Wicca Rising

from The Atlantic Why Witchcraft Is on the Rise Americans’ interest in spell-casting tends to wax as instability rises and trust in establishment ideas plummets. by BIANCA BOSKER Juliet diaz said she was having trouble not listening to my thoughts. “Sorry, I kind of...

Bubbles Bubbles Bubbles

from WIRED The Secret to Blowing Massive Soap Bubbles This physicist-approved recipe uses a dash of polymers to create world-record-scale bubbles. by JENNIFER OUELLETTE, ARS TECHNICA PHOTOGRAPH: GETTY IMAGES EVERYBODY LOVES BUBBLES, regardless of age—the bigger...

The Bluest Eye

from The New Yorker Toni Morrison’s Profound and Unrelenting Vision “The Bluest Eye,” which was published fifty years ago, cut a new path through the American literary landscape by placing black girls at the center of the story. By Hilton Als Morrison in 1970, the...