The Best of The Walrus
10+ most popular The Walrus articles, as voted by our community.
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Fast Fashion Is Everywhere on Social Media. How Can Teens Resist?
The sheer volume of super cheap clothes being advertised to young people is alarming—and terrible for the environment
The Walrus on Cyberpunk
Why William Gibson Is a Literary Genius
Forty years after his breakout story, “Johnny Mnemonic,” the father of cyberpunk remains one of the best writers around
«They teach you that in school. What they don’t tell you is that it’s impossible to move, to live, to operate at any level without leaving traces, bits, seemingly meaningless fragments of personal information. Fragments that can be retrieved, amplified»
The Walrus on Decluttering
More Is More: The End of Minimalism
Marie Kondo's decluttering dominance is over. Make way for maximalism, where the more stuff, the merrier
The Walrus on Food
Much Ado about Hummus: The Fight for Bragging Rights over a Middle Eastern Dip
From beet to butterscotch, how far can hummus travel from its origins and still be hummus?
In Defence of Garlic in a Jar: How Food Snobs Almost Ruined My Love of Cooking
Celebrity chefs, food writers, and home cooks have sneered at pre-cut produce. They’re dismissing those of us with disabilities
The Walrus on Music
Why Do Kids Hate Music Lessons?
As a former violin student, I decided to investigate why so many promising players quit early
Groupies Deserve More Credit
Superfans contribute just as much to culture as the male musicians they love. Why haven’t they had the shine they deserve?
The Walrus on Race
Rihanna and Beyoncé Can’t Save Us: Celebrating Black Wealth Is a Distraction
I can understand why we cling to stories of Black people thriving. But this way of thinking ignores what has been built on our backs
«Celebrating these achievements instead of examining them is also a distraction from the ways in which the system is not working for us.»
The Walrus on Society
Who Gets to Be Mentally Ill?
Today, people talk about seeing a therapist like they’re going to the dentist. But our compassion around mental health still excludes the people who need it most
«In mental health discourse, there is a strong underlying message that mental health is one’s own responsibility (self-care, expensive therapy, psychiatric intervention, and so on) and that mental unwellness—including mental illness—is something to be overcome, followed by a return to productivity within a capitalist world.»
Why Don’t Millennials Have Hobbies?
I sought the help of an algorithm to figure out how to spend my free time. It made me question my generation’s relationship with leisure
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How Do You Make the Perfect Toy?
Fads come and go, but how to create a toy that stands the test of time is the billion-dollar question
Robots Are Writing Poetry, and Many People Can’t Tell the Difference
Machines are putting out astonishingly human-like writing. What does that mean for the future of art?
Smell You Later: The Weird Science of How Sweat Attracts
Smell is often dismissed as the least important sense. But it’s the funk that draws us together
The Shadowy Business of International Education
Foreign students are lied to and exploited on every front. They’re also propping up higher education as we know it
What We Lose When Literary Criticism Ends
With mainstream media uninterested in books coverage that doesn’t get clicks, writers and readers are being left out in the cold
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