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Afrobella
Created by Patrice Grell Yursik, Afrobella is an award-winning natural hair, skincare, beauty, and lifestyle blog “celebrating women all shades of beautiful.”
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The 99 Best Things that Happened in 2017
Many might want to forget 2017 ever happened; at Quartz, Angus Harvey compiled a list of 99 things that might help salvage the image of the year that just ended.
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Should You Write Every Day? A Close Look at the Oldest Piece of Writing Advice
Nathaniel Tower is a writer with a family and a full-time job — and his position on whether or not a daily writing habit is crucial has become more nuanced over time.
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It Gets BetterVisit the revamped website of the It Gets Better Project to browse an archive with thousands of video stories, and to learn about their mission to empower LGBTQ youth around the world.
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Going Underground to Explore London’s Secret Tunnels
Guy Shrubsole digs up land-registry data to discover a secret network of Cold War-era tunnels just beneath central London — maps included.
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The 20 Best Albums of 2017 According to Bandcamp Daily
Discover some of the most exciting, under-the-radar music of the past year, lovingly curated by the Bandcamp Daily team.
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“But there’s also the passive sexism — the status quo — that people have trouble seeing or don’t think they engage in until they catch themselves doing it because it’s so ingrained, that we also desperately need to fix.”
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Anthropocene MagazineAnthropocene focuses on human innovation in a challenging, rapidly changing world, sharing stories on sustainability, biodiversity, preservation, and more.
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365 Days of Inspiration: Our Readers’ Favorite Stories on Writing and Building Community
From writing advice to hands-on blogging tips, these are 2017’s community favorites.
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Pix to Words
Patrick Jennings, an avid landscape photographer based in Vancouver, Canada, brings together images and poetry on his photoblog, Pix to Words.
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John PavlovitzA North Carolina-based pastor, John Pavlovitz writes on the noisy, messy intersection of faith, politics, and social justice in the U.S.
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The Death Project
Susan Briscoe’s blog documents her life with advanced terminal cancer, and focuses on her belief that “it’s important to talk about death and dying in this society that tries so hard to avoid it.”
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The Terrible Truth About Dreidel
“Cheaters have lined their pockets with our gelt”: math educator Ben Orlin takes a deep, fun, illustrated dive into the probability models of dreidel-spinning, a beloved Hanukkah tradition.
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Karen Gadient: Paint Slinger in Inner Space
If your day could use a pop of color, head to Karen Gadient’s website, where the Arizona-based artist displays her abstract, mixed-media work.
