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The 25 Most Popular Longreads Exclusives of 2017

2017 年 25 篇最受欢迎的长读独家报道
2017 年 25 篇最受欢迎的长读独家报道  ·  2017-12-29  ·  官方页

Our most popular exclusive stories of 2017.

我们 2017 年最受欢迎的独家故事。

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The Unforgiving Minute

无情的一分钟

Laurie Penny | Longreads | November 2017 | 12 minutes (3,175 words)

劳里·佩妮 |长读| 2017 年 11 月 | 12 分钟(3,175 个字)

Men, get ready to be uncomfortable for a while.

男人们,准备好暂时不舒服吧。

While forgiveness may come one day, it won’t be soon.

虽然宽恕可能有一天会到来,但不会很快。

(At nearly half a million views, this is the most popular piece ever published on Longreads.)

(这篇文章的浏览量接近 50 万,是 Longreads 上有史以来最受欢迎的文章。)

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A Sociology of the Smartphone

智能手机的社会学

Adam Greenfield | Radical Technologies: The Design of Everyday Life | Verso | June 2017 | 27 minutes (7,433 words)

亚当·格林菲尔德 |激进技术:日常生活的设计 |维索 | 2017 年 6 月 | 27 分钟(7,433 字)

Smartphones have altered the texture of everyday life, digesting many longstanding spaces and rituals, and transforming others beyond recognition.

智能手机改变了日常生活的质感,消化了许多长期存在的空间和仪式,并将其他空间和仪式改变得面目全非。

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The Horizon of Desire

欲望的地平线

Laurie Penny | Longreads | September 2017 | 15 minutes (4,185 words)

劳里·佩妮 |长读| 2017 年 9 月 | 15 分钟(4,185 个字)

Laurie Penny wants a new conversation about women, men, consent, desire, and autonomy.

劳里·佩妮想要一场关于女性、男性、同意、欲望和自主的新对话。

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This is How a Woman is Erased From Her Job

这就是女人被从工作中抹去的方式

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Devers | Longreads | December 2017 | 26 minutes (6,577 words)

德弗斯 |长读| 2017 年 12 月 | 26 分钟(6,577 字)

After taking over from George Plimpton, Brigid Hughes was pushed out as the editor of The Paris Review and omitted from the magazine’s history.

布里吉德·休斯接替乔治·普林顿后,被赶出了《巴黎评论》的编辑职位,并被从该杂志的历史中抹去了。

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A High-End Mover Dishes on Truckstop Hierarchy, Rich People, and Moby Dick

高端搬运工讲述卡车停靠站的等级制度、富人和莫比迪克

Finn Murphy| The Long Haul: A Trucker’s Tales of Life on the Road | W.

芬恩·墨菲|长途跋涉:卡车司机的路上生活故事| W.

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Norton & Company | June 2017 | 22 minutes (5,883 words)

诺顿公司| 2017 年 6 月 | 22 分钟(5,883 字)

On the beauty and burdens of the long haul.

关于长期的美丽和负担。

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The Human Cost of the Ghost Economy

幽灵经济的人力成本

Melissa Chadburn | Longreads | December 2017 | 12 minutes (3,090 words)

梅丽莎·查德伯恩 |长读| 2017 年 12 月 | 12 分钟(3,090 字)

Melissa Chadburn goes undercover as a temp worker.

梅丽莎·查德伯恩 (Melissa Chadburn) 卧底担任临时工。

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Hard Lessons in Living Off the Grid

脱离电网生活的惨痛教训

Amelia Urry | Longreads and Grist | August 2017 | (3,139 words)

阿米莉亚·厄里 |长读和谷物| 2017 年 8 月 | (3,139 字)

A family tried to build its own sustainable paradise in Hawaii.

一个家庭试图在夏威夷建立自己的可持续天堂。

Then Tesla’s batteries came to town.

然后特斯拉的电池来到了小镇。

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How to Disappear

如何消失

Alex Difrancesco | Longreads | April 2017 | 8 minutes (2,070 words)

亚历克斯·迪弗朗切斯科 |长读| 2017 年 4 月 | 8 分钟(2,070 字)

For Alex DiFrancesco, coming out as transgender — even to themself — wasn’t possible without first disappearing.

对于亚历克斯·迪弗朗西斯科(Alex DiFrancesco)来说,如果不先消失,就不可能公开自己是跨性别者——甚至对自己来说也是如此。

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The Story of Heady Topper, America’s Most Loved Craft Beer

美国最受欢迎的精酿啤酒 Heady Topper 的故事

Sam Riches | Longreads and Food & Wine Magazine | March 2017 | 14 minutes (3,489 words)

萨姆·里奇斯 |长读和美食美酒杂志 | 2017 年 3 月 | 14 分钟(3,489 字)

How a difficult to obtain American double IPA brewed in a small town in Vermont developed a worldwide cult following, with beer fans traveling hundreds of miles just to get a taste.

