#editorspicks — Public Fediverse posts

Paul Kwileck "spent a remarkable four decades taking pictures of Bainbridge, Georgia, and surrounding Decatur County – and virtually no place else." —Wendell Brock for The Bitter Southerner

https://bittersoutherner.com/paul-kwilecki-the-only-home-he-ever-knew-photography-bainbridge-georgia

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Photography #PaulKwilecki #DecaturCounty #Georgia

Paul Kwileck "spent a remarkable four decades taking pictures of Bainbridge, Georgia, and surrounding Decatur County – and virtually no place else." —Wendell Brock for The Bitter Southerner

https://bittersoutherner.com/paul-kwilecki-the-only-home-he-ever-knew-photography-bainbridge-georgia

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Photography #PaulKwilecki #DecaturCounty #Georgia

"I believe in the work of death doulas: in helping people find comfort and dignity at the end of life, and I believe in talking about death in the open air on a regular basis. But I left INELDA’s training wondering if there’s even such a thing as a good death, and what we stand to lose when we focus so much on trying to achieve it." —Meg Bernhard for n+1

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/grief-guides/

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Death #DeathDoulas #EndOfLife

"I believe in the work of death doulas: in helping people find comfort and dignity at the end of life, and I believe in talking about death in the open air on a regular basis. But I left INELDA’s training wondering if there’s even such a thing as a good death, and what we stand to lose when we focus so much on trying to achieve it." —Meg Bernhard for n+1

https://www.nplusonemag.com/online-only/online-only/grief-guides/

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Death #DeathDoulas #EndOfLife

"The technicians came to check on us periodically, whispering, 'Doing OK?' For the first time in years, I got the sense there was someone in charge who cared about me, who was looking over me. It was not perfect, but it was more tender than the world outside." —Krista Diamond for Slate

https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/donate-plasma-gig-work-grad-school.html

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #Blood #MakingEndsMeet

"The technicians came to check on us periodically, whispering, 'Doing OK?' For the first time in years, I got the sense there was someone in charge who cared about me, who was looking over me. It was not perfect, but it was more tender than the world outside." —Krista Diamond for Slate

https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/donate-plasma-gig-work-grad-school.html

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #Blood #MakingEndsMeet

"The technicians came to check on us periodically, whispering, 'Doing OK?' For the first time in years, I got the sense there was someone in charge who cared about me, who was looking over me. It was not perfect, but it was more tender than the world outside." —Krista Diamond for Slate

https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/donate-plasma-gig-work-grad-school.html

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #Blood #MakingEndsMeet

"The technicians came to check on us periodically, whispering, 'Doing OK?' For the first time in years, I got the sense there was someone in charge who cared about me, who was looking over me. It was not perfect, but it was more tender than the world outside." —Krista Diamond for Slate

https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/donate-plasma-gig-work-grad-school.html

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #Blood #MakingEndsMeet

"The technicians came to check on us periodically, whispering, 'Doing OK?' For the first time in years, I got the sense there was someone in charge who cared about me, who was looking over me. It was not perfect, but it was more tender than the world outside." —Krista Diamond for Slate

https://slate.com/technology/2024/05/donate-plasma-gig-work-grad-school.html

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Plasma #PlasmaDonation #Blood #MakingEndsMeet

"In our generation, there are so many people who have gone through trauma, especially at the hands of our postwar parents and a bigoted society. Each Rainbow Elder has their own story, but we all share a similar vulnerability." —Abby Tickel for Maclean's

https://macleans.ca/society/my-trans-awakening-at-age-66

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Transgender #RainbowElders #CalgaryAlberta

"In our generation, there are so many people who have gone through trauma, especially at the hands of our postwar parents and a bigoted society. Each Rainbow Elder has their own story, but we all share a similar vulnerability." —Abby Tickel for Maclean's

https://macleans.ca/society/my-trans-awakening-at-age-66

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #Transgender #RainbowElders #CalgaryAlberta

"You might wonder how it feels to wake up one day and not know who you are. I don’t know. I don’t remember. I need words I can’t find to say things I can’t say. This is called aphasia." —Judith Hannah Weiss for Salmagundi Magazine

https://salmagundi.skidmore.edu/articles/475-i-lost-my-life-in-2006

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #BrainInjury #Neurodiversity #TraumaticBrainInjury

"You might wonder how it feels to wake up one day and not know who you are. I don’t know. I don’t remember. I need words I can’t find to say things I can’t say. This is called aphasia." —Judith Hannah Weiss for Salmagundi Magazine

https://salmagundi.skidmore.edu/articles/475-i-lost-my-life-in-2006

#Longreads #EditorsPicks #BrainInjury #Neurodiversity #TraumaticBrainInjury