitzer putdown than ‘pineapple-print, feel-good, preppy psychedelia.’ ”
- Staff writer Leon Neyfakh likes …
“Hear Kurt Cobain's Chilling, Unreleased Beatles Cover” by Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone
“Never realized before how much ‘And I Love Her’ sounds like a Nirvana Song.”
- Slate Web designer Derreck Johnson likes …
“The Man Who broke the Music Business” by Stephen Witt, New Yorker
“If you benefitted from Team RNS / Napster in their glory days, this is a fantastic read.”
- Staff writer Jamelle Bouie likes …
“Think Diversity Creates A Racism-free Utopia? Check Out This California Poll.” by Jenée Desmond-Harris, Vox
“Diverse societies can still have racial hierarchies.”