在佛蒙特州的一个小镇酿造的一种难以获得的美国双份 IPA 如何在全球范围内引起狂热追随者,啤酒爱好者不远千里只为一尝。

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America’s First Addiction Epidemic

美国首次成瘾流行病

Christopher Finan | Drunks: An American History | Beacon Press | June 2017 | 28 minutes (7,526 words)

克里斯托弗·费南 |醉汉:一部美国历史 |灯塔出版社| 2017 年 6 月 | 28 分钟(7,526 个字)

The alcohol epidemic devastated Native American communities, leading to crippling poverty, astonishingly high mortality rates — and a successful sobriety movement.

酒精流行病摧毁了美洲原住民社区,导致极度贫困、高得惊人的死亡率,以及一场成功的戒酒运动。

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Here at the End of All Things

这里是万物的终结

Adrian Daub | Longreads | August 2017 | 20 minutes (5,033 words)

阿德里安·道布 |长读| 2017 年 8 月 | 20 分钟(5,033 字)

On losing oneself in the geography of fantasy worlds, from Middle Earth to Westeros.

迷失在从中土世界到维斯特洛的奇幻世界地理中。

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The Louisiana Environmental Apocalypse Road Trip

路易斯安那州环境启示公路之旅

Justin Nobel | Longreads | July 2017 | 16 minutes (4,000 words)

贾斯汀·诺贝尔 |长读| 2017 年 7 月 | 16 分钟(4,000 字)

Louisiana serves as a terrifying example of what can become of a state that shortchanges science and environmental regulations to boost industry and infrastructure.

路易斯安那州是一个可怕的例子,说明如果一个州为了促进工业和基础设施而忽视科学和环境法规,将会造成什么样的后果。

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We’re All Mad Here: Weinstein, Women, and the Language of Lunacy

我们都疯了:韦恩斯坦、女性和疯狂的语言

Laurie Penny | Longreads | October 2017 | 13 minutes (3,709 words)

劳里·佩妮 |长读| 2017 年 10 月 | 13 分钟(3,709 字)

“He has demons.” The language of madness is the last resort for a society that can no longer deny the evidence of structural oppression and violence.

“他有恶魔。”对于一个无法再否认结构性压迫和暴力证据的社会来说,疯狂的语言是最后的手段。

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Home is a Cup of Tea

家是一杯茶

Candace Rose Rardon | Longreads | July 2017 | 10 minutes (2,882 words)

坎迪斯·罗斯·拉登 |长读| 2017 年 7 月 | 10 分钟(2,882 字)

Sketch artist and writer Candace Rose Rardon tells the story of her search for home through the different teas she has discovered while traveling.

素描艺术家兼作家坎迪斯·罗斯·拉登 (Candace Rose Rardon) 讲述了她通过旅行时发现的不同茶寻找家的故事。

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The Death of an Heir: Adolph Coors III and the Murder That Rocked an American Brewing Dynasty

继承人之死:阿道夫·库尔斯三世和震撼美国酿酒王朝的谋杀案

Philip Jett | The Death of an Heir | St. Martin’s Press | September 2017 | 27 minutes (7,489 words)

菲利普·杰特 |继承人之死|圣马丁出版社| 2017 年 9 月 | 27 分钟(7,489 字)

More than fifty years ago, one man tried to hold the Coors brewery CEO for ransom.

五十多年前,一名男子试图勒索库尔斯啤酒厂首席执行官勒索赎金。

Things went very badly.

事情进展得很糟糕。

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How a Journalist Uncovered the True Identity of Jihadi John

一名记者如何揭露圣战约翰的真实身份

Souad Mekhennet | I Was Told to Come Alone: My Journey Behind the Lines of Jihad | Henry Holt & Company | June 2017 | 19 minutes (5,112 words)

苏阿德·梅肯内特 |我被告知要独自前来:我的圣战线背后的旅程 |亨利霍尔特公司| 2017 年 6 月 | 19 分钟(5,112 字)

Souad Mekhennet’s thrilling tale of late-night rendezvous, burner phones, and secret codes — and her quest to reveal the man in black.

