Our Most-Read Longreads Originals of 2022
It’s that time of year again!
又到了一年中的这个时候！
Our annual year-end series has evolved over the past decade, but our aim remains the same: to share and celebrate the best in longform nonfiction storytelling across the internet, and to honor writers and journalists publishing exceptional work.
我们的年度年终系列在过去十年中不断发展，但我们的目标始终如一：在互联网上分享和庆祝长篇非小说类故事的最佳作品，并表彰出版杰出作品的作家和记者。
We’re thrilled to kick off our Best of 2022 collection with today’s list of our 10 most-read essays and reported stories.
我们很高兴今天推出 10 篇阅读量最高的文章和报道故事，以此拉开 2022 年最佳精选集的序幕。
The digital publishing landscape is uncertain, and continues to change.
数字出版格局充满不确定性，并且持续变化。
In 2023 we’ll continue to curate our favorite reads on the web, and publish original essays and reading lists from both established and emerging writers.
2023 年，我们将继续在网络上策划我们最喜欢的读物，并发布来自知名作家和新兴作家的原创文章和阅读清单。
Thanks for reading and supporting us!
感谢您的阅读和支持我们！
— Carolyn, Cheri, Krista, Peter, and Seyward
— 卡罗琳、谢里、克里斯塔、彼得和西沃德
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Queens of Infamy: Isabella of France
臭名昭著的皇后：法国的伊莎贝拉
Anne Thériault | June 2022 | 29 minutes (8,006 words)
安妮·泰里奥 | 2022 年 6 月 | 29 分钟（8,006 字）
Married off at age 12, Isabella put up with her husband’s shenanigans over decades.
伊莎贝拉 12 岁结婚，几十年来一直忍受丈夫的恶作剧。
Eventually, the She-Wolf of France had had enough.
最终，法国母狼受够了。
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The Women Who Built Grunge
创造垃圾摇滚的女性
Lisa Whittington-Hill | June 2022 | 16 minutes (4,445 words)
丽莎惠廷顿希尔 | 2022 年 6 月 | 16 分钟（4,445 字）
Bands like L7 and Heavens to Betsy were instrumental to the birth of the grunge scene, but for decades were treated like novelties and sex objects.
像 L7 和 Heavens to Betsy 这样的乐队对垃圾音乐场景的诞生起到了重要作用，但几十年来一直被视为新奇事物和性玩物。
Thirty years later, it’s time to reassess their legacy.
三十年后，是时候重新评估他们的遗产了。
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Love Song to Costco
献给 Costco 的情歌
Yuxi Lin | June 2022 | 12 minutes (3,311 words)
林玉玺 | 2022 年 6 月 | 12 分钟（3,311 字）
In the great halls of Costco, two of our greatest fears are assuaged — that of not having enough, and that of not being enough.
在好市多的大厅里，我们最大的两个恐惧得到了缓解——没有足够的东西，以及不够的东西。
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‘That Girl is Going to Get Herself Killed’
“那个女孩会自杀”
Krista Diamond | November 2022 | 16 minutes (4,342 words)
克里斯塔钻石 | 2022 年 11 月 | 16 分钟（4,342 字）
There is risk in the wilderness — even in mild adventures — and yet we still seek to reason with it, to assign order to it, to control it, and to tempt it.
荒野中存在着风险——即使是在温和的冒险中——但我们仍然试图与它推理，为它分配秩序，控制它，并诱惑它。
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The Cabin on the Mountain
山上的小屋
Colin Dickey | March 2022 | 24 minutes (4,226 words)
科林·迪基 | 2022 年 3 月 | 24 分钟（4,226 个字）
Sometimes, the mechanism of the answer is something ludicrously complex, a thing that must be pieced out bit by bit.
有时，答案的机制极其复杂，必须一点一点地拼凑出来。
Other times, the solution requires retooling your perspective.
其他时候，解决方案需要重新调整你的观点。
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Life in the Slow Lane
慢车道上的生活
Olivia Potts | November 2022 | 16 minutes (4,649 words)
奥利维亚·波茨| 2022 年 11 月 | 16 分钟（4,649 字）
Cooking all day while the cook is away.
当厨师不在时，整天做饭。
How the slow cooker changed the world.
慢炖锅如何改变世界。
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The Hare Krishnas of Coal Country
煤炭之乡的哈瑞克里希纳 (Hare Krishnas)
Ashley Stimpson | February 2022 | 26 minutes (7,219 words)
阿什利·斯汀普森 | 2022 年 2 月 | 26 分钟（7,219 字）
The world is full of make-believe.
世界充满了虚假。
Some of it is sweet, some of it is sick.
有些是甜的，有些是病的。
It persists because we have found no other antidote for pain.
它之所以持续存在，是因为我们没有找到其他止痛药。
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Final Girl, Terrible Place
最后的女孩，可怕的地方
Lesley Finn | July 2022 | 27 minutes (7,517 words)
莱斯利·芬恩 | 2022 年 7 月 | 27 分钟（7,517 个字）
I was expecting a handy theory.
我期待着一个方便的理论。
What I found was a way of seeing that would help me decode a script I’d been stuck in for much of my life.
我发现了一种观察方式，可以帮助我解读我一生中大部分时间都陷入其中的剧本。
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How Wednesday Addams Birthed a Generation of Cynics
星期三亚当斯如何诞生了一代愤世嫉俗者
Emily Alford | November 2022 | 8 minutes (2,132 words)
艾米丽·奥尔福德 | 2022 年 11 月 | 8 分钟（2,132 字）
Nearly 30 years ago, Christina Ricci’s version of the character reinforced millennials’ suspicion that “the bright side” is an illusion.
近 30 年前，克里斯蒂娜·里奇 (Christina Ricci) 的角色版本强化了千禧一代的怀疑，即“光明的一面”只是一种幻觉。
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Children in the Garden
花园里的孩子们
Devin Kelly | January 2022 | 27 minutes (7,394 words)
德文·凯利 | 2022 年 1 月 | 27 分钟（7,394 字）
Another beauty of endurance is that it is happening at all times.
忍耐的另一个美妙之处在于它随时都在发生。
It is everywhere we look.
它无处不在。
To see someone, anyone, in this world is to witness someone engaged in a feat of endurance.
在这个世界上看到某人、任何人，就是见证某人从事耐力的壮举。
You can also browse all of our year-end collections since 2011 in one place.
您还可以在一处浏览我们自 2011 年以来的所有年终系列。