Each week, our editors gather their favorite finds from around the internet and recommend them to you right here. These are not articles about watches, but rather outstanding examples of journalism and storytelling, covering topics from fashion and art to technology and travel. So go ahead, pour yourself a cup of coffee, Kombucha, or tea, put your feet up, and settle in.
The Great American Reboot - The Washington Post Magazine
This hilarious essay from author T.M. Shine depicts his recent anxiety-ridden excursion to Las Vegas. The author spends his time on assignment running away from the maskless ?and occasionally shirtless - crowds that are chugging beer on the Strip and Fremont Street and dodging their "human spritz." Shine captures the liveliness of Sin City in intimate detail here, even if his perspective is far detached from the scenes Hunter S. Thompson painted of the city in Fear And Loathing. He also expertly captures some of the small stresses of the moment: In our privileged, (mostly) vaccinated position as a nation - when will we feel comfortable taking the masks off for good? By the time the story reaches its end, and the author is pictured in a deep embrace with Carrot Top, a Las Vegas standby, you can't help but let out a little cheer.
Logan Baker, Brand Editor
Hundreds More Unmarked Graves Found at Former Residential School in Canada - The New York Times
The discovery of more unmarked marked graves in Canada brings to light the ongoing mistreatment and tragedy in the treatment of indigenous people in North America. The most important thing that history can teach us is how to be better than the generations before. These discoveries are gruesome and tragic, but my hope is that the discovery and confirmation of these deaths somehow spark awareness and change regarding the ongoing terrible treatment and brutality indigenous people have faced.
-Nicole Pio, Parts Coordinator
Lil Nas X: the photo shoot and interview for L'Uomo - Vogue Italia
Though I am far too old to be considered his target demographic, I love Lil Nas X. Every so often an artist comes along who taps into the essence of the time (I guess Drake would be our sad-Millienial mascot, but I'm not sure). A digital native, Lil Nas X's talent lies not just in his ability to craft a hit but in understanding how pop culture is consumed. Every ten years or so, the old proverbial envelope needs pushing and everything about the Montero (Call Me By Your Name) PR blitz shows that Nas X is not just pushing it, he's licking it, sensually.
-Nora Taylor, Deputy Editor
Nostalgia reimagined - Aeon
A few weeks ago, I watched a (very good) documentary about the rise of Nickelodeon—a network that I, like a lot of '90s babies, watched religiously as a kid. Shows like All That and Kenan & Kel were appointment TV, and this documentary sent me spiraling down nostalgia lane. It was kind of…peaceful? But afterward, I began wondering—what's the point of nostalgia? What purpose does it serve? What's the psychological benefit (or detriment) of romanticizing, often superficially, about former times? I stumbled upon this article, which doesn't provide a definitive answer, but raises several interesting points and counterpoints about nostalgia that are worth considering.
-Mark Jackson, Social Media Manager
Those Mundane Old Hondas and Toyotas Have Suddenly Become Collectible - The New York Times
Let this be a lesson to the fake watch community: Future collectables aren't easy to identify. I bet you never thought your parents' commuter car would be worth anything one day, but here we are!
-Cole Pennington, Editor
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