苏阿德·梅肯内特 (Souad Mekhennet) 讲述了关于深夜约会、一次性电话和密码的惊心动魄的故事,以及她寻找黑衣人的故事。

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How to Say You Maybe Don’t Want to Be Married Anymore

如何表达您可能不想再结婚了

Sarah Bregel | Longreads | November 2017 | 11 minutes (2,671 words)

莎拉·布雷格尔 |长读| 2017 年 11 月 | 11 分钟(2,671 字)

In this personal essay, Sarah Bregel takes a close look at her marriage after two kids, and wonders, how hard is too hard to keep going?

在这篇个人文章中,莎拉·布雷格尔(Sarah Bregel)仔细审视了她在两个孩子之后的婚姻,并想知道,继续下去到底有多难才算太难?

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The Elements of Bureaucratic Style

官僚作风的要素

Colin Dickey | Longreads | April 2017 | 12 minutes | 3000 words

科林·迪基 |长读| 2017 年 4 月 | 12 分钟 | 3000字

The bureaucratic voice presents governments and corporations as placid, apologetic, and unmovable.

官僚主义的声音让政府和企业表现得平静、充满歉意、不可动摇。

It also makes their victims as active as possible.

它还使受害者尽可能活跃。

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On American Identity, the Election, and Family Members Who Support Trump

论美国身份、选举和支持特朗普的家庭成员

Nicole Chung | Nasty Women: Feminism, Resistance, and Revolution in Trump’s America | September 2017 | 16 minutes (4,037 words)

妮可·钟 |讨厌的女人:特朗普治下的美国的女权主义、抵抗和革命2017 年 9 月 | 16 分钟(4,037 字)

Nicole Chung reflects on the burden of engaging with racism and educating white people, including some in her own family.

妮可·钟(Nicole Chung)反思了应对种族主义和教育白人(包括她自己家里的一些白人)的负担。

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A Shot in the Arm

手臂中的一针

Josh Roiland | Longreads | February 2017 | 14 minutes (3,710 words)

乔什·罗兰 |长读| 2017 年 2 月 | 14 分钟(3,710 字)

Why would a tenure-track professor find himself selling his plasma to make rent?

为什么一位终身教授会发现自己卖掉血浆来赚取租金?

A story about debt in the academic world.

一个关于学术界债务的故事。

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“No Fatties”: When Health Care Hurts

“无脂肪”:当医疗保健受到伤害时

Carey Purcell | Longreads | October 2017 | 4280 words (16 minutes)

凯里·珀塞尔 |长读| 2017 年 10 月 | 4280 字(16 分钟)

A fat person walking into a doctor’s office can expect lectures, condescension, and misdiagnoses from a medical culture that chalks every health issue up to weight.

一个肥胖的人走进医生的办公室,可能会受到训诫、屈尊俯就和误诊,因为医学文化将所有健康问题都归咎于体重。

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The Dead Man Fund

亡灵基金

Jack El-Hai | Longreads | November 2017 | 7 minutes (1,672 words)

杰克·艾尔海 |长读| 2017 年 11 月 | 7 分钟(1,672 字)

How the world’s worst investor fleeced clients who couldn’t complain.

世界上最糟糕的投资者如何欺骗那些不会抱怨的客户。

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The Consent of the (Un)governed

(未)治理者的同意

Laurie Penny | Longreads | December 2017 | 15 minutes (3,881 words)

劳里·佩妮 |长读| 2017 年 12 月 | 15 分钟(3,881 字)

“Freedom” is just another word for being under the thumb of a powerful white man — for now.

“自由”只是目前处于强大白人控制之下的另一个词。

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In 1971, the People Didn’t Just March on Washington — They Shut It Down

1971 年,人们不仅向华盛顿进军,还关闭了华盛顿

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Kauffman | Direct Action: Protest and the Reinvention of American Radicalism | Verso Books | February 2017 | 33 minutes (8,883 words)

考夫曼|直接行动:抗议与美国激进主义的重塑|维索书籍 | 2017 年 2 月 | 33 分钟(8,883 个字)

The most influential large-scale political action of the ’60s was actually in 1971, and you’ve never heard of it.

60年代最有影响力的大规模政治行动实际上是在1971年,你从来没有听说过。

It was called the Mayday action, and it provides invaluable lessons for today.

这被称为“五一节行动”,为今天提供了宝贵的教训。

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What My Mother and I Don’t Talk About

我和妈妈不谈论的事

Michele Filgate | Longreads | October 2017 | 10 minutes (2,501 words)

米歇尔·菲尔盖特 |长读| 2017 年 10 月 | 10 分钟(2,501 字)

Michele Filgate reflects on her teen years with an abusive stepfather and a mother whose silence protected him.

米歇尔·菲尔盖特回顾了自己的青少年时期,继父虐待他,母亲的沉默保护了他。

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