By Carl Zimmer
I can’t remember who’s blog/twitter/whatever I got this from, let me know if it was you. It’s a nice, short, “long read.”
UPDATE: It was from Colleen. Thanks Colleen!
My Favorite Articles and Essays of 2011
“Whatever Happen to the Alternative Nation?” Series by Steven Hypen | A.V. Club
“A Brief History of the Corporation: 1600 to 2100” by Venkatesh Rao | Ribbonfarm
“My Superpower Is Being Alone Forever” By Joe Berkowitz | The Awl
“We’re NO.1: Kanye West’s 808s And Heartbreak” by Steven Hyden | A.V. Club
“Noel Gallagher After Oasis” by Chuck Klosterman | Grantland
“The Great Tech War Of 2012” BY Farhad Manjoo | FastCompany
“Why I Wasn’t Fit to Work as a Trainer at Bally Total Fitness” By Joe Berkowitz | The Atlantic
“How Dan Harmon Drives Himself Crazy Making Community” By Brian Raftery | Wired
“The Passion of the Morrissey” by Chloe Veltman | The Believer
“Paul Haggis vs. the Church of Scientology” by Lawrence Wright | The New Yorker
Not Every Girl Is a Riot Grrrl
Today’s musicians grapple with the feminist punk legacy of riot grrrl. By
